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Unsalted nuts: allergens and what’s inside

Of 62 packs of unsalted nuts whose ingredients Open Food Facts reads in full, 95% list tree nuts and 15% list peanuts. Another 44% carry a “may contain” line for peanuts. Most list cashew nuts.

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for a tree nut allergy profile, on 95% of these packs

Which allergens are in unsalted nuts?

Of 62 packs of unsalted nuts whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, 95% list tree nuts, 15% list peanuts, 3% list soy and 2% list celery. Another 44% carry a “may contain” line for peanuts, 13% for sesame and 11% for soy. Recipes differ from pack to pack, so the label in your hand is the one that counts.

Tree nut allergyNot for you95% list tree nuts.
Peanut allergyHeads up15% list peanuts; 44% more carry a “may contain” line for them.
Soy allergyHeads up3% list soy; 11% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Celery allergyHeads up2% list celery.
Shellfish allergyHeads up2% list crustaceans.
Egg allergyHeads up2% list egg.

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 nuts usually made of?

The ingredients most packs of unsalted nuts list, with the share of packs that list each: cashew nuts (90%), sunflower oil (26%) and peanut (11%).

Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: France 80 · Germany 21 · Spain 7 · United States 7.

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 nuts.

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 nuts?

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

Kinds of unsalted nutsUnsalted cashews

What else are unsalted nuts called?

French
Fruits à coque non-salés, fruits à coques non-salés
German
Ungesalzene Nüsse
Spanish
Mezcla de frutos secos
Italian
frutta a guscio insalata
Dutch
Ongezouten peulvruchten
Portuguese
Frutos secos sem sal

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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: Unsalted nuts

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