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Ingredient dictionary

Peanut butter on a food label: it contains peanuts

Peanut butter is a kind of peanut. It contains peanuts, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 258 products, most often in biscuits and cakes. Per 100 g: about 636 kcal and 22 g protein.

By Bravoora teamUpdated 13 October 2026Sources checked 13 October 20267 sourcesHow we check

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Does peanut butter contain an allergen?

Yes. Peanut butter contains peanuts: labels in the US, the UK, Europe and the Gulf must declare it.

Allergen	US	UK and Europe	Gulf
Peanuts	Required	Required	Required

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Is peanut butter vegan?

Yes. Peanut butter 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.

Peanut allergyNot for youIt contains peanuts.

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What other names does peanut butter have on a label?

On European labels it is “beurre d'arachide” in French, “Erdnussbutter” in German and “crema de cacahuete” in Spanish. The other 9 languages are listed below.

French: beurre d'arachide, beurre de cacahuète
German: Erdnussbutter
Spanish: crema de cacahuete, crema de maní
Italian: burro di arachidi
Dutch: pindakaas
Portuguese: manteiga de amendoim
Polish: masło z orzeszków ziemnych
Swedish: jordnötssmör
Danish: jordnøddesmør
Norwegian: peanøttssmör
Czech: arašídové máslo
Croatian: kikiriki maslac

Which foods contain peanut butter?

Open Food Facts lists peanut butter or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 258 products, most often biscuits and cakes, breakfast cereals and sweets. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and the United Kingdom.

Biscuits and cakes82
Breakfast cereals22
Sweets16
Savoury snacks8
Sandwiches4
Pasta, rice and flour3

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 184 · France 38 · United Kingdom 16 · Canada 13.

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

How many calories are in peanut butter?

Peanut butter has about 636 kcal per 100 g, with 22 g protein, 16 g carbohydrate and 53 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Peanut butter or peanut paste” (the closest food in the table) in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

636kcal per 100 g

22g protein

16g carbohydrate

53g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 11 g, saturated fat 10 g, fibre 5 g, salt 0.97 g, energy 2,630 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 15202 (the closest food in the table). A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is peanut butter?

Peanut butter is a kind of peanut.

Kinds of peanut butterCrunchy peanut butterReduced sodium peanut butterPeanut butter or peanut paste

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