Names that mean peanuts
- Peanut, peanut butter, peanut flour, peanut oil
- GroundnutAnother name for peanut.
- Arachis oil, Arachis hypogaeaArachis is the Latin name, common on European labels.
Look-alikes that aren’t peanuts
- Tree nutsA separate allergen.
- NutmegA spice.
What the law requires
| United States | A major food allergen.1 Highly refined peanut oil is exempt from allergen labeling, but it still has to be called “peanut oil” in the ingredient list.2 |
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| European Union | One of the 14 allergens: “Peanuts and products thereof,” with no exemptions.3 |
| Japan | Mandatory (落花生).4 |
On labels in other languages
| Spanish | Chinese | Japanese |
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| cacahuete, cacahuate, maní | 花生、落花生 | 落花生、ピーナッツ |