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Ingredient dictionary

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

Nutmeg is a kind of spice. Whether it carries an allergen depends on how it was made. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 13,448 products, most often in ready meals. Per 100 g: about 504 kcal and 5.3 g protein.

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

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Does nutmeg contain an allergen?

It depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts does not link nutmeg to an allergen, and Bravoora’s label checker does not read the name as one. The label must name any allergen it carries.

Is nutmeg vegan?

Yes. Nutmeg 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 nutmeg have on a label?

On European labels it is “muscade” in French, “Muskat” in German and “noce moscata” in Italian. The other 9 languages are listed below.

French: muscade
German: Muskat
Italian: noce moscata
Dutch: nootmuskaat
Polish: gałka muszkatołowa, gałki muszkatołowej
Swedish: muskot
Danish: muskat
Czech: muškát
Hungarian: szerecsendió
Romanian: nucșoară
Croatian: muškat
Turkish: muskat

Which foods contain nutmeg?

Open Food Facts lists nutmeg or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 13,448 products, most often ready meals, processed meat and biscuits and cakes. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and the United Kingdom.

Ready meals2,361
Processed meat1,572
Biscuits and cakes859
Pasta, rice and flour691
Dressings and sauces560
Pizzas, pies and quiches454

Products with it, by country of sale: France 5,290 · United States 2,535 · United Kingdom 1,768 · Germany 1,535.

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

How many calories are in nutmeg?

Nutmeg has about 504 kcal per 100 g, with 5.3 g protein, 29 g carbohydrate and 36 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Nutmeg” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

504kcal per 100 g

5.3g protein

29g carbohydrate

36g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 3 g, saturated fat 26 g, fibre 21 g, salt 0.04 g, energy 2,080 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 11048. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is nutmeg?

Nutmeg is a kind of spice.

Kinds of nutmegNutmeg nutGround nutmeg

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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.

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