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Ingredient dictionary

Chia seed on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Chia seed is a kind of chia. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 4,890 products, most often in biscuits and cakes. Per 100 g: about 442 kcal and 17 g protein.

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

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Does chia seed contain an allergen?

Chia seed 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 chia seed vegan?

Yes. Chia seed 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 chia seed have on a label?

In English chia seed can also read “chia seeds”. On European labels it is “graine de chia” in French, “Chiasamen” in German and “semillas de chia” in Spanish. The other 11 languages are listed below.

In Englishchia seeds

French: graine de chia, graines de chia
German: Chiasamen, chia Samen
Spanish: semillas de chia, chia
Italian: semi di chia
Dutch: chiazaad
Portuguese: sementes de chia
Polish: nasiona chia, nasiona szałwii hiszpańskiej
Swedish: chiafrö, chiafrön
Danish: chiafrø, chia frø
Norwegian: Chiafrø
Finnish: chia-siemen, chia-siemenet
Czech: chia semínka
Romanian: semințe de chia, seminte de chia
Croatian: chia sjemenke

Which foods contain chia seed?

Open Food Facts lists chia seed or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 4,890 products, most often biscuits and cakes, breakfast cereals and pasta, rice and flour. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Germany.

Biscuits and cakes552
Breakfast cereals500
Pasta, rice and flour496
Bread345
Savoury snacks214
Unsweetened drinks120

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 2,575 · France 746 · Germany 246 · United Kingdom 186.

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

How many calories are in chia seed?

Chia seed has about 442 kcal per 100 g, with 17 g protein, 7.7 g carbohydrate and 31 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Seeds, chia, dried” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

442kcal per 100 g

17g protein

7.7g carbohydrate

31g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 4.3 g, saturated fat 3.3 g, fibre 34 g, salt 0.04 g, energy 1,820 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 15047. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is chia seed?

In the Open Food Facts ingredient tree, chia seed sits under chia and seed.

Kinds of chia seedWhite chia seed

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