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Hazelnut on a food label: it contains tree nuts

Hazelnut is a kind of tree nut. It contains tree nuts, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 26,097 products, most often in sweets. Per 100 g: about 622 kcal and 14 g protein.

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Does hazelnut contain an allergen?

Yes. Hazelnut contains tree nuts: labels in the US, the UK, Europe and the Gulf must declare it.

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

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Is hazelnut vegan?

Yes. Hazelnut 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.
Tree nut allergyNot for youIt contains tree nuts.

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What other names does hazelnut have on a label?

In English hazelnut can also read “hazelnuts”, “filbert” or “filberts”. On European labels it is “noisette” in French, “Haselnuss” in German and “avellana” in Spanish. The other 13 languages are listed below.

In Englishhazelnutsfilbertfilberts
French
noisette, noisettes
German
Haselnuss, Haselnüsse
Spanish
avellana, avellanas
Italian
nocciola, nocciole
Dutch
hazelnoot, hazelnoten
Portuguese
avelã, avelãs
Polish
orzechy laskowe, Leszczyna pospolita
Swedish
hasselnöt, hasselnötter
Danish
Hasselnød, hasselnødder
Norwegian
hasselnøtt, hasselnøtter
Finnish
hasselpähkinä, hasselpähkinät
Czech
lískový ořech, lískové ořechy
Hungarian
mogyoró
Romanian
alune de pădure
Croatian
lješnjak, lješnjaci
Turkish
fındık

Which foods contain hazelnut?

Open Food Facts lists hazelnut or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 26,097 products, most often sweets, biscuits and cakes and chocolate. Most of them are sold in France, Germany and the United States.

  • Sweets5,827
  • Biscuits and cakes4,930
  • Chocolate3,742
  • Breakfast cereals1,901
  • Nuts857
  • Ice cream821

Products with it, by country of sale: France 12,024 · Germany 4,704 · United States 2,376 · Switzerland 1,774.

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

How many calories are in hazelnut?

Hazelnut has about 622 kcal per 100 g, with 14 g protein, 7.2 g carbohydrate and 57 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Hazelnut” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

622kcal per 100 g
14g protein
7.2g carbohydrate
57g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 4.9 g, saturated fat 4.8 g, fibre 12 g, salt 0.01 g, energy 2,560 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 15004. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is hazelnut?

Hazelnut is a kind of tree nut.

Kinds of hazelnutHazelnut pasteGround hazelnutsChopped hazelnutsPiedmont hazelnutToasted hazelnutsHazelnut kernelBlanched 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: Hazelnut
  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. ANSES: CIQUAL French food composition table (CALNUT 2020 edition), Licence Ouverte 2.0
  5. European Union: Regulation 1169/2011 on food information to consumers, Annex II
  6. UK Food Standards Agency: Allergen guidance for food businesses (the 14 allergens)
  7. US FDA: Questions and Answers Regarding Food Allergen Labeling, Edition 5 (January 2025)
  8. Wikipedia: Hazelnut

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