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Bread crumbs: allergens and what’s inside

Of 255 packs of bread crumbs whose ingredients Open Food Facts reads in full, 88% list gluten and 7% list soy. Another 12% carry a “may contain” line for soy. Most list salt and wheat flour.

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for a gluten-free profile, on 88% of these packs

Which allergens are in bread crumbs?

Of 255 packs of bread crumbs whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, 88% list gluten, 7% list soy, 4% list milk and 4% list egg. Another 12% carry a “may contain” line for soy, 8% for milk and 8% for egg. Recipes differ from pack to pack, so the label in your hand is the one that counts.

Coeliac or gluten-freeNot for you88% list gluten.
Soy allergyHeads up7% list soy; 12% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Milk allergyHeads up4% list milk; 8% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Egg allergyHeads up4% list egg; 8% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Sesame allergyHeads up3% list sesame; 7% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Mustard allergyHeads up7% carry a “may contain” line for mustard.

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 bread crumbs usually made of?

The ingredients most packs of bread crumbs list, with the share of packs that list each: salt (93%), wheat flour (83%), sugar (24%) and water (22%).

Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: France 178 · Spain 146 · Germany 85 · United States 81.

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 bread crumbs.

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 bread crumbs?

In the Open Food Facts categories, bread crumbs are a kind of bread.

What else are bread crumbs called?

In Englishbreadcrumbs
French
Chapelure, panure
German
Paniermehl, Panur
Spanish
pan rallado
Italian
pangrattato
Dutch
paneermeel, Paneermelen
Portuguese
pão ralado
Polish
Bułka tarta, Panierka
Swedish
panering, Ströbröd
Danish
Rasp

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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: Bread crumbs

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