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Yellow mustard seed on a food label: it contains mustard

Yellow mustard seed is a kind of mustard seed. It contains mustard, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 386 products, most often in dressings and sauces.

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Does yellow mustard seed contain an allergen?

Yes. Yellow mustard seed contains mustard: labels in the UK, Europe and the Gulf must declare it; in the US it is not a listed allergen.

AllergenUSUK and EuropeGulf
MustardNot requiredRequiredRequired

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Is yellow mustard seed vegan?

Yes. Yellow mustard seed 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.
Mustard allergyNot for youIt contains mustard.

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What other names does yellow mustard seed have on a label?

On European labels it is “graines de moutarde jaunes” in French, “Gelbsenfsaat” in German and “semilla de mostaza amarilla” in Spanish. The other 6 languages are listed below.

French
graines de moutarde jaunes
German
Gelbsenfsaat, Senfsaat gelb
Spanish
semilla de mostaza amarilla, semillas de mostaza amarilla
Italian
chicchi di senape gialla
Dutch
geel mosterdzaad, gele mosterdzaden
Polish
gorczyca biała, gorczycy białej
Swedish
gult senapsfrö, gula senapsfrön
Finnish
keltainen sinapinsiemen
Croatian
zrno žute gorušice

Which foods contain yellow mustard seed?

Open Food Facts lists yellow mustard seed or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 386 products, most often dressings and sauces, salty and fatty foods and ready meals. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and Poland.

  • Dressings and sauces108
  • Salty and fatty foods77
  • Ready meals24
  • Vegetables10
  • Sandwiches8
  • Oily fish7

Products with it, by country of sale: France 101 · United States 76 · Poland 73 · United Kingdom 64.

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

What kind of ingredient is yellow mustard seed?

Yellow mustard seed is a kind of mustard seed.

Kinds of yellow mustard seedYellow and brown mustard 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: Yellow mustard seed
  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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