Pine nuts: allergens and what’s inside

Which allergens are in pine nuts?

Of 239 packs of pine nuts whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, 7% list tree nuts, 2% list gluten, 2% list mustard and 1% list milk. Another 36% carry a “may contain” line for tree nuts, 33% for peanuts and 21% for soy. 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.

What are pine nuts usually made of?

The ingredients most packs of pine nuts list, with the share of packs that list each: pine nuts (100%).

• Pine nuts100%

Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: France 216 · Italy 115 · Germany 76 · United States 49.

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 pine nuts.

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 pine nuts?

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

What else are pine nuts called?

French

Pignons de pin

German

Pinienkerne

Spanish

Piñones, Piñón

Italian

Pinoli

Dutch

Pijnboompitten

Portuguese

Pinhões

Swedish

Pinjenotter

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: Pine nuts

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