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Cashew nuts on a food label: they contain tree nuts
Cashew nuts are a kind of tree nut. They contain tree nuts, so the allergen labelling rules apply. They are vegan. Open Food Facts finds them in 14,546 products, most often in nuts.
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Do cashew nuts contain an allergen?
Yes. Cashew nuts contain tree nuts: labels in the US, the UK, Europe and the Gulf must declare them.
| Allergen | US | UK and Europe | Gulf |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tree nuts | Required12 named nuts since January 2025; coconut removed | Required8 named nuts | Required |
Are cashew nuts vegan?
Yes. Cashew nuts are vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in them.
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What other names do cashew nuts have on a label?
In English cashew nuts can also read “cashews”, “cashew” or “cashewnut”. On European labels they are “noix de cajou” in French, “Cashewkerne” in German and “anacardos” in Spanish. The other 13 languages are listed below.
- French
- noix de cajou
- German
- Cashewkerne, Kaschunüsse
- Spanish
- anacardos, nueces de anacardos
- Italian
- noci di acagiù, anacardi
- Dutch
- cashewnoot, cashewnoten
- Portuguese
- castanhas de caju
- Polish
- orzechy nerkowca, nerkowce
- Swedish
- cashewnötter, cashewnöt
- Danish
- cashewnødder
- Norwegian
- cashewnøtter, cashewnøtt
- Finnish
- cashewpähkinä, cashewpähkinät
- Czech
- kešu ořechy
- Hungarian
- kesudió
- Romanian
- nuci Caju
- Croatian
- indijski oraščići, indijski oraščić
- Turkish
- kaju
Which foods contain cashew nuts?
Open Food Facts lists cashew nuts or a more specific kind of them in the ingredients of 14,546 products, most often nuts, dressings and sauces and biscuits and cakes. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Germany.
Products with it, by country of sale: United States 6,601 · France 2,850 · Germany 1,661 · United Kingdom 766.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where cashew nuts turn up, not how much of the market they are.
What kind of ingredient are cashew nuts?
Cashew nuts are a kind of tree nut.
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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.
- Open Food Facts: Cashew nuts
- Open Food Facts: ingredients taxonomy (names, family tree, allergen and vegan flags), ODbL
- Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
- European Union: Regulation 1169/2011 on food information to consumers, Annex II
- UK Food Standards Agency: Allergen guidance for food businesses (the 14 allergens)
- US FDA: Questions and Answers Regarding Food Allergen Labeling, Edition 5 (January 2025)
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