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Hazelnut paste on a food label: it contains tree nuts
Hazelnut paste is a kind of hazelnut. It contains tree nuts, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 4,481 products, most often in sweets.
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Does hazelnut paste contain an allergen?
Yes. Hazelnut paste contains tree nuts: labels in the US, the UK, Europe and the Gulf must declare it. It is made to a recipe, so any other allergen in it must be named on the label too.
| Allergen | US | UK and Europe | Gulf |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tree nuts | Required12 named nuts since January 2025; coconut removed | Required8 named nuts | Required |
Is hazelnut paste vegan?
Yes. Hazelnut paste is vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in it.
A pack can differ from the usual recipe: the app reads the label in your hand.
What other names does hazelnut paste have on a label?
In English hazelnut paste can also read “hazelnut butter”. On European labels it is “pâte de noisette” in French, “Haselnussmus” in German and “pasta de avellana” in Spanish. The other 12 languages are listed below.
- French
- pâte de noisette, purée de noisettes
- German
- Haselnussmus, Haselnüsspaste
- Spanish
- pasta de avellana, pasta de avellanas
- Italian
- pasta di nocciole
- Dutch
- hazelnootpasta
- Portuguese
- pasta de avelã, pasta de avelãs
- Polish
- pasta z orzechów laskowych
- Swedish
- hasselnötspasta, hasselnötpasta
- Danish
- hasselnøddepuré
- Norwegian
- hasselnøttpasta, hasselnøtmasse
- Finnish
- hasselpähkinätahna, hasselpähkinämassa
- Czech
- lískooříšková pasta
- Hungarian
- mogyoromassza
- Romanian
- pastă de alune de pădure
- Croatian
- pasta lješnjaka, pasta od lješnjaka
Which foods contain hazelnut paste?
Open Food Facts lists hazelnut paste or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 4,481 products, most often sweets, chocolate and biscuits and cakes. Most of them are sold in France, Germany and Spain.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 2,468 · Germany 768 · Spain 422 · Italy 332.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where hazelnut paste turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is hazelnut paste?
Hazelnut paste is a kind of hazelnut.
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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.
- Open Food Facts: Hazelnut paste
- Open Food Facts: ingredients taxonomy (names, family tree, allergen and vegan flags), ODbL
- Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
- European Union: Regulation 1169/2011 on food information to consumers, Annex II
- UK Food Standards Agency: Allergen guidance for food businesses (the 14 allergens)
- US FDA: Questions and Answers Regarding Food Allergen Labeling, Edition 5 (January 2025)
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