Paella: allergens and what’s inside

Which allergens are in paella?

Of 262 packs of paella whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, 74% list molluscs, 67% list crustaceans, 55% list fish and 36% list milk. Another 36% carry a “may contain” line for celery, 34% for mustard and 32% 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.

Read the crustaceans and molluscs guide · Read the fish guide · Read the milk guide

What is paella usually made of?

The ingredients most packs of paella list, with the share of packs that list each: salt (97%), bell pepper (94%), pea (90%) and water (89%).

• Salt97%
• Bell pepper94%
• Pea90%
• Water89%
• Onion85%
• Rice85%
• Garlic76%
• Tomato75%
• Garden peas68%
• Mussel62%
• Turmeric61%
• Chicken meat60%

Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: France 331 · Belgium 33 · United Kingdom 31 · Germany 28.

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 paella.

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 paella?

In the Open Food Facts categories, paella is one of the meals with meat.

What else is paella called?

French

Paëllas, paëlla

German

Paella

Spanish

Paella

Italian

Paella

Dutch

Paellas

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: Paella

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