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Ingredient dictionary

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

Mung bean sprout is a kind of mung bean. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 685 products, most often in ready meals. Per 100 g: about 30 kcal and 2.6 g protein.

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

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Does mung bean sprout contain an allergen?

Mung bean sprout 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 mung bean sprout vegan?

Yes. Mung bean sprout 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 mung bean sprout have on a label?

In English mung bean sprout can also read “mung bean seedlings”. On European labels it is “pousse de soja vert” in French, “Mungobohnenkeime” in German and “brote de soja verde” in Spanish. The other 7 languages are listed below.

In Englishmung bean seedlings

French: pousse de soja vert, pousses de haricot mungo
German: Mungobohnenkeime, Mungbohnensprossen
Spanish: brote de soja verde, brotes de judia mungo
Italian: germogli di fagioli mung
Dutch: taugé, mungboonscheut
Polish: kiełki fasoli mung
Swedish: mungbönskott
Danish: mungbonnespirer
Czech: mungo klíčky
Croatian: izdanak mungo graha

Which foods contain mung bean sprout?

Open Food Facts lists mung bean sprout in the ingredients of 685 products, most often ready meals, vegetables and savoury snacks. Most of them are sold in France, Germany and the Netherlands.

Ready meals152
Vegetables115
Savoury snacks106
Beans and pulses102
Pasta, rice and flour22
Soups7

Products with it, by country of sale: France 362 · Germany 128 · Netherlands 72 · Spain 43.

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

How many calories are in mung bean sprout?

Mung bean sprout has about 30 kcal per 100 g, with 2.6 g protein, 3.4 g carbohydrate and 0.3 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Mung bean, sprouted or soy spouts, raw” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

30kcal per 100 g

2.6g protein

3.4g carbohydrate

0.3g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 3.4 g, saturated fat 0 g, fibre 1.7 g, salt 0.04 g, energy 124 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 20183. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is mung bean sprout?

Mung bean sprout is a kind of mung bean.

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