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

Mung bean is a kind of pulse. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 1,144 products, most often in ready meals.

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Does mung bean contain an allergen?

Mung 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 mung bean vegan?

Yes. Mung 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 mung bean have on a label?

In English mung bean can also read “mungbean” or “green gram”. On European labels it is “haricot mungo” in French, “Mungbohne” in German and “judías mungo” in Spanish. The other 10 languages are listed below.

In Englishmungbeangreen gram
French
haricot mungo, haricots mungo
German
Mungbohne, Mungbohnen
Spanish
judías mungo, habas de mungo
Italian
fagioli mung, fagiolo mung
Dutch
mungboon
Polish
fasola złota, fasola mung
Swedish
mungböna
Danish
mung-bønne
Norwegian
mungbønne
Finnish
mungpapu
Czech
mung fazole
Hungarian
mungóbab
Croatian
mungo grah, zlatni grah

Which foods contain mung bean?

Open Food Facts lists mung bean or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 1,144 products, most often ready meals, beans and pulses and vegetables. Most of them are sold in France, Germany and the United States.

  • Ready meals219
  • Beans and pulses156
  • Vegetables134
  • Savoury snacks133
  • Pasta, rice and flour64
  • Biscuits and cakes21

Products with it, by country of sale: France 503 · Germany 152 · United States 139 · Netherlands 78.

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

What kind of ingredient is mung bean?

Mung bean is a kind of pulse.

Kinds of mung beanMung bean sproutMung bean powderMung dal

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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: Mung 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: Mung bean

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