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Figs: allergens and what’s inside

Of 84 packs of figs whose ingredients Open Food Facts reads in full, 4% list sulphites and 4% list tree nuts. Another 8% carry a “may contain” line for tree nuts. Most list fig.

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Which allergens are in figs?

Of 84 packs of figs whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, 4% list sulphites, 4% list tree nuts and 1% list peanuts. Another 8% carry a “may contain” line for tree nuts, 7% for peanuts and 6% for sulphites. Recipes differ from pack to pack, so the label in your hand is the one that counts.

Sulphite sensitivityHeads up4% list sulphites; 6% more carry a “may contain” line for them.
Tree nut allergyHeads up4% list tree nuts; 8% more carry a “may contain” line for them.
Peanut allergyHeads up1% list peanuts; 7% more carry a “may contain” line for them.
Milk allergyHeads up2% carry a “may contain” line for milk.
Soy allergyHeads up2% carry a “may contain” line for soy.
Sesame allergyHeads up1% carry a “may contain” line for sesame.

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 are figs usually made of?

The ingredients most packs of figs list, with the share of packs that list each: fig (100%), water (19%) and e202 potassium sorbate (13%).

Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: France 113 · Germany 59 · Switzerland 26 · Belgium 25.

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 figs.

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 figs?

In the Open Food Facts categories, figs are one of the fruits.

What else are figs called?

French
Figues
German
Feigen
Spanish
Higos
Dutch
Vijgen

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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: Figs

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