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Nut oil: allergens and what’s inside

Of 188 packs of nut oil whose ingredients Open Food Facts reads in full, 68% list tree nuts and 31% list peanuts. Another 19% carry a “may contain” line for sesame.

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for a tree nut allergy profile, on 68% of these packs

Which allergens are in nut oil?

Of 188 packs of nut oil whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, 68% list tree nuts, 31% list peanuts, 1% list gluten and 1% list soy. Another 19% carry a “may contain” line for sesame, 4% for peanuts and 2% for gluten. Recipes differ from pack to pack, so the label in your hand is the one that counts.

Tree nut allergyNot for you68% list tree nuts; 2% more carry a “may contain” line for them.
Peanut allergyHeads up31% list peanuts; 4% more carry a “may contain” line for them.
Coeliac or gluten-freeHeads up1% list gluten; 2% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Soy allergyHeads up1% list soy; 2% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Sesame allergyHeads up19% carry a “may contain” line for sesame.

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 peanuts guide

What is nut oil usually made of?

The ingredients most packs of nut oil list, with the share of packs that list each: walnut oil (39%), peanut oil (30%), tree nut (12%) and hazelnut oil (12%).

Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: France 581 · Germany 67 · Switzerland 32 · Italy 29.

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 nut 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 nut oil?

In the Open Food Facts categories, nut oil is one of the nuts and their products.

Kinds of nut oilWalnut oilPeanut oil

What else is nut oil called?

French
Huiles de fruits à coques
German
Nussöle
Spanish
Aceites de frutos de cáscara, Aceites de frutos secos
Italian
Olio di semi
Dutch
Notenoliën
Polish
Oleje z orzechów
Danish
Nøddeolier

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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: Nut oil

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