Red lentils: allergens and what’s inside

Which allergens are in red lentils?

Of 214 packs of red lentils whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, 5% list gluten, 3% list sesame, 2% list mustard and 1% list peanuts. Another 34% carry a “may contain” line for gluten, 17% for soy and 16% 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 red lentils usually made of?

The ingredients most packs of red lentils list, with the share of packs that list each: red lentils (96%).

• Red lentils96%

Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: France 226 · Germany 87 · Italy 50 · United Kingdom 25.

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 lentils.

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 lentils?

In the Open Food Facts categories, red lentils are one of the lentils.

What else are red lentils called?

French

Lentilles rouges

German

Rote Linsen

Spanish

Lentejas rojas

Italian

Lenticchie rosse

Dutch

Rode linzen

Polish

Soczewica czerwona

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: Red lentils

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