Nutrition Facts: Organic Hazelnut Protein Powder

November 9, 2026

Our Organic Hazelnut Protein Powder has one ingredient: organic hazelnuts. The nuts are cold-pressed to remove much of the oil, and the pressed nut is then stone-ground at low temperatures into a fine powder. What's left after the oil comes out is the part that gives this powder its numbers: lots of protein and lots of fibre.

Nutrition per 100g

Energy: 1449kJ / 350kcal
Fat: 11g (saturates 0.98g)
Carbohydrate: 10.9g (sugars 8.34g)
Dietary fibre: 23g
Protein: 39g
Salt: 0.01g
Vitamin E: about 15mg

Where the powder comes from

A 2023 paper in the journal Foods describes hazelnut oil cake as a by-product of cold-pressing oil, and calls it a rich resource of dietary fibre and minerals. The amount of oil that stays in the cake varies. In that study the cake had 36.4g of protein and 22.8g of fat per 100g of dry matter. Ours is analysed differently, so the figures aren't like for like, but the pattern is similar: far less fat and far more protein than our hazelnut butter, which has 61g of fat and 17g of protein per 100g.

Where the nuts grow

The hazel, Corylus avellana, is a deciduous tree native to the UK, according to the Woodland Trust, and cobnuts are still grown in Kent. Worldwide, hazelnut production in 2023 was about 1.13 million tonnes in the shell, according to FAOSTAT figures summarised on Wikipedia, with Turkey providing 57.7% of the total and Italy and the United States the next largest producers.

What the numbers mean

Energy. Labels use fixed factors per gram: 37kJ for fat, 17kJ for protein and carbohydrate, and 8kJ for fibre. Protein is the largest part of the energy here: 39g x 17kJ is about 663kJ, or 46% of the 1449kJ total. In a whole hazelnut butter, fat leads instead.
Fat. At 11g per 100g, the NHS traffic-light guide puts the powder in the amber band for fat (between 3g and 17.5g). Saturates are 0.98g, which is green (1.5g or less).
Carbohydrate and sugars. 8.34g of sugars sits in the NHS amber band (between 5g and 22.5g). With hazelnuts as the only ingredient, none of it is added sugar.
Fibre. At 23g per 100g, a 20g spoonful (an illustration, not a labelled portion) provides about 4.6g. The NHS recommends adults have 30g of fibre a day.
Protein. The same 20g spoonful gives about 7.8g, which is about 16% of the 50g UK reference intake.
Salt. 0.01g per 100g is well inside the NHS green band of 0.3g or less.

What we're happy to say about it

There are strict rules in Great Britain about what a food label can claim, and we stick to them. This powder meets the conditions for three nutrition claims under Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006, as retained in Great Britain.

High protein. At least 20% of the energy must come from protein. Here it's about 46%.
High fibre. At least 6g of fibre per 100g is needed. Here it's 23g.
High in vitamin E. A "source" needs a significant amount, which is 15% of the 12mg reference value per 100g, so 1.8mg. "High" needs twice that, 3.6mg. At about 15mg per 100g, the powder is well above it.

The official statements we can share (Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 and Regulation (EU) No 432/2012, as retained in Great Britain) are:

Protein contributes to a growth in muscle mass.
Protein contributes to the maintenance of muscle mass.
Protein contributes to the maintenance of normal bones.
Vitamin E contributes to the protection of cells from oxidative stress.

The protein statements can be used only on food that is at least a source of protein, which this powder comfortably is. Each statement describes what the nutrient does within a varied diet, not what one product will do on its own.

Ways to use it

Blend it into smoothies and hot chocolate.
Stir it into porridge or overnight oats.
Add it to brownies, cookies and pancakes. One useful finding from the same Foods paper: in lab tests, when hazelnut oil cake replaced 5% to 15% of the flour in a wheat dough, the water the dough took up barely changed, from 52.3% for plain flour to between 52.7% and 53.8%. So at modest swaps there's no need to add extra liquid.

Good to know

Contains hazelnuts (tree nuts). May contain traces of other tree nuts and sesame seeds. Suitable for vegans and vegetarians. Store in a cool and dry place.