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Tangerine on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Tangerine is a kind of mandarin. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 303 products, most often in sweetened drinks.

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Does tangerine contain an allergen?

Tangerine is not one of the allergens that food labels must declare in the US, the UK, Europe or the Gulf. Open Food Facts does not link it to an allergen, and Bravoora’s label checker does not read the name as one.

Is tangerine vegan?

Yes. Tangerine is vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in it.

VeganFits youNothing from an animal, by the Open Food Facts record.
VegetarianFits youNothing from an animal, by the Open Food Facts record.

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What other names does tangerine have on a label?

In English tangerine can also read “tangerines” or “mandarin orange”. On European labels it is “crvena mandarina” in Croatian.

In Englishtangerinesmandarin orange
Croatian
crvena mandarina

Which foods contain tangerine?

Open Food Facts lists tangerine or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 303 products, most often sweetened drinks, sweets and dressings and sauces. Most of them are sold in the United States, the United Kingdom and France.

  • Sweetened drinks89
  • Sweets31
  • Dressings and sauces17
  • Unsweetened drinks13
  • Drinks with sweeteners5
  • Fruit5

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 235 · United Kingdom 23 · France 14 · Canada 12.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where tangerine turns up, not how much of the market it is.

What kind of ingredient is tangerine?

Tangerine is a kind of mandarin.

Kinds of tangerineTangerine oil

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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.

  1. Open Food Facts: Tangerine
  2. Open Food Facts: ingredients taxonomy (names, family tree, allergen and vegan flags), ODbL
  3. Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL

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