Common beans: allergens and what’s inside

Which allergens are in common beans?

Of 1,520 packs of common beans whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, 2% list gluten, 2% list sulphites, 2% list celery and 1% list soy. Another 9% carry a “may contain” line for gluten, 9% for soy and 2% for tree nuts. 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 are common beans usually made of?

The ingredients most packs of common beans list, with the share of packs that list each: water (68%), salt (60%), white beans (31%) and red bean (24%).

• Water68%
• Salt60%
• White beans31%
• Red bean24%
• Black bean17%
• Onion-family vegetable15%
• Tomato13%
• Sea salt13%
• Onion11%
• Sugar11%
• Pinto beans11%

Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: France 1,349 · United States 616 · Germany 504 · Spain 193.

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 common 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 common beans?

In the Open Food Facts categories, common beans are one of the pulses.

What else are common beans called?

German

Gartenbohnen, Fisolen

Spanish

Alubias, Judías

Italian

Fagioli

Dutch

Gewone bonen

Portuguese

Feijões comuns

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: Common beans

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