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Ingredient dictionary

Cumin seeds on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Cumin seeds are a kind of cumin. They are not one of the allergens that labels must declare. They are vegan. Open Food Facts finds them in 1,520 products, most often in ready meals. Per 100 g: about 427 kcal and 18 g protein.

By Bravoora teamUpdated 13 October 2026Sources checked 13 October 20265 sourcesHow we check

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Do cumin seeds contain an allergen?

Cumin seeds are 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.

Are cumin seeds vegan?

Yes. Cumin seeds are vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in them.

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 do cumin seeds have on a label?

On European labels they are “graine de cumin” in French, “Kümmelkörner” in German and “semilla de comino” in Spanish. The other 9 languages are listed below.

French: graine de cumin, cumin en grains
German: Kümmelkörner
Spanish: semilla de comino, grano de comino
Italian: grano di cumino, grani di cumino
Dutch: komijnzaad, komijnzaden
Portuguese: semente de cominhos, sementes de cominhos
Polish: nasiona kminu rzymskiego, nasiona kuminu
Swedish: spiskumminfrön
Norwegian: spisskummen frø
Finnish: juustokuminansiemen
Hungarian: köménymag
Croatian: kim zrno

Which foods contain cumin seeds?

Open Food Facts lists cumin seeds in the ingredients of 1,520 products, most often ready meals, dressings and sauces and savoury snacks. Most of them are sold in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and France.

Ready meals299
Dressings and sauces150
Savoury snacks54
Pasta, rice and flour46
Cheese29
Sandwiches28

Products with it, by country of sale: United Kingdom 608 · Netherlands 266 · France 256 · United States 248.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where cumin seeds turn up, not how much of the market they are.

How many calories are in cumin seeds?

Cumin seeds have about 427 kcal per 100 g, with 18 g protein, 34 g carbohydrate and 22 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Cumin, seed” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

427kcal per 100 g

18g protein

34g carbohydrate

22g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 2.3 g, saturated fat 1.5 g, fibre 11 g, salt 0.42 g, energy 1,780 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 11042. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient are cumin seeds?

Cumin seeds are a kind of cumin.

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