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

Black 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 3,059 products, most often in beans and pulses.

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Does black bean contain an allergen?

Black 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 black bean vegan?

Yes. Black 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 black bean have on a label?

In English black bean can also read “black beans” or “black field beans”. On European labels it is “haricot noir” in French, “schwarze Bohnen” in German and “Alubias negras” in Spanish. The other 10 languages are listed below.

In Englishblack beansblack field beans
French
haricot noir, haricots noirs
German
schwarze Bohnen, Bohnen schwarz
Spanish
Alubias negras
Italian
Fagioli neri
Dutch
Zwarte bonen
Portuguese
Feijão preto
Polish
fasola czarna, fasoli czarnej
Swedish
svarta bönor
Danish
sorte bønner
Finnish
mustapapu, mustapavut
Czech
černé fazole, fazole černé
Hungarian
feketebab
Croatian
crni grah

Which foods contain black bean?

Open Food Facts lists black bean or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 3,059 products, most often beans and pulses, ready meals and dressings and sauces. Most of them are sold in the United States, the United Kingdom and France.

  • Beans and pulses538
  • Ready meals531
  • Dressings and sauces276
  • Vegetables148
  • Sandwiches73
  • Savoury snacks58

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 2,310 · United Kingdom 221 · France 168 · Germany 121.

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

What kind of ingredient is black bean?

Black bean is a kind of pulse.

Kinds of black beanBlack turtle bean

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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: Black 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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