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Cashew nut paste on a food label: it contains tree nuts

Cashew nut paste is one of the cashew nuts. It contains tree nuts, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 113 products, most often in biscuits and cakes.

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Does cashew nut paste contain an allergen?

Yes. Cashew nut paste contains tree nuts: labels in the US, the UK, Europe and the Gulf must declare it. It is made to a recipe, so any other allergen in it must be named on the label too.

AllergenUSUK and EuropeGulf
Tree nutsRequired12 named nuts since January 2025; coconut removedRequired8 named nutsRequired

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Is cashew nut paste vegan?

Yes. Cashew nut paste 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.
Tree nut allergyNot for youIt contains tree nuts.

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What other names does cashew nut paste have on a label?

In English cashew nut paste can also read “cashew butter” or “cashew nut butter”. On European labels it is “pâte de noix de cajou” in French, “Cashewpaste” in German and “pasta de anacardos” in Spanish. The other 2 languages are listed below.

In Englishcashew buttercashew nut butter
French
pâte de noix de cajou, purée de noix de cajou
German
Cashewpaste, Cashewnusspaste
Spanish
pasta de anacardos
Italian
pasta di anacardi
Croatian
pasta od indijskih oraščića

Which foods contain cashew nut paste?

Open Food Facts lists cashew nut paste in the ingredients of 113 products, most often biscuits and cakes, ice cream and chocolate. Most of them are sold in France, Germany and the United Kingdom.

  • Biscuits and cakes12
  • Ice cream12
  • Chocolate10
  • Plant-based drinks7
  • Ready meals6
  • Dressings and sauces4

Products with it, by country of sale: France 37 · Germany 29 · United Kingdom 13 · Spain 10.

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

What kind of ingredient is cashew nut paste?

Cashew nut paste is one of the cashew nuts.

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Sources

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: Cashew nut paste
  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. European Union: Regulation 1169/2011 on food information to consumers, Annex II
  5. UK Food Standards Agency: Allergen guidance for food businesses (the 14 allergens)
  6. US FDA: Questions and Answers Regarding Food Allergen Labeling, Edition 5 (January 2025)

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