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Cooked rice on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Cooked rice is a kind of rice. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 2,210 products, most often in ready meals.

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Does cooked rice contain an allergen?

Cooked rice 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 cooked rice vegan?

Yes. Cooked rice 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 cooked rice have on a label?

On European labels it is “riz cuisiné” in French, “Kochreis” in German and “Arroz cocido” in Spanish. The other 9 languages are listed below.

French
riz cuisiné, riz cuit
German
Kochreis
Spanish
Arroz cocido
Italian
Riso cotto
Dutch
gekookte rijst
Polish
ryż gotowany, gotowany ryż
Swedish
kokt ris
Danish
kogt ris
Finnish
kypsennetty riisi, keitetty riisi
Hungarian
főtt rizs
Romanian
orez fiert, orez gătit
Croatian
kuhana riža

Which foods contain cooked rice?

Open Food Facts lists cooked rice or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 2,210 products, most often ready meals, baby foods and pasta, rice and flour. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and the United Kingdom.

  • Ready meals1,062
  • Baby foods164
  • Pasta, rice and flour79
  • Poultry56
  • Vegetables25
  • Sandwiches18

Products with it, by country of sale: France 1,170 · United States 452 · United Kingdom 286 · Switzerland 60.

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

What kind of ingredient is cooked rice?

Cooked rice is a kind of rice.

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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: Cooked rice
  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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