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Peanut paste on a food label: it contains peanuts

Peanut paste is a kind of peanut. It contains peanuts, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 4,673 products, most often in biscuits and cakes. Per 100 g: about 636 kcal and 22 g protein.

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Does peanut paste contain an allergen?

Yes. Peanut paste contains peanuts: 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.

AllergenUSUK and EuropeGulf
PeanutsRequiredRequiredRequired

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Is peanut paste vegan?

Yes. Peanut paste 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 paste have on a label?

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

French
pâte d'arachide
German
Erdnusspaste
Spanish
pasta de cacahuete, pasta de maní
Italian
crema di arachidi
Portuguese
pasta de amendoim
Polish
pasta z orzechów arachidowych, pasta z orzeszków arachidowych
Swedish
jordnötspasta
Danish
jordnøddepasta, jordnøddepuré
Czech
arašídová pasta
Croatian
pasta od kikirikija, kikiriki pasta

Which foods contain peanut paste?

Open Food Facts lists peanut paste or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 4,673 products, most often biscuits and cakes, sweets and pasta, rice and flour. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and the United Kingdom.

  • Biscuits and cakes1,036
  • Sweets512
  • Pasta, rice and flour165
  • Breakfast cereals90
  • Ice cream87
  • Savoury snacks61

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 3,603 · France 371 · United Kingdom 134 · Canada 128.

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

How many calories are in peanut paste?

Peanut paste 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 paste?

Peanut paste is a kind of peanut.

Kinds of peanut pastePeanut butter or peanut paste

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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: Peanut paste
  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)

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