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Ingredient dictionary

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

Green bean is a kind of legume. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 6,456 products, most often in vegetables. Per 100 g: about 32 kcal and 1.9 g protein.

By Bravoora teamUpdated 13 October 2026Sources checked 13 October 20264 sourcesHow we check

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Does green bean contain an allergen?

Green 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 green bean vegan?

Yes. Green 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 green bean have on a label?

In English green bean can also read “green beans” or “French bean”. On European labels it is “haricot vert” in French, “grüne Bohne” in German and “judía verde” in Spanish. The other 10 languages are listed below.

In Englishgreen beansFrench bean

French: haricot vert, haricots verts
German: grüne Bohne, grüne Bohnen
Spanish: judía verde, judías verdes
Italian: fagiolino, fagiolo verde
Dutch: sperzieboon, sperziebonen
Portuguese: feijão-verde, vagem
Polish: fasolka szparagowa zielona, fasolka szparagowa
Swedish: brytböna, brytbönor
Danish: grønne bønne, grønne bønner
Czech: zelená fazolka
Hungarian: zöldbab
Romanian: fasole pastai verde, fasole franțuzească
Croatian: grah mahunar, mahuna zelena

Which foods contain green bean?

Open Food Facts lists green bean or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 6,456 products, most often vegetables, ready meals and soups. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Spain.

Vegetables2,427
Ready meals1,228
Soups445
Baby foods118
Savoury snacks89
Fruit and vegetables70

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 2,563 · France 2,507 · Spain 325 · Germany 240.

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

How many calories are in green bean?

Green bean has about 32 kcal per 100 g, with 1.9 g protein, 4.1 g carbohydrate and 0.2 g fat. The figures are for the entry “French bean, raw” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

32kcal per 100 g

1.9g protein

4.1g carbohydrate

0.2g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 3.3 g, saturated fat 0.1 g, fibre 2.9 g, salt 0.01 g, energy 135 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 20061. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is green bean?

Green bean is a kind of legume.

Kinds of green beanWax bean Extra-fine green beans Flat bean Very fine green beansRound green beansPureed green bean

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