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Legumes: allergens and what’s inside

Of 9,556 packs of legumes whose ingredients Open Food Facts reads in full, 13% list peanuts and 5% list gluten. Another 11% carry a “may contain” line for gluten. Most list salt and water.

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for a peanut allergy profile, on 13% of these packs

Which allergens are in legumes?

Of 9,556 packs of legumes whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, 13% list peanuts, 5% list gluten, 5% list soy and 2% list mustard. Another 11% carry a “may contain” line for gluten, 9% for tree nuts and 7% for soy. Recipes differ from pack to pack, so the label in your hand is the one that counts.

Peanut allergyHeads up13% list peanuts; 1% more carry a “may contain” line for them.
Coeliac or gluten-freeHeads up5% list gluten; 11% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Soy allergyHeads up5% list soy; 7% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Mustard allergyHeads up2% list mustard; 2% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Celery allergyHeads up2% list celery; 2% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Milk allergyHeads up2% list milk; 3% 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 legumes usually made of?

The ingredients most packs of legumes list, with the share of packs that list each: salt (63%), water (57%), pod and seed vegetable (25%) and sugar (17%).

Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: France 8,526 · United States 3,520 · Germany 2,705 · Spain 2,221.

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 legumes.

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 legumes?

In the Open Food Facts categories, legumes are one of the legumes and their products.

Kinds of legumesLegume seedsGreen beansGreen peasButter beans

What else are legumes called?

French
Légumineuses
German
Hülsenfrüchte
Spanish
Leguminosas, Legumbres
Italian
Verdure
Dutch
Bonen
Portuguese
Legumes
Polish
Strączkowe
Swedish
Ärtväxter, Baljväxter
Danish
Bælgfrugter

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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: Legumes

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