Brown rice: allergens and what’s inside

Which allergens are in brown rice?

Of 313 packs of brown rice whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, 3% list gluten, 1% list sesame and 1% list soy. Another 7% carry a “may contain” line for gluten, 6% for soy and 5% for sesame. Recipes differ from pack to pack, so the label in your hand is the one that counts.

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 is brown rice usually made of?

The ingredients most packs of brown rice list, with the share of packs that list each: rice (99%), brown rice (67%), long grain rice (37%) and long grain brown rice (17%).

• Rice99%
• Brown rice67%
• Long grain rice37%
• Long grain brown rice17%
• Basmati rice15%
• Parboiled rice12%
• Brown basmati rice11%

Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: France 248 · United States 148 · Spain 78 · Italy 54.

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 brown rice.

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 is brown rice?

In the Open Food Facts categories, brown rice is a kind of rice.

What else is brown rice called?

French

Riz complet, riz cargo

German

Brauner Reis

Spanish

Arroces integrales, Arroces cargo

Italian

Riso integrale

Dutch

Zilverlvliesrijsten, Volkoren rijsten

Swedish

Bruna ris

Danish

Brune ris

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: Brown rice

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