Puffed grains: allergens and what’s inside

Which allergens are in puffed grains?

Of 375 packs of puffed grains whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, 59% list gluten, 8% list soy, 7% list milk and 2% list peanuts. Another 35% carry a “may contain” line for tree nuts, 29% for milk and 24% 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.

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What are puffed grains usually made of?

The ingredients most packs of puffed grains list, with the share of packs that list each: sugar (63%), salt (49%), rice (46%) and wheat (30%).

• Sugar63%
• Salt49%
• Rice46%
• Wheat30%
• Glucose syrup28%
• Cocoa powder25%
• Honey21%
• E101 riboflavin (vitamin b2)20%
• Barley malt extract18%
• Fat reduced cocoa powder16%
• Corn15%
• Sunflower oil14%

Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: France 306 · Italy 154 · Germany 121 · Spain 93.

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 puffed grains.

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 puffed grains?

In the Open Food Facts categories, puffed grains are one of the plant-based foods.

What else are puffed grains called?

French

Grains soufflées

German

Puffkörner, gepuffte körner

Spanish

Granos inflados

Italian

Chicchi soffiati

Dutch

Gepofte granen

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: Puffed grains

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