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Food and dish guide

Surimi: allergens and what’s inside

Of 458 packs of surimi whose ingredients Open Food Facts reads in full, 98% list fish and 82% list gluten. Another 22% carry a “may contain” line for molluscs. Most list water, fish and salt.

By Bravoora teamUpdated 13 October 2026Sources checked 13 October 20263 sourcesHow we check

Not for you

for a fish allergy profile, on 98% of these packs

Which allergens are in surimi?

Of 458 packs of surimi whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, 98% list fish, 82% list gluten, 71% list crustaceans and 68% list egg. Another 22% carry a “may contain” line for molluscs, 11% for egg and 9% for milk. Recipes differ from pack to pack, so the label in your hand is the one that counts.

Fish allergyNot for you98% list fish.

Coeliac or gluten-freeNot for you82% list gluten; 2% more carry a “may contain” line for it.

Shellfish allergyNot for you71% list crustaceans; 5% more carry a “may contain” line for them; 34% list molluscs; 22% more carry a “may contain” line for them.

Egg allergyNot for you68% list egg; 11% more carry a “may contain” line for it.

Milk allergyHeads up31% list milk; 9% more carry a “may contain” line for it.

Soy allergyHeads up19% list soy; 6% 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 fish guide · Read the gluten guide · Read the crustaceans and molluscs guide

What is surimi usually made of?

The ingredients most packs of surimi list, with the share of packs that list each: water (97%), fish (97%), salt (96%) and sugar (93%).

Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: France 605 · Spain 148 · Belgium 38 · Italy 27.

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 surimi.

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 surimi?

In the Open Food Facts categories, surimi is one of the fish preparations.

Kinds of surimiSurimi on sticks

What else is surimi called?

In Englishcrab stickcrab sticksmock crabseafood sticks

French: Surimi, surimis
German: Surimi, Krebsfleischimitat
Spanish: Surimi
Italian: Surimi
Dutch: Surimi
Polish: Surimi, Paluszki krabowe

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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.

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