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Squid: allergens and what’s inside

Of 68 packs of squid whose ingredients Open Food Facts reads in full, 99% list molluscs and 18% list gluten. Another 24% carry a “may contain” line for fish. Most list squid and salt.

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Not for you

for a shellfish allergy profile, on 99% of these packs

Which allergens are in squid?

Of 68 packs of squid whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, 99% list molluscs, 18% list gluten, 9% list milk and 7% list crustaceans. Another 24% carry a “may contain” line for fish, 22% for crustaceans and 6% for celery. Recipes differ from pack to pack, so the label in your hand is the one that counts.

Shellfish allergyNot for you99% list molluscs; 7% list crustaceans; 22% more carry a “may contain” line for them.
Coeliac or gluten-freeHeads up18% list gluten; 4% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Milk allergyHeads up9% list milk; 6% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Fish allergyHeads up4% list fish; 24% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Soy allergyHeads up4% list soy; 3% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Sulphite sensitivityHeads up4% list sulphites; 6% more carry a “may contain” line for them.

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 crustaceans and molluscs guide

What is squid usually made of?

The ingredients most packs of squid list, with the share of packs that list each: squid (96%), salt (93%), sunflower oil (44%) and onion-family vegetable (43%).

Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: France 111 · Spain 17 · Portugal 10 · Bolivia 5.

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 squid.

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 squid?

In the Open Food Facts categories, squid is a kind of calamari.

What else is squid called?

French
Calmar, Calamar
German
Kalmare

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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: Squid

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