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Basmati rice on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Basmati rice is a kind of long grain rice. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 2,016 products, most often in ready meals.

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Does Basmati rice contain an allergen?

Basmati rice 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 Basmati rice vegan?

Yes. Basmati rice 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 Basmati rice have on a label?

In English Basmati rice can also read “basmati”. On European labels it is “riz basmati” in French, “Basmatireis” in German and “arroz basmati” in Spanish. The other 10 languages are listed below.

In Englishbasmati
French
riz basmati
German
Basmatireis, Basmati Reis
Spanish
arroz basmati
Italian
riso Basmati
Dutch
basmatirijst
Portuguese
basmati
Polish
ryż Basmati
Swedish
basmatiris
Danish
basmatiris
Finnish
Basmatiriisi
Czech
basmati, basmati rýže
Hungarian
basmati rizs, basmati
Croatian
basmati riža

Which foods contain Basmati rice?

Open Food Facts lists Basmati rice or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 2,016 products, most often ready meals, pasta, rice and flour and poultry. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and the United Kingdom.

  • Ready meals756
  • Pasta, rice and flour747
  • Poultry70
  • Vegetables20
  • Soups6
  • Meat3

Products with it, by country of sale: France 856 · United States 441 · United Kingdom 277 · Germany 198.

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

What kind of ingredient is Basmati rice?

Basmati rice is a kind of long grain rice.

Kinds of Basmati riceCooked basmati riceBrown basmati riceLong grain basmati riceWhite basmati rice

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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: Basmati rice
  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
  4. Wikipedia: Basmati

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