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Cinnamon: allergens and what’s inside

Of 200 packs of cinnamon whose ingredients Open Food Facts reads in full, 2% list gluten and 2% list soy. Another 17% carry a “may contain” line for mustard. Most list cinnamon.

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Which allergens are in cinnamon?

Of 200 packs of cinnamon whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, 2% list gluten, 2% list soy, 1% list egg and 1% list milk. Another 17% carry a “may contain” line for mustard, 16% for celery and 11% for gluten. Recipes differ from pack to pack, so the label in your hand is the one that counts.

Coeliac or gluten-freeHeads up2% list gluten; 11% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Soy allergyHeads up2% list soy; 4% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Egg allergyHeads up1% list egg; 2% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Milk allergyHeads up1% list milk; 5% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Mustard allergyHeads up1% list mustard; 17% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Sesame allergyHeads up1% list sesame; 10% 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.

What is cinnamon usually made of?

The ingredients most packs of cinnamon list, with the share of packs that list each: cinnamon (99%) and cinnamon powder (20%).

Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: France 250 · Spain 150 · Germany 100 · United States 67.

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 cinnamon.

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 cinnamon?

In the Open Food Facts categories, cinnamon is one of the spices.

Kinds of cinnamonCinnamon powder

What else is cinnamon called?

French
Cannelle
German
Zimt
Spanish
Canela
Italian
Cannella
Dutch
Kaneel
Polish
Cynamon

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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: Cinnamon

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