Vegetables and fruits (purée, juice) 野菜・果物（すりおろし・ピューレ・果汁）

How it appears on labels

Labeling rules

• When several ingredients of the same kind are used, they can be grouped as in “野菜（トマト、たまねぎ、にんじん…）” (vegetables (tomato, onion, carrot…)). However, only fresh or frozen vegetables can be grouped as “野菜” (vegetables); processed products such as tomato paste are not included (the Consumer Affairs Agency's Q&A on the Food Labeling Standards, 加工-58).
• The Japan Extract Seasonings Association's “Guidelines on labeling of extracts” (2023) say that items that have only had primary processing, such as grating, are not counted as extracts and are named like “すりおろし〇〇” (grated …).
• Apple is one of the allergens recommended for labeling (those that fall under “特定原材料に準ずるもの”). In this site's tomato ketchup, the brewed vinegar is labeled “りんごを含む” (contains apple).
• Potato (ばれいしょ, jagaimo) is a crop subject to GM labeling, and “乾燥ばれいしょ” (dried potato) is a processed food for which labeling is mandatory (Food Labeling Standards, Appended Table 17). The Consumer Affairs Agency's Q&A (GM-30) gives “乾燥マッシュポテトの素” (dried mashed potato mix) as an example of dried potato. When it is used as an ingredient in another food, labeling is mandatory only if it is a “main ingredient”: within the top 3 by weight and 5% or more of the whole (Article 3 of the Food Labeling Standards).

Good to know

• On labels, even for the same onion, the way it was processed shows in the name, as in “おろし玉ねぎ” (grated onion), “炒め玉ねぎペースト” (sautéed onion paste), and “炒め玉葱” (sautéed onion).
• In the Standard Tables, raw onion has 33 kcal per 100 g and garlic has 129 kcal. Apple straight juice has 43 kcal.
• In the Standard Tables, coconut milk is placed under fruits (coconut). It has 16.0 g of fat per 100 g.
• House Foods' Vermont Curry writes its fruit as “りんごペースト” (apple paste) and “バナナペースト” (banana paste). In the Standard Tables, raw banana has 93 kcal and 360 mg of potassium per 100 g.
• When a label says only “かんきつ果汁” (citrus juice), the label does not tell which citrus it is: yuzu, sudachi, daidai (Japanese bitter orange), or another. Among the products on this site, Mizkan's “味ぽん” (Ajipon) lists “かんきつ果汁” (citrus juice), Senzan's “ゆずぽん酢” (yuzu ponzu) lists “ゆず果汁” (yuzu juice) and “すだち果汁” (sudachi juice), and Kurotaki Morimonogatari-mura's “ゆずポン酢” (yuzu ponzu) lists “ゆず果汁” (yuzu juice). In the Standard Tables, yuzu juice has 30 kcal per 100 g and daidai juice has 35 kcal.
• The explanation in the Standard Tables says dried mashed potato is potato that is peeled, thinly sliced, pre-heated, cooled in water, steamed, strained, and dried into flakes or granules (including those to which skim milk powder, quality improvers, antioxidants, and the like were added before drying). Among the products on this site, the cooking sauce for twice-cooked pork (Ajinomoto Cook Do) lists it as the 9th ingredient and has no GM labeling.

Food composition data

Per 100 g of the edible portion. Source: MEXT, Standard Tables of Food Composition in Japan (8th revised edition, 2023 supplement).

Products on this site that contain it

Product pages are in Japanese for now; each one reads every ingredient on the label.

Related pages

• Ingredient: Chutney, curry paste, seasoning powders, etc. (compound ingredients)
• Ingredient: Tomato paste and tomato puree
• Article: Fructose in fruit and fructose in liquid sugar

Sources

• Q&A on the Food Labeling Standards (revised March 28, 2025) — Consumer Affairs Agency
• Food Labeling Standards (Cabinet Office Ordinance No. 10 of 2015) — e-Gov Japanese Law Search
• Guidelines on labeling of extracts (July 20, 2023) — Japan Extract Seasonings Association
• Standard Tables of Food Composition in Japan (8th revised edition, 2023 supplement) — MEXT

Sources are in Japanese unless noted otherwise. This page is a translation of our Japanese page; if they differ, the Japanese page is the reference.

Other ingredients in this group

• Tomato paste / tomato purée
• Compound ingredients (chutney, curry paste, seasoning powders)
• Enoki mushroom