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Sesame seed bun on a food label: it contains sesame

Sesame seed bun is a kind of special bread. It contains sesame, so the allergen labelling rules apply. Whether it is vegan depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts finds it in 93 products, most often in sandwiches.

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Does sesame seed bun contain an allergen?

Yes. Sesame seed bun contains sesame: 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
SesameRequiredSince 1 January 2023RequiredRequired

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Is sesame seed bun vegan?

It depends on the make. Some kinds of sesame seed bun are made with an animal product and a label rarely says which, so a vegan profile gets Heads up. It is vegetarian.

VeganHeads upSome kinds are made with an animal product, and a label rarely says which.
VegetarianFits youNot meat or fish.
Sesame allergyNot for youIt contains sesame.

A pack can differ from the usual recipe: the app reads the label in your hand.

What other names does sesame seed bun have on a label?

On European labels it is “Sesambrötchen” in German, “panino ai semi di sesamo” in Italian and “sesambroodje” in Dutch. The other 2 languages are listed below.

German
Sesambrötchen
Italian
panino ai semi di sesamo
Dutch
sesambroodje
Finnish
seesamisämpylä, hampurilaissämpylä
Croatian
lepinja sa sezamom

Which foods contain sesame seed bun?

Open Food Facts lists sesame seed bun in the ingredients of 93 products, most often sandwiches and meat. Most of them are sold in the United States, Germany and Canada.

  • Sandwiches35
  • Meat12

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 60 · Germany 15 · Canada 6 · Belgium 3.

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

What kind of ingredient is sesame seed bun?

Sesame seed bun is a kind of special bread.

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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: Sesame seed bun
  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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