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Ingredient dictionary

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

Watermelon is a kind of melon. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 1,257 products, most often in sweets. Per 100 g: about 39 kcal and 0.7 g protein.

By Bravoora teamUpdated 13 October 2026Sources checked 13 October 20264 sourcesHow we check

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Does watermelon contain an allergen?

Watermelon 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 watermelon vegan?

Yes. Watermelon 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 watermelon have on a label?

On European labels it is “pastèque” in French, “Wassermelone” in German and “Sandía” in Spanish. The other 13 languages are listed below.

French: pastèque
German: Wassermelone
Spanish: Sandía
Italian: anguria, angurie
Dutch: watermeloen
Portuguese: melancia
Polish: arbuz
Swedish: Vattenmelon
Danish: Vandmelon
Norwegian: vannmelon
Finnish: Vesimeloni
Czech: vodní meloun, vodní melouny
Hungarian: Görögdinnye
Romanian: Pepene
Croatian: lubenica
Turkish: Karpuz

Which foods contain watermelon?

Open Food Facts lists watermelon or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 1,257 products, most often sweets, sweetened drinks and unsweetened drinks. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and the United Kingdom.

Sweets228
Sweetened drinks138
Unsweetened drinks127
Fruit98
Biscuits and cakes96
Drinks with sweeteners52

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 638 · France 319 · United Kingdom 74 · Germany 43.

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

How many calories are in watermelon?

Watermelon has about 39 kcal per 100 g, with 0.7 g protein, 8.3 g carbohydrate and 0.3 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Watermelon, pulp, raw” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

39kcal per 100 g

0.7g protein

8.3g carbohydrate

0.3g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 7.9 g, saturated fat 0 g, fibre 0.5 g, salt 0.01 g, energy 165 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 13036. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is watermelon?

Watermelon is a kind of melon.

Kinds of watermelonWatermelon pulpRaw watermelon

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