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Broad bean flour on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
Broad bean flour is a kind of broad bean. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 1,450 products, most often in bread.
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Does broad bean flour contain an allergen?
Broad bean flour 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 broad bean flour vegan?
Yes. Broad bean flour is vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in it.
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What other names does broad bean flour have on a label?
On European labels it is “farine de fève” in French, “Bohnenmehl” in German and “Harina de habas” in Spanish. The other 5 languages are listed below.
- French
- farine de fève, farine de fèves
- German
- Bohnenmehl
- Spanish
- Harina de habas
- Italian
- farina di fave
- Dutch
- bonenmeel, veldbonenmeel
- Finnish
- härkäpapujauho
- Hungarian
- lóbabliszt, széles bab liszt
- Croatian
- grahovo brašno
Which foods contain broad bean flour?
Open Food Facts lists broad bean flour in the ingredients of 1,450 products, most often bread, sandwiches and ready meals. Most of them are sold in France, Spain and the Netherlands.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 1,002 · Spain 115 · Netherlands 92 · United States 79.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where broad bean flour turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is broad bean flour?
In the Open Food Facts ingredient tree, broad bean flour sits under broad bean and flour.
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- Open Food Facts: Broad bean flour
- 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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