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

Poppy is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 3,743 products, most often in bread. Per 100 g: about 551 kcal and 20 g protein.

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Does poppy contain an allergen?

Poppy is not one of the allergens that food labels must declare in the US, the UK, Europe or the Gulf. Open Food Facts does not link it to an allergen, and Bravoora’s label checker does not read the name as one.

Is poppy vegan?

Yes. Poppy 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 poppy have on a label?

On European labels it is “pavot” in French, “Mohn” in German and “amapola” in Spanish. The other 5 languages are listed below.

French
pavot
German
Mohn
Spanish
amapola
Italian
papavero
Portuguese
papoila
Polish
mak, makowy
Swedish
vallmo
Croatian
mak

Which foods contain poppy?

Open Food Facts lists poppy or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 3,743 products, most often bread, biscuits and cakes and savoury snacks. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and the United Kingdom.

  • Bread1,092
  • Biscuits and cakes349
  • Savoury snacks337
  • Sandwiches201
  • Ready meals177
  • Dressings and sauces165

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 1,382 · France 1,349 · United Kingdom 355 · Germany 177.

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

How many calories are in poppy?

Poppy has about 551 kcal per 100 g, with 20 g protein, 14 g carbohydrate and 43 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Poppy, seed” (the closest food in the table) in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

551kcal per 100 g
20g protein
14g carbohydrate
43g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 3 g, saturated fat 4.7 g, fibre 15 g, salt 0.06 g, energy 2,280 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 11061 (the closest food in the table). A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is poppy?

Kinds of poppyPoppyseed

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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: Poppy
  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

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