Build my profileBuild my profile

Food and dish guide

Almond paste: allergens and what’s inside

Of 97 packs of almond paste whose ingredients Open Food Facts reads in full, 99% list tree nuts and 12% list milk. Another 24% carry a “may contain” line for milk. Most list sugar, almond and glucose syrup.

By Bravoora teamUpdated Sources checked 3 sourcesHow we check

Not for you

for a tree nut allergy profile, on 99% of these packs

Which allergens are in almond paste?

Of 97 packs of almond paste whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, 99% list tree nuts, 12% list milk, 11% list gluten and 9% list soy. Another 24% carry a “may contain” line for milk, 22% for gluten and 14% for sesame. Recipes differ from pack to pack, so the label in your hand is the one that counts.

Tree nut allergyNot for you99% list tree nuts.
Milk allergyHeads up12% list milk; 24% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Coeliac or gluten-freeHeads up11% list gluten; 22% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Soy allergyHeads up9% list soy; 14% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Egg allergyHeads up2% list egg; 13% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Peanut allergyHeads up1% list peanuts; 10% more carry a “may contain” line for them.

Not for you when most of these packs list the allergen, Heads up when fewer do or only a “may contain” line names it. In the app, a profile gets Not for you on a pack that lists the allergen and Heads up on one whose “may contain” line names it: it reads the pack in your hand, not these counts.

Read the tree nuts guide

What is almond paste usually made of?

The ingredients most packs of almond paste list, with the share of packs that list each: sugar (96%), almond (95%), glucose syrup (57%) and e420 sorbitol (55%).

Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: France 240 · Germany 26 · Spain 11 · Belgium 8.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows what these packs list, not every recipe for almond paste.

Calories and nutrients

Not shown here. Open Food Facts records calories and nutrients per 100 g or per 100 ml without saying which, so a figure for all these packs together could mislead. The pack you buy prints its own, and that is the figure to log.

What kind of food is almond paste?

In the Open Food Facts categories, almond paste is a kind of marzipan.

What else is almond paste called?

French
Pâtes d’amande
German
Mandelmarzipan, Mandelpaste
Spanish
Pasta de almendras
Italian
Pasta di mandorle
Dutch
Amandelmarsepein

Bravoora reads every pack for everyone you shop for: an allergy or intolerance, a vegan or vegetarian diet, a calorie or protein goal, and the labels on supplements and skincare too. Build a profile · For dietitians, doctors and trainers

Sources

Every share is counted over the packs whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full. A pack lists an allergen when Open Food Facts’ allergen field names it, or when one of its ingredients stands for it by the same two-of-three checks as the ingredient dictionary (tahini is sesame, a cheese is milk). A “may contain” line counts only for an allergen the pack does not list.

  1. Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
  2. Open Food Facts: categories and ingredients taxonomies (names, kinds, allergens), ODbL
  3. Open Food Facts: Almond paste

Contains information from Open Food Facts, which is made available here under the Open Database License (ODbL). Read the licence · Download this guide’s data · How we check

Create a website profile with the things you avoid and the people you check for.

Build my profile

Save and edit your profile on this website. App transfer is not available yet.