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

Extruded 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 178 products, most often in breakfast cereals.

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Does extruded rice contain an allergen?

Extruded 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 extruded rice vegan?

Yes. Extruded 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 extruded rice have on a label?

On European labels it is “riz extrudé” in French, “Reis extrudiert” in German and “arroz extruido” in Spanish. The other 6 languages are listed below.

French
riz extrudé
German
Reis extrudiert, extrudierter Reis
Spanish
arroz extruido
Italian
riso estruso
Portuguese
arroz extrudido
Polish
ekstrudat ryżowy
Finnish
ekstrudoitu riisi
Hungarian
extrudált rizs
Croatian
ekstrudirana riža

Which foods contain extruded rice?

Open Food Facts lists extruded rice in the ingredients of 178 products, most often breakfast cereals, biscuits and cakes and savoury snacks. Most of them are sold in France, Switzerland and Italy.

  • Breakfast cereals105
  • Biscuits and cakes30
  • Savoury snacks3
  • Milk and yoghurt2
  • Sweets2
  • Dairy desserts1

Products with it, by country of sale: France 90 · Switzerland 13 · Italy 12 · Spain 12.

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

What kind of ingredient is extruded rice?

Extruded 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: Extruded 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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