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Ground nutmeg: allergens and what’s inside

Of 55 packs of ground nutmeg whose ingredients Open Food Facts reads in full, 2% list gluten and 2% list tree nuts. Another 25% carry a “may contain” line for celery. Most list nutmeg.

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Which allergens are in ground nutmeg?

Of 55 packs of ground nutmeg whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, 2% list gluten and 2% list tree nuts. Another 25% carry a “may contain” line for celery, 25% for mustard and 15% for sesame. 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.
Tree nut allergyHeads up2% list tree nuts; 4% more carry a “may contain” line for them.
Celery allergyHeads up25% carry a “may contain” line for celery.
Mustard allergyHeads up25% carry a “may contain” line for mustard.
Sesame allergyHeads up15% carry a “may contain” line for sesame.
Soy allergyHeads up7% carry a “may contain” line for soy.

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 ground nutmeg usually made of?

The ingredients most packs of ground nutmeg list, with the share of packs that list each: nutmeg (100%) and nutmeg nut (45%).

Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: France 65 · Germany 22 · United States 22 · Spain 17.

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 ground nutmeg.

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 ground nutmeg?

In the Open Food Facts categories, ground nutmeg is a kind of nutmeg.

What else is ground nutmeg called?

In EnglishGround nutmeg seeds
French
Noix de muscade en poudre
German
Muskat gemahlen, gemahlene Muskatnüsse
Spanish
Nuez moscada molida, Nuez moscada en polvo
Dutch
Nootmuscaatpoeder

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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: Ground nutmeg

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