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Croutons: allergens and what’s inside

Of 257 packs of croutons whose ingredients Open Food Facts reads in full, 98% list gluten and 40% list milk. Another 30% carry a “may contain” line for milk. Most list salt, wheat flour and sunflower oil.

By Bravoora teamUpdated 13 October 2026Sources checked 13 October 20263 sourcesHow we check

Not for you

for a gluten-free profile, on 98% of these packs

Which allergens are in croutons?

Of 257 packs of croutons whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, 98% list gluten, 40% list milk, 4% list soy and 3% list celery. Another 30% carry a “may contain” line for milk, 29% for sesame and 28% for soy. Recipes differ from pack to pack, so the label in your hand is the one that counts.

Coeliac or gluten-freeNot for you98% list gluten.

Milk allergyHeads up40% list milk; 30% more carry a “may contain” line for it.

Soy allergyHeads up4% list soy; 28% more carry a “may contain” line for it.

Celery allergyHeads up3% list celery; 5% more carry a “may contain” line for it.

Sesame allergyHeads up2% list sesame; 29% more carry a “may contain” line for it.

Egg allergyHeads up2% list egg; 6% 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 gluten guide · Read the milk guide

What are croutons usually made of?

The ingredients most packs of croutons list, with the share of packs that list each: salt (98%), wheat flour (95%), sunflower oil (67%) and wheat gluten (36%).

Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: France 566 · Italy 87 · Germany 46 · United States 42.

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 croutons.

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 croutons?

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

What else are croutons called?

In Englishcrouton

French: croûtons, croûton
German: Croûtons, Crouton
Spanish: croûton
Italian: crostini
Dutch: croutons, broodkorstjes
Portuguese: croûton
Polish: kruton
Swedish: krutong

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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.

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