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

Lima 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 701 products, most often in vegetables.

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Does lima bean contain an allergen?

Lima 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 lima bean vegan?

Yes. Lima 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 lima bean have on a label?

In English lima bean can also read “lima beans” or “butter bean”. On European labels it is “haricot de Lima” in French, “Limabohne” in German and “Garrofones” in Spanish. The other 10 languages are listed below.

In Englishlima beansbutter bean
French
haricot de Lima, haricots de Lima
German
Limabohne, Mondbohne
Spanish
Garrofones, Garrofón
Italian
fagiolo di Lima
Dutch
limaboon, Indische maanboon
Portuguese
feijão de lima
Polish
fasola półksiężycowata
Swedish
limaböna, smörböna
Danish
limabønne, månebønne
Norwegian
limabønne, limabønner
Finnish
voipapu, limanpapu
Hungarian
Limabab, Lima bab
Croatian
lima grah

Which foods contain lima bean?

Open Food Facts lists lima bean or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 701 products, most often vegetables, ready meals and beans and pulses. Most of them are sold in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada.

  • Vegetables313
  • Ready meals64
  • Beans and pulses62
  • Dressings and sauces8
  • Soups8
  • Cheese6

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 565 · United Kingdom 68 · Canada 16 · France 14.

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

What kind of ingredient is lima bean?

Lima bean is a kind of legume.

Kinds of lima beanBaby lima beansLarge lima beansDried lima beanFresh lima bean

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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: Lima 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
  4. Wikipedia: Lima bean

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