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Pistachio paste on a food label: it contains tree nuts

Pistachio paste is one of the pistachio nuts. It contains tree nuts, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 418 products, most often in ice cream.

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Does pistachio paste contain an allergen?

Yes. Pistachio paste contains tree nuts: 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
Tree nutsRequired12 named nuts since January 2025; coconut removedRequired8 named nutsRequired

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Is pistachio paste vegan?

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

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What other names does pistachio paste have on a label?

On European labels it is “pâte de pistache” in French, “Pistazienpaste” in German and “pasta di pistacchio” in Italian. The other 3 languages are listed below.

French
pâte de pistache
German
Pistazienpaste
Italian
pasta di pistacchio
Polish
pasta z pistacji, pasta pistacjowa
Finnish
pistaasitahna
Croatian
pasta od pistacija, pasta s pistacijama

Which foods contain pistachio paste?

Open Food Facts lists pistachio paste or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 418 products, most often ice cream, biscuits and cakes and sweets. Most of them are sold in France, Italy and Germany.

  • Ice cream134
  • Biscuits and cakes78
  • Sweets39
  • Chocolate38
  • Pastries13
  • Dairy desserts10

Products with it, by country of sale: France 223 · Italy 70 · Germany 45 · United States 40.

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

What kind of ingredient is pistachio paste?

Pistachio paste is one of the pistachio nuts.

Kinds of pistachio pastePistachio flavor 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: Pistachio 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. 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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