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Sesame seeds on a food label: they contain sesame

Sesame seeds are a kind of sesame. They contain sesame, so the allergen labelling rules apply. They are vegan. Open Food Facts finds them in 13,664 products, most often in bread. Per 100 g: about 587 kcal and 18 g protein.

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Do sesame seeds contain an allergen?

Yes. Sesame seeds contain sesame: labels in the US, the UK, Europe and the Gulf must declare them.

AllergenUSUK and EuropeGulf
SesameRequiredSince 1 January 2023RequiredRequired

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Are sesame seeds vegan?

Yes. Sesame seeds are vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in them.

VeganFits youNothing from an animal, by the Open Food Facts record.
VegetarianFits youNothing from an animal, by the Open Food Facts record.
Sesame allergyNot for youThey contain sesame.

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What other names do sesame seeds have on a label?

On European labels they are “graine de sésame” in French, “Sesamsamen” in German and “granos de sésamo” in Spanish. The other 12 languages are listed below.

French
graine de sésame, graines de sésame
German
Sesamsamen, Sesamkörner
Spanish
granos de sésamo, semillas de sésamo
Italian
semi di sesamo, grani di sesamo
Dutch
sesamzaad, sesam zaden
Portuguese
sementes de sésamo, sementes de sésam
Polish
nasiona sezamu, ziarno sezamu
Swedish
sesamfrön, sesamfrö
Danish
sesamfrø
Norwegian
sesamfrø
Finnish
seesaminsiemen, seesaminsiemenet
Czech
sezamová semena
Hungarian
szezámmag
Romanian
semințe de susan, seminte de susan
Croatian
sjemenke sezama, sjeme sezama

Which foods contain sesame seeds?

Open Food Facts lists sesame seeds or a more specific kind of them in the ingredients of 13,664 products, most often bread, biscuits and cakes and ready meals. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Belgium.

  • Bread2,585
  • Biscuits and cakes1,266
  • Ready meals945
  • Dressings and sauces856
  • Pasta, rice and flour694
  • Savoury snacks661

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 5,694 · France 3,981 · Belgium 620 · Germany 608.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where sesame seeds turn up, not how much of the market they are.

How many calories are in sesame seeds?

Sesame seeds have about 587 kcal per 100 g, with 18 g protein, 9.9 g carbohydrate and 50 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Sesame seed” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

587kcal per 100 g
18g protein
9.9g carbohydrate
50g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 0.3 g, saturated fat 7.1 g, fibre 15 g, salt 0.05 g, energy 2,420 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 15010. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient are sesame seeds?

Sesame seeds are a kind of sesame.

Kinds of sesame seedsWhite sesame seedsHusked sesame seedOrganic sesame seeds

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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 seeds
  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
  5. European Union: Regulation 1169/2011 on food information to consumers, Annex II
  6. UK Food Standards Agency: Allergen guidance for food businesses (the 14 allergens)
  7. US FDA: Questions and Answers Regarding Food Allergen Labeling, Edition 5 (January 2025)

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