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Brazil nuts: allergens and what’s inside

Of 147 packs of brazil nuts whose ingredients Open Food Facts reads in full, 100% list tree nuts and 1% list gluten. Another 31% carry a “may contain” line for peanuts. Most list brazil nut.

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Which allergens are in brazil nuts?

Of 147 packs of brazil nuts whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, 100% list tree nuts, 1% list gluten, 1% list peanuts and 1% list sesame. Another 31% carry a “may contain” line for peanuts, 14% for soy and 13% for sesame. Recipes differ from pack to pack, so the label in your hand is the one that counts.

Tree nut allergyNot for you100% list tree nuts.
Coeliac or gluten-freeHeads up1% list gluten; 7% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Peanut allergyHeads up1% list peanuts; 31% more carry a “may contain” line for them.
Sesame allergyHeads up1% list sesame; 13% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Soy allergyHeads up14% carry a “may contain” line for soy.
Milk allergyHeads up8% carry a “may contain” line for milk.

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.

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What are brazil nuts usually made of?

The ingredients most packs of brazil nuts list, with the share of packs that list each: brazil nut (99%).

Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: France 135 · United States 75 · Germany 63 · United Kingdom 36.

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 brazil nuts.

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 are brazil nuts?

In the Open Food Facts categories, brazil nuts are one of the nuts.

What else are brazil nuts called?

In EnglishPara nuts
French
Noix du Brésil, noix brésilienne
German
Paranüsse
Spanish
Nueces de Brasil, Coquitos
Italian
Noce brasiliana
Dutch
Paranoten
Portuguese
Castanha do Pará
Swedish
Paranötter, paranöt

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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: Brazil nuts

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