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Legume oil: allergens and what’s inside

Of 100 packs of legume oil whose ingredients Open Food Facts reads in full, 57% list peanuts and 20% list soy. Most list peanut oil.

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for a peanut allergy profile, on 57% of these packs

Which allergens are in legume oil?

Of 100 packs of legume oil whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, 57% list peanuts, 20% list soy, 2% list tree nuts and 1% list gluten. Another 3% carry a “may contain” line for tree nuts, 2% for sesame and 1% for fish. Recipes differ from pack to pack, so the label in your hand is the one that counts.

Peanut allergyNot for you57% list peanuts.
Soy allergyHeads up20% list soy; 1% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Tree nut allergyHeads up2% list tree nuts; 3% more carry a “may contain” line for them.
Coeliac or gluten-freeHeads up1% list gluten; 1% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Sesame allergyHeads up2% carry a “may contain” line for sesame.
Fish allergyHeads up1% carry a “may contain” line for fish.

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 peanuts guide · Read the soy guide

What is legume oil usually made of?

The ingredients most packs of legume oil list, with the share of packs that list each: peanut oil (53%), soya oil (36%) and e319 tbhq (tert-butylhydroquinone) (10%).

Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: France 86 · United States 33 · Germany 25 · Italy 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 legume oil.

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 legume oil?

In the Open Food Facts categories, legume oil is one of the legumes and their products.

Kinds of legume oilPeanut oilSoybean oil

What else is legume oil called?

French
Huiles de légumineuses
German
Hülsenfruchtöle
Spanish
Aceites de leguminosas
Italian
Olio di legumi
Dutch
Peulvruchtoliën

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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: Legume oil

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