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Turmeric: allergens and what’s inside

Of 154 packs of turmeric whose ingredients Open Food Facts reads in full, 3% list gluten and 3% list mustard. Another 18% carry a “may contain” line for mustard. Most list turmeric.

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Which allergens are in turmeric?

Of 154 packs of turmeric whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, 3% list gluten, 3% list mustard, 1% list milk and 1% list peanuts. Another 18% carry a “may contain” line for mustard, 17% for celery and 10% for gluten. Recipes differ from pack to pack, so the label in your hand is the one that counts.

Coeliac or gluten-freeHeads up3% list gluten; 10% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Mustard allergyHeads up3% list mustard; 18% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Milk allergyHeads up1% list milk; 6% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Peanut allergyHeads up1% list peanuts; 2% more carry a “may contain” line for them.
Celery allergyHeads up17% carry a “may contain” line for celery.
Sesame allergyHeads up8% carry a “may contain” line for sesame.

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 turmeric usually made of?

The ingredients most packs of turmeric list, with the share of packs that list each: turmeric (100%) and turmeric powder (27%).

Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: France 199 · Spain 65 · Germany 52 · United States 33.

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 turmeric.

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 turmeric?

In the Open Food Facts categories, turmeric is one of the spices.

Kinds of turmericTurmeric powder

What else is turmeric called?

French
Curcuma
German
Kurkuma, Curcuma
Spanish
Cúrcuma
Italian
Curcuma
Dutch
Kurkuma, Geelwortel

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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: Turmeric

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