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Ingredient dictionary

Chestnut flour on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Chestnut flour is a kind of flour. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 277 products, most often in biscuits and cakes. Per 100 g: about 360 kcal and 5.7 g protein.

By Bravoora teamUpdated 13 October 2026Sources checked 13 October 20264 sourcesHow we check

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Does chestnut flour contain an allergen?

Chestnut flour is not one of the allergens that food labels must declare in the US, the UK, Europe or the Gulf. Open Food Facts does not link it to an allergen, and Bravoora’s label checker does not read the name as one.

Is chestnut flour vegan?

Yes. Chestnut flour 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 chestnut flour have on a label?

On European labels it is “farine de châtaigne” in French, “Kastanienmehl” in German and “harina de castaña” in Spanish. The other 3 languages are listed below.

French: farine de châtaigne
German: Kastanienmehl
Spanish: harina de castaña
Italian: farina di castagne
Dutch: kastanjemeel
Croatian: kestenovo brašno

Which foods contain chestnut flour?

Open Food Facts lists chestnut flour in the ingredients of 277 products, most often biscuits and cakes, bread and cereals and potatoes. Most of them are sold in France, Germany and Switzerland.

Biscuits and cakes60
Bread39
Cereals and potatoes29
Pasta, rice and flour21
Breakfast cereals8
Alcoholic drinks8

Products with it, by country of sale: France 248 · Germany 15 · Switzerland 8 · Italy 8.

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

How many calories are in chestnut flour?

Chestnut flour has about 360 kcal per 100 g, with 5.7 g protein, 70 g carbohydrate and 3.4 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Chestnut flour” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

360kcal per 100 g

5.7g protein

70g carbohydrate

3.4g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 4.3 g, saturated fat 0.5 g, fibre 13 g, salt 0.05 g, energy 1,520 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 9570. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is chestnut flour?

Chestnut flour is a kind of flour.

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