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Shortcrust pastry: allergens and what’s inside
Of 166 packs of shortcrust pastry whose ingredients Open Food Facts reads in full, 92% list gluten and 33% list milk. Another 39% carry a “may contain” line for milk. Most list salt, water and wheat flour.
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Not for you
for a gluten-free profile, on 92% of these packs
Which allergens are in shortcrust pastry?
Of 166 packs of shortcrust pastry whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, 92% list gluten, 33% list milk, 2% list egg and 1% list mustard. Another 39% carry a “may contain” line for milk, 13% for egg and 10% 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 is shortcrust pastry usually made of?
The ingredients most packs of shortcrust pastry list, with the share of packs that list each: salt (98%), water (97%), wheat flour (91%) and concentrated lemon juice (64%).
Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: France 255 · Switzerland 31 · Germany 12 · Belgium 11.
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 shortcrust pastry.
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 shortcrust pastry?
In the Open Food Facts categories, shortcrust pastry is a kind of pie dough.
What else is shortcrust pastry called?
- French
- Pâtes brisées, Pâte brisée
- Dutch
- Zanddegen
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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.
- Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
- Open Food Facts: categories and ingredients taxonomies (names, kinds, allergens), ODbL
- Open Food Facts: Shortcrust pastry
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