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Pitted dates: allergens and what’s inside

Of 99 packs of pitted dates whose ingredients Open Food Facts reads in full, 1% list sulphites and 1% list tree nuts. Another 22% carry a “may contain” line for tree nuts. Most list date.

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Which allergens are in pitted dates?

Of 99 packs of pitted dates whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, 1% list sulphites and 1% list tree nuts. Another 22% carry a “may contain” line for tree nuts, 17% for peanuts and 13% for sulphites. Recipes differ from pack to pack, so the label in your hand is the one that counts.

Sulphite sensitivityHeads up1% list sulphites; 13% more carry a “may contain” line for them.
Tree nut allergyHeads up1% list tree nuts; 22% more carry a “may contain” line for them.
Peanut allergyHeads up17% carry a “may contain” line for peanuts.
Sesame allergyHeads up8% carry a “may contain” line for sesame.
Soy allergyHeads up7% carry a “may contain” line for soy.
Coeliac or gluten-freeHeads up4% carry a “may contain” line for gluten.

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 pitted dates usually made of?

The ingredients most packs of pitted dates list, with the share of packs that list each: date (100%), e202 potassium sorbate (12%) and Deglet nour dates (11%).

Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: Spain 51 · France 49 · Germany 34 · United States 25.

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 pitted dates.

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 pitted dates?

In the Open Food Facts categories, pitted dates are one of the dates.

What else are pitted dates called?

French
Dattes dénoyautées
German
entkernte Datteln
Spanish
Dátiles sin hueso, Dátiles deshuesados
Dutch
Ontpitte dadels
Swedish
Urkärnade dadlar
Danish
Udkernede dadler, Udstenede dadler

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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: Pitted dates

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