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

Cottonseed 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 6,296 products, most often in biscuits and cakes.

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Does cottonseed contain an allergen?

Cottonseed 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 cottonseed vegan?

Yes. Cottonseed 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 cottonseed have on a label?

In English cottonseed can also read “cotton seed”. On European labels it is “graine de coton” in French, “Baumwollsaat” in German and “semillas de algodón” in Spanish. The other 3 languages are listed below.

In Englishcotton seed
French
graine de coton
German
Baumwollsaat
Spanish
semillas de algodón
Italian
semi di cotone
Dutch
katoenzaad
Croatian
pamuk

Which foods contain cottonseed?

Open Food Facts lists cottonseed or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 6,296 products, most often biscuits and cakes, savoury snacks and sweets. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and India.

  • Biscuits and cakes636
  • Savoury snacks290
  • Sweets198
  • Ready meals145
  • Fish and seafood143
  • Pasta, rice and flour142

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 5,965 · France 152 · India 45 · Germany 33.

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

What kind of ingredient is cottonseed?

Cottonseed is a kind of seed.

Kinds of cottonseedLow fat cottonseed flourPartially defatted cottonseed flourPartially defatted cottonseed meal

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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: Cottonseed
  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

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