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Shelled nuts: allergens and what’s inside

Of 1,457 packs of shelled nuts whose ingredients Open Food Facts reads in full, 96% list tree nuts and 5% list peanuts. Another 36% carry a “may contain” line for peanuts. Most list tree nut.

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for a tree nut allergy profile, on 96% of these packs

Which allergens are in shelled nuts?

Of 1,457 packs of shelled nuts whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, 96% list tree nuts, 5% list peanuts, 2% list gluten and 2% list soy. Another 36% carry a “may contain” line for peanuts, 16% for soy and 16% for sesame. Recipes differ from pack to pack, so the label in your hand is the one that counts.

Tree nut allergyNot for you96% list tree nuts; 2% more carry a “may contain” line for them.
Peanut allergyHeads up5% list peanuts; 36% more carry a “may contain” line for them.
Coeliac or gluten-freeHeads up2% list gluten; 15% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Soy allergyHeads up2% list soy; 16% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Milk allergyHeads up1% list milk; 10% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Sesame allergyHeads up1% list sesame; 16% 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 tree nuts guide

What are shelled nuts usually made of?

The ingredients most packs of shelled nuts list, with the share of packs that list each: tree nut (95%), almond (44%), walnut (27%) and hazelnut (16%).

Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: France 2,174 · Spain 540 · Germany 481 · United States 192.

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 shelled nuts.

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 shelled nuts?

In the Open Food Facts categories, shelled nuts are one of the nuts.

What else are shelled nuts called?

French
Fruits à coques décortiqués, Fruits à coques décortiquées
German
Nusskerne, geschälte Nüsse
Spanish
Frutos de cáscara sin cáscara, Frutos secos sin cáscara
Italian
Noci sgusciate
Dutch
Gepelde noten
Portuguese
Frutos secos com casca

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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: Shelled nuts

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