White kidney beans: allergens and what’s inside

Which allergens are in white kidney beans?

Of 88 packs of white kidney beans whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, 3% list gluten, 3% list milk, 1% list celery and 1% list crustaceans. Another 24% carry a “may contain” line for gluten, 15% for celery and 15% for molluscs. 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 white kidney beans usually made of?

The ingredients most packs of white kidney beans list, with the share of packs that list each: water (65%), salt (64%), sea salt (33%) and garlic (19%).

• Water65%
• Salt64%
• Sea salt33%
• Garlic19%
• Cannellini beans16%
• Carrot15%
• Pork meat15%
• Tomato14%
• Bay leaf11%
• Pork breast11%
• Thyme11%

Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: France 147 · United States 18 · Spain 14 · Canada 5.

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 white kidney 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 white kidney beans?

In the Open Food Facts categories, white kidney beans are one of the white beans.

What else are white kidney beans called?

German

Weiße Kidneybohnen

Spanish

Alubias blancas de riñón, Judías blancas de riñón

Italian

Fagioli cannellini, Cannellini

Dutch

Witte nierbonen

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: White kidney beans

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