Food and dish guide
Red beans: allergens and what’s inside
Of 379 packs of red beans whose ingredients Open Food Facts reads in full, 2% list gluten and 2% list mustard. Another 12% carry a “may contain” line for soy. Most list red bean, water and salt.
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Which allergens are in red beans?
Of 379 packs of red beans whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, 2% list gluten, 2% list mustard, 1% list celery and 1% list soy. Another 12% carry a “may contain” line for soy, 11% for gluten and 3% 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 are red beans usually made of?
The ingredients most packs of red beans list, with the share of packs that list each: red bean (89%), water (73%), salt (62%) and sugar (16%).
Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: France 448 · Germany 194 · United States 171 · United Kingdom 64.
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 red 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 red beans?
In the Open Food Facts categories, red beans are one of the common beans.
What else are red beans called?
- French
- Haricots rouges
- German
- Rote Bohnen, Rote Kidneybohnen
- Spanish
- Alubias rojas, Judías rojas
- Italian
- Fagioli rossi
- Dutch
- Rode bonen, Rode kidneybonen
- Portuguese
- Feijões vermelhos
- Polish
- Fasola czerwona
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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.
- Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
- Open Food Facts: categories and ingredients taxonomies (names, kinds, allergens), ODbL
- Open Food Facts: Red beans
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