Linseed oil: allergens and what’s inside

Which allergens are in linseed oil?

Of 43 packs of linseed oil whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, 2% list gluten, 2% list sesame and 2% list soy. Another 2% carry a “may contain” line for celery, 2% for egg and 2% for gluten. Recipes differ from pack to pack, so the label in your hand is the one that counts.

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 linseed oil usually made of?

The ingredients most packs of linseed oil list, with the share of packs that list each: linseed oil (91%).

• Linseed oil91%

Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: France 88 · Germany 80 · Spain 25 · Italy 22.

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 linseed 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 linseed oil?

In the Open Food Facts categories, linseed oil is a kind of cereal oil.

What else is linseed oil called?

French

Huiles de lin

German

Leinsamenöle, Leinöle

Spanish

Aceites de lino, Aceites de linaza

Italian

Olio di lino, Olio di semi di lino

Dutch

Lijnzaadoliën

Swedish

Linoljor, Linolja

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: Linseed oil

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