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Ingredient dictionary

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

Quinoa is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 7,892 products, most often in pasta, rice and flour. Per 100 g: about 354 kcal and 13 g protein.

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

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Does quinoa contain an allergen?

Quinoa 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 quinoa vegan?

Yes. Quinoa 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 quinoa have on a label?

On European labels it is “Reismelde” in German, “quinua” in Spanish and “gierstmelde” in Dutch. The other 7 languages are listed below.

German: Reismelde, peruanischer Reis
Spanish: quinua, quinoa real
Dutch: gierstmelde
Polish: komosa ryżowa, komosy ryżowej
Danish: kvinoa, peruansk ris
Finnish: kvinoa
Czech: merlík čilský
Hungarian: kinoa, rizsparéj
Croatian: kvinoja, kvinojine
Turkish: kinoa

Which foods contain quinoa?

Open Food Facts lists quinoa or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 7,892 products, most often pasta, rice and flour, ready meals and bread. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Germany.

Pasta, rice and flour1,267
Ready meals941
Bread590
Biscuits and cakes554
Breakfast cereals480
Savoury snacks273

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 3,594 · France 2,016 · Germany 453 · United Kingdom 398.

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

How many calories are in quinoa?

Quinoa has about 354 kcal per 100 g, with 13 g protein, 58 g carbohydrate and 6.1 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Quinoa, raw” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

354kcal per 100 g

13g protein

58g carbohydrate

6.1g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 1.6 g, saturated fat 0.7 g, fibre 7 g, salt 0.01 g, energy 1,490 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 9340. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is quinoa?

Kinds of quinoaRed quinoa Quinoa flour White quinoa Quinoa seeds Black quinoaWhite quinoa flour

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