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Calamari: allergens and what’s inside

Of 164 packs of calamari whose ingredients Open Food Facts reads in full, 98% list molluscs and 21% list gluten. Another 25% carry a “may contain” line for fish. Most list squid, salt and sunflower oil.

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for a shellfish allergy profile, on 98% of these packs

Which allergens are in calamari?

Of 164 packs of calamari whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, 98% list molluscs, 21% list gluten, 5% list crustaceans and 5% list fish. Another 25% carry a “may contain” line for fish, 22% for crustaceans and 10% for egg. Recipes differ from pack to pack, so the label in your hand is the one that counts.

Shellfish allergyNot for you98% list molluscs; 5% list crustaceans; 22% more carry a “may contain” line for them.
Coeliac or gluten-freeHeads up21% list gluten; 4% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Fish allergyHeads up5% list fish; 25% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Soy allergyHeads up5% list soy; 6% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Milk allergyHeads up4% list milk; 9% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Sulphite sensitivityHeads up4% list sulphites; 4% 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 crustaceans and molluscs guide · Read the gluten guide

What is calamari usually made of?

The ingredients most packs of calamari list, with the share of packs that list each: squid (95%), salt (93%), sunflower oil (59%) and onion (45%).

Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: France 240 · Spain 108 · Germany 20 · United Kingdom 19.

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 calamari.

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 calamari?

In the Open Food Facts categories, calamari is a kind of mollusc.

Kinds of calamariSquid

What else is calamari called?

French
Calamars
German
Tintenfisch
Spanish
Calamares
Italian
Calamari
Dutch
Calamari

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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: Calamari

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