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Corn semolina: allergens and what’s inside

Of 146 packs of corn semolina whose ingredients Open Food Facts reads in full, 8% list milk and 3% list gluten. Another 18% carry a “may contain” line for gluten. Most list corn.

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for a milk allergy profile, on 8% of these packs

Which allergens are in corn semolina?

Of 146 packs of corn semolina whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, 8% list milk, 3% list gluten, 1% list celery and 1% list egg. Another 18% carry a “may contain” line for gluten, 12% for soy and 8% for tree nuts. Recipes differ from pack to pack, so the label in your hand is the one that counts.

Milk allergyHeads up8% list milk; 4% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Coeliac or gluten-freeHeads up3% list gluten; 18% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Celery allergyHeads up1% list celery; 5% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Egg allergyHeads up1% list egg; 5% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Soy allergyHeads up1% list soy; 12% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Tree nut allergyHeads up8% carry a “may contain” line for tree nuts.

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 corn semolina usually made of?

The ingredients most packs of corn semolina list, with the share of packs that list each: corn (98%), cornmeal (47%), corn flour (24%) and salt (13%).

Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: France 186 · Italy 111 · Germany 62 · Switzerland 52.

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 corn semolina.

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 corn semolina?

In the Open Food Facts categories, corn semolina is a kind of cereal semolina.

Kinds of corn semolinaCorn semolina for polenta

What else is corn semolina called?

In EnglishMaize semolinas
French
Semoules de maïs
German
Maisgrieße, Maisgrieß
Spanish
Sémolas de maíz, Sémola de maíz
Italian
Semolino di mais
Dutch
Maïsgriesmelen

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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: Corn semolina

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