Pinto beans: allergens and what’s inside

Which allergens are in pinto beans?

Of 158 packs of pinto beans whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, 2 (1%) list at least one of the main allergens, but no single allergen is listed on as many as 1 pack in 100. 2% carry a “may contain” line for soy and 1% for gluten. 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 pinto beans usually made of?

The ingredients most packs of pinto beans list, with the share of packs that list each: pinto beans (98%), water (49%), salt (44%) and sea salt (20%).

• Pinto beans98%
• Water49%
• Salt44%
• Sea salt20%
• Onion13%

Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: United States 236 · Spain 39 · Germany 18 · France 12.

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 pinto 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 pinto beans?

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

What else are pinto beans called?

French

Haricots pinto

German

Pintobohnen, Wachtelbohnen

Spanish

Alubias pintas, Judías pintas

Italian

fagioli Pinto

Dutch

Pintobonen, Kievitsbonen

Polish

Fasola pinto

Swedish

Pintobönor

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: Pinto beans

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