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

Chia is a kind of seed. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 5,746 products, most often in biscuits and cakes. Per 100 g: about 442 kcal and 17 g protein.

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Does chia contain an allergen?

Chia 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 vegan?

Yes. Chia 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 have on a label?

On European labels it is “chía negra” in Spanish, “szałwia hiszpańska” in Polish and “biljke chia” in Croatian.

Spanish
chía negra
Polish
szałwia hiszpańska, salvia hispanica
Croatian
biljke chia

Which foods contain chia?

Open Food Facts lists chia or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 5,746 products, most often biscuits and cakes, pasta, rice and flour and breakfast cereals. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Germany.

  • Biscuits and cakes631
  • Pasta, rice and flour607
  • Breakfast cereals583
  • Bread402
  • Savoury snacks230
  • Unsweetened drinks162

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 2,900 · France 913 · Germany 322 · United Kingdom 248.

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

How many calories are in chia?

Chia 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?

Chia is a kind of seed.

Kinds of chiaChia seed

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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: Chia
  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. ANSES: CIQUAL French food composition table (CALNUT 2020 edition), Licence Ouverte 2.0

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