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Black cumin on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Black cumin is a kind of seed. Whether it carries an allergen depends on how it was made. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 536 products, most often in bread.

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Does black cumin contain an allergen?

It depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts does not link black cumin to an allergen, and Bravoora’s label checker does not read the name as one. The label must name any allergen it carries.

Is black cumin vegan?

Yes. Black cumin is vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in it.

VeganFits youNothing from an animal, by the Open Food Facts record.
VegetarianFits youNothing from an animal, by the Open Food Facts record.

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What other names does black cumin have on a label?

In English black cumin can also read “black caraway”, “nigella” or “kalonji seeds”. On European labels it is “cumin noir” in French, “Schwarzkümmel” in German and “abésoda” in Spanish. The other 6 languages are listed below.

In Englishblack carawaynigellakalonji seedsblack onion seedblack onion seeds
French
cumin noir, graine de Nigelle
German
Schwarzkümmel
Spanish
abésoda, agenuz
Italian
cumino nero
Dutch
zwarte komijn, nigellazaad
Polish
czarnuszka, czarnuszki
Swedish
Svartkummin
Romanian
Negrilica
Croatian
crni kim

Which foods contain black cumin?

Open Food Facts lists black cumin in the ingredients of 536 products, most often bread, ready meals and savoury snacks. Most of them are sold in the United Kingdom, Germany and France.

  • Bread106
  • Ready meals46
  • Savoury snacks37
  • Cheese19
  • Salty and fatty foods18
  • Dressings and sauces17

Products with it, by country of sale: United Kingdom 147 · Germany 132 · France 93 · United States 65.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where black cumin turns up, not how much of the market it is.

What kind of ingredient is black cumin?

In the Open Food Facts ingredient tree, black cumin sits under seed and spice.

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An allergen is stated only when two of three checks agree: the Open Food Facts record, Bravoora’s label checker, and the ingredient’s own name or family (oat flour is oats, a cheese is milk). Every name where they disagree waits for a person to review it.

  1. Open Food Facts: Black cumin
  2. Open Food Facts: ingredients taxonomy (names, family tree, allergen and vegan flags), ODbL
  3. Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
  4. Wikipedia: Nigella sativa

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