Tofu patties: allergens and what’s inside

Which allergens are in tofu patties?

Of 45 packs of tofu patties whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, 100% list soy, 62% list gluten, 20% list milk and 18% list celery. Another 42% carry a “may contain” line for tree nuts, 40% for mustard and 38% for sesame. 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.

Read the soy guide · Read the gluten guide · Read the milk guide

What are tofu patties usually made of?

The ingredients most packs of tofu patties list, with the share of packs that list each: salt (98%), soya (98%), tofu (98%) and water (96%).

• Salt98%
• Soya98%
• Tofu98%
• Water96%
• Sea salt73%
• Sunflower oil73%
• Onion64%
• Nigari53%
• Leaf vegetable51%
• Wheat47%
• E516 calcium sulphate44%
• Garlic44%

Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: France 49 · Spain 17 · Italy 16 · Germany 9.

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 tofu patties.

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 tofu patties?

In the Open Food Facts categories, tofu patties are one of the vegetarian patties.

What else are tofu patties called?

French

Galettes de tofu, steaks de tofu

Polish

Kotlety z tofu

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: Tofu patties

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