Tomato purée: allergens and what’s inside

Which allergens are in tomato purée?

Of 435 packs of tomato purée whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, 12 (3%) list at least one of the main allergens, but no single allergen is listed on as many as 1 pack in 100. 1% carry a “may contain” line for celery. 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 tomato purée usually made of?

The ingredients most packs of tomato purée list, with the share of packs that list each: tomato (99%), e330 citric acid (54%), salt (51%) and tomato purée (22%).

• Tomato99%
• E330 citric acid54%
• Salt51%
• Tomato purée22%

Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: France 376 · Spain 177 · Germany 73 · Belgium 55.

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 tomato purée.

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 tomato purée?

In the Open Food Facts categories, tomato purée is a kind of tomato sauce.

What else is tomato purée called?

French

Purées de tomates, purées de tomate

German

Tomatenpüree, pürierte Tomaten

Spanish

Tomate natural triturado

Italian

Puree di pomodoro

Dutch

Tomatenpurees

Portuguese

Purés de tomate

Danish

Tomatpuréer

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: Tomato purée

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