Ingredient dictionary
Glutinous rice on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
Glutinous 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 927 products, most often in biscuits and cakes.
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Does glutinous rice contain an allergen?
Glutinous 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 glutinous rice vegan?
Yes. Glutinous rice is vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in it.
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What other names does glutinous rice have on a label?
On European labels it is “riz gluant” in French, “Klebreis” in German and “arroz glutinoso” in Spanish. The other 12 languages are listed below.
- French
- riz gluant
- German
- Klebreis, klebrigen Reis
- Spanish
- arroz glutinoso, arroz pegajoso
- Italian
- riso glutinoso
- Dutch
- plakrijst, kleverige rijst
- Portuguese
- arroz glutinoso, arroz empapado
- Polish
- ryż kleisty
- Swedish
- klibbris
- Danish
- klæberis
- Norwegian
- kleberis
- Finnish
- tahmea riisi
- Czech
- lepkavá rýže
- Hungarian
- ragacsos rizs
- Croatian
- ljepljiva riža
- Turkish
- yapışkan pirinç
Which foods contain glutinous rice?
Open Food Facts lists glutinous rice in the ingredients of 927 products, most often biscuits and cakes, ready meals and dressings and sauces. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Germany.
Products with it, by country of sale: United States 352 · France 347 · Germany 65 · Thailand 47.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where glutinous rice turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is glutinous rice?
Glutinous 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.
- Open Food Facts: Glutinous rice
- 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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