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

Modified rice starch is a kind of modified starch. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 895 products, most often in ready meals.

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Does modified rice starch contain an allergen?

Modified rice starch 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 modified rice starch vegan?

Yes. Modified rice starch 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 modified rice starch have on a label?

On European labels it is “amidon de riz modifié” in French, “modifizierte Reisstärke” in German and “almidón modificado de arroz” in Spanish. The other 7 languages are listed below.

French
amidon de riz modifié, amidon transformé de riz
German
modifizierte Reisstärke
Spanish
almidón modificado de arroz
Italian
amido modificato di riso
Dutch
gemodificeerd rijstzetmeel, getransformeerd rijst zetmeel
Portuguese
amido de arroz modificado
Swedish
modifierad risstärkelse, modifierad stärkelse av ris
Finnish
muunnettu riisitärkkelys
Hungarian
módosított rizskeményítő
Croatian
modificirani rižin škrob

Which foods contain modified rice starch?

Open Food Facts lists modified rice starch in the ingredients of 895 products, most often ready meals, dairy desserts and pizzas, pies and quiches. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and Belgium.

  • Ready meals248
  • Dairy desserts95
  • Pizzas, pies and quiches76
  • Milk and yoghurt50
  • Dressings and sauces25
  • Potatoes19

Products with it, by country of sale: France 575 · United States 245 · Belgium 38 · Switzerland 24.

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

What kind of ingredient is modified rice starch?

In the Open Food Facts ingredient tree, modified rice starch sits under modified starch and rice starch.

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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: Modified rice starch
  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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