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Samosas: allergens and what’s inside

Of 113 packs of samosas whose ingredients Open Food Facts reads in full, 95% list gluten and 45% list soy. Another 35% carry a “may contain” line for milk. Most list salt, wheat flour and water.

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Not for you

for a gluten-free profile, on 95% of these packs

Which allergens are in samosas?

Of 113 packs of samosas whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, 95% list gluten, 45% list soy, 41% list egg and 32% list mustard. Another 35% carry a “may contain” line for milk, 26% for crustaceans and 24% for fish. Recipes differ from pack to pack, so the label in your hand is the one that counts.

Coeliac or gluten-freeNot for you95% list gluten.
Soy allergyHeads up45% list soy; 14% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Egg allergyHeads up41% list egg; 7% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Mustard allergyHeads up32% list mustard; 6% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Milk allergyHeads up19% list milk; 35% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Fish allergyHeads up14% list fish; 24% 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 gluten guide · Read the soy guide · Read the eggs guide

What are samosas usually made of?

The ingredients most packs of samosas list, with the share of packs that list each: salt (98%), wheat flour (90%), water (88%) and onion (85%).

Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: France 220 · United Kingdom 54 · Canada 24 · United States 15.

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 samosas.

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 samosas?

In the Open Food Facts categories, samosas are one of the salty snacks.

What else are samosas called?

In EnglishsambusasamboksaSamoosas
French
Samoussas, samossas
German
Samosas
Spanish
Samosas
Dutch
Samosa

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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: Samosas

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