Roasted sunflower seeds: allergens and what’s inside

Which allergens are in roasted sunflower seeds?

Of 134 packs of roasted sunflower seeds whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, 10% list gluten, 7% list peanuts and 1% list milk. Another 49% carry a “may contain” line for tree nuts, 48% for peanuts and 13% 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 roasted sunflower seeds usually made of?

The ingredients most packs of roasted sunflower seeds list, with the share of packs that list each: sunflower (99%), sunflower seed (95%), salt (84%) and rice flour (25%).

• Sunflower99%
• Sunflower seed95%
• Salt84%
• Rice flour25%
• Sunflower oil10%
• Wheat flour10%

Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: Spain 102 · France 91 · United States 37 · Bulgaria 17.

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 roasted sunflower seeds.

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 roasted sunflower seeds?

In the Open Food Facts categories, roasted sunflower seeds are one of the sunflower seeds.

What else are roasted sunflower seeds called?

French

Graines de tournesol grillées

German

Geröstete Sonnenblumenkerne

Spanish

Semillas de girasol tostadas, Pipas de girasol tostadas

Italian

Semi di girasole tostati

Dutch

Geroosterde zonnebloempitten

Swedish

rostade solroskärnor

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: Roasted sunflower seeds

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