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Marrons glacés: allergens and what’s inside

Of 73 packs of marrons glacés whose ingredients Open Food Facts reads in full, 100% list tree nuts and 21% list sulphites. Most list chestnut, sugar and glucose syrup.

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Not for you

for a tree nut allergy profile, on 100% of these packs

Which allergens are in marrons glacés?

Of 73 packs of marrons glacés whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, 100% list tree nuts, 21% list sulphites and 1% list gluten. Recipes differ from pack to pack, so the label in your hand is the one that counts.

Tree nut allergyNot for you100% list tree nuts.
Sulphite sensitivityHeads up21% list sulphites.
Coeliac or gluten-freeHeads up1% list gluten.

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 tree nuts guide · Read the sulphites guide

What are marrons glacés usually made of?

The ingredients most packs of marrons glacés list, with the share of packs that list each: chestnut (100%), sugar (97%), glucose syrup (56%) and natural vanilla flavouring (48%).

Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: France 261 · Italy 38 · Switzerland 20 · Spain 14.

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 marrons glacés.

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 marrons glacés?

In the Open Food Facts categories, marrons glacés are a kind of nut confectionery.

What else are marrons glacés called?

In EnglishMarrón glacéCandied chesnutsIced chestnuts
French
Marrons glacés, Marrón glacé
Spanish
Castañas confitadas, Castañas glaseadas
Italian
Marrons glacés
Dutch
Suikerkastanjes

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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: Marrons glacés

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