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Breton cakes: allergens and what’s inside

Of 135 packs of Breton cakes whose ingredients Open Food Facts reads in full, 99% list milk and 98% list egg. Another 41% carry a “may contain” line for tree nuts. Most list egg, sugar and wheat flour.

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for a milk allergy profile, on 99% of these packs

Which allergens are in Breton cakes?

Of 135 packs of Breton cakes whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, 99% list milk, 98% list egg, 98% list gluten and 2% list sulphites. Another 41% carry a “may contain” line for tree nuts, 32% for soy and 10% for sesame. Recipes differ from pack to pack, so the label in your hand is the one that counts.

Milk allergyNot for you99% list milk.
Egg allergyNot for you98% list egg.
Coeliac or gluten-freeNot for you98% list gluten.
Sulphite sensitivityHeads up2% list sulphites.
Tree nut allergyHeads up2% list tree nuts; 41% more carry a “may contain” line for them.
Soy allergyHeads up1% list soy; 32% more carry a “may contain” line for it.

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 milk guide · Read the eggs guide · Read the gluten guide

What are Breton cakes usually made of?

The ingredients most packs of Breton cakes list, with the share of packs that list each: egg (98%), sugar (98%), wheat flour (95%) and salt (86%).

Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: France 332 · Italy 1 · Switzerland 1 · United States 1.

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 Breton cakes.

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 Breton cakes?

In the Open Food Facts categories, Breton cakes are one of the pastries.

What else are Breton cakes called?

French
Gâteaux bretons, gâteau breton
German
Bretonischer Kuche, Gâteau Breton
Dutch
Bretons cakes

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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: Breton cakes

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