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

Black gram 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 138 products, most often in pasta, rice and flour.

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Does black gram contain an allergen?

Black gram 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 gram vegan?

Yes. Black gram 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 gram have on a label?

In English black gram can also read “urd bean”, “urd” or “Urad bean”. On European labels it is “haricot urd” in French, “grammo nero” in Italian and “crni gram” in Croatian.

In Englishurd beanurdUrad beanMungo beanBlack matpe beanUrad Dal
French
haricot urd, haricots urd
Italian
grammo nero
Croatian
crni gram

Which foods contain black gram?

Open Food Facts lists black gram or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 138 products, most often pasta, rice and flour, bread and beans and pulses. Most of them are sold in India, the United States and the United Kingdom.

  • Pasta, rice and flour22
  • Bread18
  • Beans and pulses17
  • Ready meals9
  • Savoury snacks4
  • Dressings and sauces2

Products with it, by country of sale: India 71 · United States 28 · United Kingdom 23 · France 12.

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

What kind of ingredient is black gram?

Black gram is a kind of pulse.

Kinds of black gramWhite lentil

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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 gram
  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: Vigna mungo

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