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Black quinoa on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
Black quinoa is a kind of quinoa. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 222 products, most often in pasta, rice and flour.
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Does black quinoa contain an allergen?
Black quinoa 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 quinoa vegan?
Yes. Black quinoa is vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in it.
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What other names does black quinoa have on a label?
On European labels it is “quinoa noir” in French, “schwarzes Quinoa” in German and “quinoa negra” in Spanish. The other 5 languages are listed below.
- French
- quinoa noir
- German
- schwarzes Quinoa, schwarzer Quinoa
- Spanish
- quinoa negra
- Italian
- quinoa nera
- Dutch
- zwarte quinoa
- Portuguese
- quinoa preta
- Polish
- komosa ryżowa czarna
- Croatian
- crna kvinoja
Which foods contain black quinoa?
Open Food Facts lists black quinoa in the ingredients of 222 products, most often pasta, rice and flour, ready meals and bread. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and the United Kingdom.
Products with it, by country of sale: United States 83 · France 57 · United Kingdom 19 · Germany 18.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where black quinoa turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is black quinoa?
Black quinoa is a kind of quinoa.
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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.
- Open Food Facts: Black quinoa
- Open Food Facts: ingredients taxonomy (names, family tree, allergen and vegan flags), ODbL
- Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
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