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Peanut flour on a food label: it contains peanuts

Peanut flour is a kind of peanut. It contains peanuts, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 2,316 products, most often in biscuits and cakes.

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Does peanut flour contain an allergen?

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

AllergenUSUK and EuropeGulf
PeanutsRequiredRequiredRequired

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Is peanut flour vegan?

Yes. Peanut flour 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 flour have on a label?

On European labels it is “farine d'arachide” in French, “Erdnussmehl” in German and “harina de cacahuete” in Spanish. The other 7 languages are listed below.

French
farine d'arachide
German
Erdnussmehl
Spanish
harina de cacahuete, harina de maní
Italian
farina di arachidi
Dutch
pinda bloem, pindameel
Portuguese
farinha de amendoim
Polish
mąka arachidowa, mąka z orzeszków ziemnych
Swedish
jordnötsmjöl
Danish
jordnøddemel
Croatian
brašno od kikirikija

Which foods contain peanut flour?

Open Food Facts lists peanut flour or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 2,316 products, most often biscuits and cakes, sweets and pasta, rice and flour. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Canada.

  • Biscuits and cakes444
  • Sweets223
  • Pasta, rice and flour57
  • Breakfast cereals30
  • Fats and spreads18
  • Beans and pulses18

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 2,019 · France 126 · Canada 70 · United Kingdom 66.

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

What kind of ingredient is peanut flour?

Peanut flour is a kind of peanut.

Kinds of peanut flourLow fat peanut flourDefatted peanut flour

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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.

  1. Open Food Facts: Peanut flour
  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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