Unsalted cashews: allergens and what’s inside

Which allergens are in unsalted cashews?

Of 77 packs of unsalted cashews whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, 100% list tree nuts, 9% list peanuts, 4% list soy and 1% list celery. Another 36% carry a “may contain” line for peanuts, 14% for sesame and 12% for soy. 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 tree nuts guide

What are unsalted cashews usually made of?

The ingredients most packs of unsalted cashews list, with the share of packs that list each: cashew nuts (100%) and sunflower oil (21%).

• Cashew nuts100%
• Sunflower oil21%

Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: France 83 · Germany 20 · United States 17 · Netherlands 12.

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 unsalted cashews.

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 unsalted cashews?

In the Open Food Facts categories, unsalted cashews are one of the cashew nuts.

What else are unsalted cashews called?

French

Noix de cajou non-salées

German

Ungesalzene Cashewnüsse, Ungesalzene Cashewkerne

Dutch

Cashewnoten (ongezouten), Ongezouten cashewnoten

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: Unsalted cashews

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