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Walnut oil: allergens and what’s inside

Of 91 packs of walnut oil whose ingredients Open Food Facts reads in full, 99% list tree nuts. Another 29% carry a “may contain” line for sesame. Most list walnut oil.

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Not for you

for a tree nut allergy profile, on 99% of these packs

Which allergens are in walnut oil?

Of 91 packs of walnut oil whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, 99% list tree nuts. Another 29% carry a “may contain” line for sesame, 8% for peanuts and 3% for gluten. Recipes differ from pack to pack, so the label in your hand is the one that counts.

Tree nut allergyNot for you99% list tree nuts.
Sesame allergyHeads up29% carry a “may contain” line for sesame.
Peanut allergyHeads up8% carry a “may contain” line for peanuts.
Coeliac or gluten-freeHeads up3% carry a “may contain” line for gluten.
Soy allergyHeads up3% carry a “may contain” line for soy.
Mustard allergyHeads up1% carry a “may contain” line for mustard.

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 is walnut oil usually made of?

The ingredients most packs of walnut oil list, with the share of packs that list each: walnut oil (81%) and walnut (20%).

Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: France 349 · Germany 31 · Switzerland 13 · Belgium 8.

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 walnut oil.

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 walnut oil?

In the Open Food Facts categories, walnut oil is a kind of nut oil.

What else is walnut oil called?

French
Huiles de noix, huile de noix
German
Walnussöle
Spanish
Aceites de nueces
Italian
Olio di noci
Dutch
Walnootoliën
Swedish
Valnötsoljor, Valnötsolja
Danish
Valnødolier, Valnøddeolier

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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: Walnut oil

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