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Prawn crackers: allergens and what’s inside

Of 95 packs of prawn crackers whose ingredients Open Food Facts reads in full, 97% list crustaceans and 28% list gluten. Another 15% carry a “may contain” line for fish. Most list salt, shrimp and sugar.

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

Which allergens are in prawn crackers?

Of 95 packs of prawn crackers whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, 97% list crustaceans, 28% list gluten, 13% list egg and 11% list soy. Another 15% carry a “may contain” line for fish, 15% for soy and 14% for milk. Recipes differ from pack to pack, so the label in your hand is the one that counts.

Shellfish allergyNot for you97% list crustaceans; 2% list molluscs; 7% more carry a “may contain” line for them.
Coeliac or gluten-freeHeads up28% list gluten; 11% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Egg allergyHeads up13% list egg; 8% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Soy allergyHeads up11% list soy; 15% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Sulphite sensitivityHeads up9% list sulphites.
Milk allergyHeads up7% list milk; 14% 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.

Read the crustaceans and molluscs guide · Read the gluten guide

What are prawn crackers usually made of?

The ingredients most packs of prawn crackers list, with the share of packs that list each: salt (96%), shrimp (96%), sugar (94%) and tapioca (74%).

Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: France 168 · Germany 22 · Netherlands 16 · United Kingdom 12.

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 prawn crackers.

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 prawn crackers?

In the Open Food Facts categories, prawn crackers are one of the cassava crisps.

What else are prawn crackers called?

In EnglishPrawn cocktail crisps
French
Chips de manioc à la crevette, chips de manioc aux crevettes
German
Krabbenchips, Krupuk
Dutch
Garnalenkroepoek, Garnalenchips

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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: Prawn crackers

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