Ingredient dictionary
Royal jelly on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
Whether royal jelly carries an allergen depends on how it was made. It is vegetarian but not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 198 products, most often in sweets. Per 100 g: about 146 kcal and 13 g protein.
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Does royal jelly contain an allergen?
It depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts does not link royal jelly to an allergen, and Bravoora’s label checker does not read the name as one. The label must name any allergen it carries.
Is royal jelly vegan?
No. Royal jelly is not vegan: it comes from an animal. It is vegetarian.
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What other names does royal jelly have on a label?
On European labels it is “gelée royale” in French, “Gelée Royale” in German and “Jalea real” in Spanish. The other 13 languages are listed below.
- French
- gelée royale, Gelées royales
- German
- Gelée Royale, Bienenköniginnenfuttersaft
- Spanish
- Jalea real
- Italian
- Pappa Reale
- Dutch
- Koninginnengelei
- Portuguese
- Geleia real
- Polish
- Mleczko pszczele
- Swedish
- Bidrottninggelé
- Danish
- bidronningeføde
- Norwegian
- Dronninggelé
- Finnish
- kuningatarhyytelö, emomaito
- Czech
- Mateří kašička
- Hungarian
- Méhpempő
- Romanian
- Lăptișor de matcă
- Croatian
- matična mliječ
- Turkish
- Arı sütü
Which foods contain royal jelly?
Open Food Facts lists royal jelly in the ingredients of 198 products, most often sweets, sweetened drinks and unsweetened drinks. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and Spain.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 137 · United States 25 · Spain 10 · Italy 9.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where royal jelly turns up, not how much of the market it is.
How many calories are in royal jelly?
Royal jelly has about 146 kcal per 100 g, with 13 g protein, 14 g carbohydrate and 4 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Royal jelly” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.
Also per 100 g: sugars 14 g, saturated fat 0.7 g, fibre 1 g, salt 0.22 g, energy 615 kJ.
ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 31108. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.
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An allergen is stated only when two of three checks agree: the Open Food Facts record, Bravoora’s label checker, and the ingredient’s own name or family (oat flour is oats, a cheese is milk). Every name where they disagree waits for a person to review it.
- Open Food Facts: Royal jelly
- Open Food Facts: ingredients taxonomy (names, family tree, allergen and vegan flags), ODbL
- Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
- ANSES: CIQUAL French food composition table (CALNUT 2020 edition), Licence Ouverte 2.0
- Wikipedia: Royal jelly
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