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Peanuts: allergens and what’s inside

Of 1,458 packs of peanuts whose ingredients Open Food Facts reads in full, 97% list peanuts and 12% list gluten. Another 41% carry a “may contain” line for tree nuts. Most list peanut and salt.

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for a peanut allergy profile, on 97% of these packs

Which allergens are in peanuts?

Of 1,458 packs of peanuts whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, 97% list peanuts, 12% list gluten, 9% list tree nuts and 7% list soy. Another 41% carry a “may contain” line for tree nuts, 14% for gluten and 14% for soy. Recipes differ from pack to pack, so the label in your hand is the one that counts.

Peanut allergyNot for you97% list peanuts; 1% more carry a “may contain” line for them.
Coeliac or gluten-freeHeads up12% list gluten; 14% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Tree nut allergyHeads up9% list tree nuts; 41% more carry a “may contain” line for them.
Soy allergyHeads up7% list soy; 14% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Milk allergyHeads up5% list milk; 8% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Celery allergyHeads up2% list celery; 1% 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 are peanuts usually made of?

The ingredients most packs of peanuts list, with the share of packs that list each: peanut (97%), salt (67%), sunflower oil (36%) and sugar (23%).

Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: France 1,053 · United States 542 · Germany 468 · Spain 296.

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 peanuts.

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 peanuts?

In the Open Food Facts categories, peanuts are one of the nuts.

Kinds of peanutsRoasted peanutsSalted peanutsPeanut grilled saltedCoated peanutsUnshelled peanuts

What else are peanuts called?

In Englishground nutsgroundnuts
French
Cacahuètes, Cacahouètes
German
Erdnüsse
Spanish
Cacahuetes, Cacahuates
Italian
Arachidi
Dutch
Pinda's, Aardnoten
Portuguese
Amendoins, amendoim
Polish
Orzeszki ziemne, Orzeszki arachidowe
Swedish
Jordnötter, jordnöt
Danish
Jordnødder, Peanuts

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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: Peanuts

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