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Cannellini beans on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Cannellini beans are a kind of kidney bean. They are not one of the allergens that labels must declare. They are vegan. Open Food Facts finds them in 528 products, most often in beans and pulses.

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Do cannellini beans contain an allergen?

Cannellini beans are 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.

Are cannellini beans vegan?

Yes. Cannellini beans are vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in them.

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 do cannellini beans have on a label?

In English cannellini beans can also read “white kidney beans”. On European labels they are “haricots cannellini” in French, “Cannellini Bohnen” in German and “fagioli cannellini” in Italian. The other 2 languages are listed below.

In Englishwhite kidney beans
French
haricots cannellini
German
Cannellini Bohnen, Cannellinibohnen
Italian
fagioli cannellini, cannellini
Swedish
cannellinibönor, cannelliniböna
Croatian
cannellini grah

Which foods contain cannellini beans?

Open Food Facts lists cannellini beans in the ingredients of 528 products, most often beans and pulses, ready meals and soups. Most of them are sold in the United States, the United Kingdom and Italy.

  • Beans and pulses165
  • Ready meals96
  • Soups49
  • Pizzas, pies and quiches22
  • Vegetables18
  • Dressings and sauces14

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 196 · United Kingdom 131 · Italy 121 · France 30.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where cannellini beans turn up, not how much of the market they are.

What kind of ingredient are cannellini beans?

Cannellini beans are a kind of kidney 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: Cannellini beans
  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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