Prepared couscous: allergens and what’s inside

Which allergens are in prepared couscous?

Of 271 packs of prepared couscous whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, 92% list gluten, 58% list celery, 26% list milk and 12% list egg. Another 32% carry a “may contain” line for mustard, 30% for soy and 27% for fish. 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 gluten guide · Read the celery guide · Read the milk guide

What is prepared couscous usually made of?

The ingredients most packs of prepared couscous list, with the share of packs that list each: salt (88%), water (81%), tomato (80%) and carrot (80%).

• Salt88%
• Water81%
• Tomato80%
• Carrot80%
• Courgette75%
• Chickpea72%
• Bell pepper68%
• Onion68%
• Turnip64%
• Durum wheat semolina63%
• Tomato concentrate59%
• Garlic57%

Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: France 347 · Germany 34 · United Kingdom 32 · Belgium 22.

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 prepared couscous.

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 prepared couscous?

In the Open Food Facts categories, prepared couscous is one of the savory semolina dishes.

What else is prepared couscous called?

French

Couscous préparés, couscous préparé

German

Zubereitetes Couscous

Spanish

Cuscús preparado

Italian

Couscous pronto

Dutch

Kant-en-klaar couscous

Danish

Tilberedt couscous

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: Prepared couscous

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