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Broad bean protein on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
Broad bean protein is a kind of plant protein. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 866 products, most often in sweets.
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Does broad bean protein contain an allergen?
Broad bean protein 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 protein vegan?
Yes. Broad bean protein is vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in it.
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What other names does broad bean protein have on a label?
On European labels it is “protéine de fèves” in French, “Ackerbohnenprotein” in German and “proteina di fava” in Italian. The other 6 languages are listed below.
- French
- protéine de fèves, protéines de fèves
- German
- Ackerbohnenprotein, Ackerbohneneiweiß
- Italian
- proteina di fava
- Dutch
- tuinbooneiwit
- Polish
- białko bobu, białka bobu
- Swedish
- bondbönsprotein, protein från bondböna
- Finnish
- härkäpapuproteiini
- Romanian
- proteină de bob
- Croatian
- proteina boba
Which foods contain broad bean protein?
Open Food Facts lists broad bean protein in the ingredients of 866 products, most often sweets, ready meals and biscuits and cakes. Most of them are sold in Germany, the United States and the United Kingdom.
Products with it, by country of sale: Germany 245 · United States 231 · United Kingdom 112 · France 75.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where broad bean protein turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is broad bean protein?
Broad bean protein is a kind of plant protein.
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- Open Food Facts: Broad bean protein
- 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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