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Mantecados and polvorones: allergens and what’s inside

Of 47 packs of mantecados and polvorones whose ingredients Open Food Facts reads in full, 94% list gluten and 53% list tree nuts. Another 51% carry a “may contain” line for sesame. Most list sugar, wheat flour and cinnamon.

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for a gluten-free profile, on 94% of these packs

Which allergens are in mantecados and polvorones?

Of 47 packs of mantecados and polvorones whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, 94% list gluten, 53% list tree nuts, 34% list sesame and 15% list soy. Another 51% carry a “may contain” line for sesame, 49% for egg and 45% for milk. Recipes differ from pack to pack, so the label in your hand is the one that counts.

Coeliac or gluten-freeNot for you94% list gluten.
Tree nut allergyNot for you53% list tree nuts; 34% more carry a “may contain” line for them.
Sesame allergyHeads up34% list sesame; 51% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Soy allergyHeads up15% list soy; 43% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Sulphite sensitivityHeads up11% list sulphites; 13% more carry a “may contain” line for them.
Milk allergyHeads up9% list milk; 45% 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 tree nuts guide · Read the sesame guide

What are mantecados and polvorones usually made of?

The ingredients most packs of mantecados and polvorones list, with the share of packs that list each: sugar (98%), wheat flour (91%), cinnamon (62%) and almond (47%).

Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: Spain 103 · France 21 · Mexico 3 · Belgium 1.

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 mantecados and polvorones.

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 mantecados and polvorones?

In the Open Food Facts categories, mantecados and polvorones are one of the Christmas sweets.

What else are mantecados and polvorones called?

French
Mantecados et polvorones
German
Mantecados und Polvorón
Spanish
Mantecados y polvorones

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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: Mantecados and polvorones

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