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Carob bean on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Carob bean 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 13,190 products, most often in ice cream.

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Does carob bean contain an allergen?

Carob bean 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 carob bean vegan?

Yes. Carob bean 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 carob bean have on a label?

In English carob bean can also read “locust bean”, “carob seeds” or “carob”. On European labels it is “caroube” in French, “Carobin” in German and “Harina de algarroba” in Spanish. The other 9 languages are listed below.

In Englishlocust beancarob seedscarobCarobin
French
caroube, farine de caroube
German
Carobin, Carobpulver
Spanish
Harina de algarroba, harina de garrofin
Italian
carruba
Dutch
carob, johannesbroodmeel
Polish
karob, karobu
Swedish
Johannesbrödfrö
Danish
Johannesbrødmel
Finnish
carob
Czech
carubin
Hungarian
karob, karob liszt
Croatian
rogač, rokać

Which foods contain carob bean?

Open Food Facts lists carob bean in the ingredients of 13,190 products, most often ice cream, milk and yoghurt and biscuits and cakes. Most of them are sold in France, Germany and the United States.

  • Ice cream4,622
  • Milk and yoghurt642
  • Biscuits and cakes625
  • Sweetened drinks596
  • Ready meals497
  • Cheese486

Products with it, by country of sale: France 6,295 · Germany 4,381 · United States 839 · Switzerland 676.

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

What kind of ingredient is carob bean?

Carob bean is a kind of pulse.

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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: Carob bean
  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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