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Adzuki bean on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Adzuki bean is a kind of pulse. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 165 products, most often in ready meals.

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Does adzuki bean contain an allergen?

Adzuki bean is not one of the allergens that food labels must declare in the US, the UK, Europe or the Gulf. Open Food Facts does not link it to an allergen, and Bravoora’s label checker does not read the name as one.

Is adzuki bean vegan?

Yes. Adzuki bean is vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in it.

VeganFits youNothing from an animal, by the Open Food Facts record.
VegetarianFits youNothing from an animal, by the Open Food Facts record.

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What other names does adzuki bean have on a label?

In English adzuki bean can also read “azuki bean”. On European labels it is “haricot azuki” in French, “Adzukibohne” in German and “fagiolo azuki” in Italian. The other 7 languages are listed below.

In Englishazuki bean
French
haricot azuki, haricots azuki
German
Adzukibohne
Italian
fagiolo azuki, fagioli azuki
Dutch
adukiboon
Polish
fasola adzuki
Swedish
Adzukiböna
Finnish
Adsukipapu
Czech
vigna hranatá
Hungarian
Azukibab, Adzuki bab
Croatian
adzuki grah

Which foods contain adzuki bean?

Open Food Facts lists adzuki bean in the ingredients of 165 products, most often ready meals, beans and pulses and pasta, rice and flour. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and the United Kingdom.

  • Ready meals31
  • Beans and pulses14
  • Pasta, rice and flour13
  • Vegetables5
  • Meat5
  • Savoury snacks5

Products with it, by country of sale: France 57 · United States 44 · United Kingdom 37 · Japan 10.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where adzuki bean turns up, not how much of the market it is.

What kind of ingredient is adzuki bean?

Adzuki bean is a kind of pulse.

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An allergen is stated only when two of three checks agree: the Open Food Facts record, Bravoora’s label checker, and the ingredient’s own name or family (oat flour is oats, a cheese is milk). Every name where they disagree waits for a person to review it.

  1. Open Food Facts: Adzuki bean
  2. Open Food Facts: ingredients taxonomy (names, family tree, allergen and vegan flags), ODbL
  3. Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL

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