# Mixed nuts — What a food must legally contain to use its name: FDA standards of identity, in one table For Mixed nuts, cfr section is 21 CFR 164.110; category (cfr part) is Tree Nut and Peanut Products; composition requirements is Mixed nuts is the food consisting of a mixture of four or more of the optional shelled tree nut ingredients, with or without one or more of the optional shelled peanut ingredients, of the kinds prescribed by paragraph (b) of this section; except that when 2 ounces or less of the food is packed in transparent containers, three or more of the optional tree nut ingredients shall be present. Each such kind of nut ingredient when used shall be present in a quantity not less than 2 percent and not more than 80 percent by weight of the finished food; notable permitted / prohibited ingredients is color additives are not suitable ingredients of the food, recorded from its source on 2026-08-11. - **CFR section:** 21 CFR 164.110 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_ - **Standardized food:** Mixed nuts _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Category (CFR part):** Tree Nut and Peanut Products _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Composition requirements:** Mixed nuts is the food consisting of a mixture of four or more of the optional shelled tree nut ingredients, with or without one or more of the optional shelled peanut ingredients, of the kinds prescribed by paragraph (b) of this section; except that when 2 ounces or less of the food is packed in transparent containers, three or more of the optional tree nut ingredients shall be present. Each such kind of nut ingredient when used shall be present in a quantity not less than 2 percent and not more than 80 percent by weight of the finished food. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Notable permitted / prohibited ingredients:** color additives are not suitable ingredients of the food _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ ## What the source says > § 164.110 Mixed nuts. ( a ) Mixed nuts is the food consisting of a mixture of four or more of the optional shelled tree nut ingredients, with or without one or more of the optional shelled peanut ingredients, of the kinds prescribed by paragraph (b) of this section; except that when 2 ounces or less of the food is packed in transparent containers, three or more of the optional tree nut ingredients shall be present. Each such kind of nut ingredient when used shall be present in a quantity not less than 2 percent and not more than 80 percent by weight of the finished food. For purposes of this section, each kind of tree nut and peanut is an optional ingredient that may be prepared by any suitable method in accordance with good manufacturing practice. The finished food may contain one or more of the optional nonnut ingredients provided for in paragraph (c) of this section. ( b ) The optional shelled nut ingredients referred to in paragraph (a) of this section are: ( 1 ) Almonds, black walnuts, Brazil nuts, cashews, English walnuts (alternatively “walnuts”), filberts, pecans, and other suitable kinds of tree nuts. ( 2 ) Peanuts of the Spanish, Valencia, Virginia, or similar varieties, or any combination of two or more such varieties. ( c ) The optional nonnut ingredients referred to in paragraph (a) of this section consist of suitable substances that are not food additives as defined in section 201(s) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act; or if they are food additives as so defined, they are used in conformity with regulations established pursuant to section 409 of the act. Nonnut ingredients that perform a useful function are regarded as suitable, except that color additives are not suitable ingredients of the food ## Source - https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/chapter-I/subchapter-B/part-164 Last verified: 2026-08-11. Review by: 2027-08-11. Part of [What a food must legally contain to use its name: FDA standards of identity, in one table](https://referencesource.org/food-standards-of-identity/).