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Mortadella: allergens and what’s inside

Of 292 packs of mortadella whose ingredients Open Food Facts reads in full, 20% list tree nuts and 17% list soy. Another 15% carry a “may contain” line for mustard. Most list salt, e250 sodium nitrite and pork meat.

By Bravoora teamUpdated 13 October 2026Sources checked 13 October 20263 sourcesHow we check

Not for you

for a tree nut allergy profile, on 20% of these packs

Which allergens are in mortadella?

Of 292 packs of mortadella whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, 20% list tree nuts, 17% list soy, 13% list milk and 8% list mustard. Another 15% carry a “may contain” line for mustard, 14% for tree nuts and 12% for celery. Recipes differ from pack to pack, so the label in your hand is the one that counts.

Tree nut allergyHeads up20% list tree nuts; 14% more carry a “may contain” line for them.

Soy allergyHeads up17% list soy; 7% more carry a “may contain” line for it.

Milk allergyHeads up13% list milk; 9% more carry a “may contain” line for it.

Mustard allergyHeads up8% list mustard; 15% more carry a “may contain” line for it.

Celery allergyHeads up5% list celery; 12% more carry a “may contain” line for it.

Coeliac or gluten-freeHeads up4% list gluten; 2% 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.

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What is mortadella usually made of?

The ingredients most packs of mortadella list, with the share of packs that list each: salt (94%), e250 sodium nitrite (91%), pork meat (66%) and e301 sodium ascorbate (60%).

Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: France 347 · Italy 177 · Germany 130 · Spain 93.

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 mortadella.

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 else is mortadella called?

French: Mortadelle
German: Mortadella
Spanish: Mortadela
Italian: Mortadella
Dutch: Mortadella
Polish: Mortadela

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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.

Contains information from Open Food Facts, which is made available here under the Open Database License (ODbL). Read the licence · Download this guide’s data · How we check

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