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Broad beans: allergens and what’s inside

Of 89 packs of broad beans whose ingredients Open Food Facts reads in full, 2% list gluten and 2% list soy. Another 10% carry a “may contain” line for tree nuts. Most list broad bean, pod and seed vegetable and salt.

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Which allergens are in broad beans?

Of 89 packs of broad beans whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, 2% list gluten, 2% list soy, 2% list sulphites and 1% list celery. Another 10% carry a “may contain” line for tree nuts, 9% for peanuts and 7% for sesame. Recipes differ from pack to pack, so the label in your hand is the one that counts.

Coeliac or gluten-freeHeads up2% list gluten; 6% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Soy allergyHeads up2% list soy; 3% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Sulphite sensitivityHeads up2% list sulphites; 1% more carry a “may contain” line for them.
Celery allergyHeads up1% list celery; 3% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Milk allergyHeads up1% list milk; 1% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Sesame allergyHeads up1% list sesame; 7% more carry a “may contain” line for it.

Not for you when most of these packs list the allergen, Heads up when fewer do or only a “may contain” line names it. In the app, a profile gets Not for you on a pack that lists the allergen and Heads up on one whose “may contain” line names it: it reads the pack in your hand, not these counts.

What are broad beans usually made of?

The ingredients most packs of broad beans list, with the share of packs that list each: broad bean (88%), pod and seed vegetable (88%), salt (51%) and water (30%).

Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: France 93 · Spain 50 · Italy 17 · Germany 14.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows what these packs list, not every recipe for broad beans.

Calories and nutrients

Not shown here. Open Food Facts records calories and nutrients per 100 g or per 100 ml without saying which, so a figure for all these packs together could mislead. The pack you buy prints its own, and that is the figure to log.

What kind of food are broad beans?

In the Open Food Facts categories, broad beans are one of the vegetables.

What else are broad beans called?

French
Fèves
Swedish
Bondbönor
Danish
Hestebønner

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Sources

Every share is counted over the packs whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full. A pack lists an allergen when Open Food Facts’ allergen field names it, or when one of its ingredients stands for it by the same two-of-three checks as the ingredient dictionary (tahini is sesame, a cheese is milk). A “may contain” line counts only for an allergen the pack does not list.

  1. Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
  2. Open Food Facts: categories and ingredients taxonomies (names, kinds, allergens), ODbL
  3. Open Food Facts: Broad beans

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