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Ground hazelnuts on a food label: they contain tree nuts

Ground hazelnuts are a kind of hazelnut. They contain tree nuts, so the allergen labelling rules apply. They are vegan. Open Food Facts finds them in 348 products, most often in biscuits and cakes.

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Ground hazelnuts=tree nuts

Do ground hazelnuts contain an allergen?

Yes. Ground hazelnuts contain tree nuts: labels in the US, the UK, Europe and the Gulf must declare them.

AllergenUSUK and EuropeGulf
Tree nutsRequired12 named nuts since January 2025; coconut removedRequired8 named nutsRequired

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Are ground hazelnuts vegan?

Yes. Ground hazelnuts 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.
Tree nut allergyNot for youThey contain tree nuts.

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What other names do ground hazelnuts have on a label?

On European labels they are “nocciole macinate” in Italian.

Italian
nocciole macinate

Which foods contain ground hazelnuts?

Open Food Facts lists ground hazelnuts or a more specific kind of them in the ingredients of 348 products, most often biscuits and cakes, chocolate and sweets. Most of them are sold in Germany, Switzerland and France.

  • Biscuits and cakes122
  • Chocolate74
  • Sweets54
  • Breakfast cereals14
  • Sweetened drinks2
  • Bread1

Products with it, by country of sale: Germany 237 · Switzerland 29 · France 28 · United Kingdom 28.

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

What kind of ingredient are ground hazelnuts?

Ground hazelnuts are a kind of hazelnut.

Kinds of ground hazelnutsNibbed and ground hazelnutsGround Piedmont hazelnut

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Sources

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: Ground hazelnuts
  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. European Union: Regulation 1169/2011 on food information to consumers, Annex II
  5. UK Food Standards Agency: Allergen guidance for food businesses (the 14 allergens)
  6. US FDA: Questions and Answers Regarding Food Allergen Labeling, Edition 5 (January 2025)

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