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Ingredient dictionary

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

Cinnamon is a kind of spice. Whether it carries an allergen depends on how it was made. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 26,429 products, most often in biscuits and cakes. Per 100 g: about 243 kcal and 3.9 g protein.

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

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Does cinnamon contain an allergen?

It depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts does not link cinnamon to an allergen, and Bravoora’s label checker does not read the name as one. The label must name any allergen it carries.

Is cinnamon vegan?

Yes. Cinnamon 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.

A pack can differ from the usual recipe: the app reads the label in your hand.

What other names does cinnamon have on a label?

On European labels it is “cannelle” in French, “zimt” in German and “canela” in Spanish. The other 13 languages are listed below.

French: cannelle, canelle
German: zimt
Spanish: canela
Italian: cannella
Dutch: kaneel
Portuguese: canela
Polish: cynamon
Swedish: kanel
Danish: kanel
Norwegian: kanel
Finnish: kaneli
Czech: skořice
Hungarian: fahéj
Romanian: scorțișoară
Croatian: cimet
Turkish: tarçın

Which foods contain cinnamon?

Open Food Facts lists cinnamon or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 26,429 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 cakes6,022
Pasta, rice and flour1,555
Breakfast cereals1,533
Ready meals1,109
Unsweetened drinks948
Dressings and sauces844

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 11,953 · France 5,356 · Germany 2,599 · United Kingdom 2,134.

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

How many calories are in cinnamon?

Cinnamon has about 243 kcal per 100 g, with 3.9 g protein, 28 g carbohydrate and 1.2 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Cinnamon, powder” (the closest food in the table) in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

243kcal per 100 g

3.9g protein

28g carbohydrate

1.2g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 2.2 g, saturated fat 0.4 g, fibre 53 g, salt 0.03 g, energy 1,000 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 11025 (the closest food in the table). A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is cinnamon?

Cinnamon is a kind of spice.

Kinds of cinnamonCinnamon powder Cassia Ceylon cinnamonCinnamon stick

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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.

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