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Ingredient dictionary

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

Poppyseed is a kind of poppy. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 3,352 products, most often in bread. Per 100 g: about 551 kcal and 20 g protein.

By Bravoora teamUpdated 13 October 2026Sources checked 13 October 20265 sourcesHow we check

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Does poppyseed contain an allergen?

Poppyseed 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 poppyseed vegan?

Yes. Poppyseed 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 poppyseed have on a label?

In English poppyseed can also read “poppy seed” or “poppy seeds”. On European labels it is “graines de pavot” in French, “Mohnsamen” in German and “semillas de amapola” in Spanish. The other 10 languages are listed below.

In Englishpoppy seedpoppy seeds

French: graines de pavot
German: Mohnsamen, Mohnsaat
Spanish: semillas de amapola
Italian: semi di papavero, grani di papavero
Dutch: maanzaad
Portuguese: sementes de papoila
Polish: nasiona maku
Swedish: vallmofrö, vallmofrön
Danish: birkes
Norwegian: valmuefrø
Finnish: unikonsiemen, unikonsiemenet
Croatian: makovnjača
Turkish: Haşhaş tohumu

Which foods contain poppyseed?

Open Food Facts lists poppyseed or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 3,352 products, most often bread, biscuits and cakes and savoury snacks. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and the United Kingdom.

Bread982
Biscuits and cakes315
Savoury snacks304
Sandwiches175
Dressings and sauces165
Ready meals159

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 1,372 · France 1,162 · United Kingdom 340 · Spain 105.

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

How many calories are in poppyseed?

Poppyseed 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” 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. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is poppyseed?

Poppyseed is a kind of poppy.

Kinds of poppyseedBlue poppy seed

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