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Ingredient dictionary

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

Puffed rice is a kind of rice. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 1,848 products, most often in biscuits and cakes. Per 100 g: about 390 kcal and 6.7 g protein.

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

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Does puffed rice contain an allergen?

Puffed rice 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 puffed rice vegan?

Yes. Puffed rice 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 puffed rice have on a label?

In English puffed rice can also read “crisped rice” or “rice crisps”. On European labels it is “riz soufflé” in French, “Puffreis” in German and “arroz inflado” in Spanish. The other 8 languages are listed below.

In Englishcrisped ricerice crisps

French: riz soufflé, riz croustillant
German: Puffreis, Reis-Crispies
Spanish: arroz inflado, arroz inflados
Italian: riso soffiato
Dutch: gepofte rijst, rijst pofte
Portuguese: arroz tufado
Swedish: riskrisp, puffat ris
Danish: puffat ris, puffede ris
Finnish: riisimuro, riisimurot
Hungarian: puffasztott rizs
Croatian: rižin krispi

Which foods contain puffed rice?

Open Food Facts lists puffed rice or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 1,848 products, most often biscuits and cakes, breakfast cereals and sweets. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and the United Kingdom.

Biscuits and cakes505
Breakfast cereals338
Sweets209
Chocolate93
Pasta, rice and flour50
Savoury snacks18

Products with it, by country of sale: France 580 · United States 469 · United Kingdom 196 · Germany 141.

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

How many calories are in puffed rice?

Puffed rice has about 390 kcal per 100 g, with 6.7 g protein, 87 g carbohydrate and 1.5 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Puffed rice, plain, fortified with vitamins and minerals” (the closest food in the table) in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

390kcal per 100 g

6.7g protein

87g carbohydrate

1.5g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 8 g, saturated fat 0.3 g, fibre 1 g, salt 1.15 g, energy 1,660 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 32006 (the closest food in the table). A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is puffed rice?

Puffed rice is a kind of rice.

Kinds of puffed ricePuffed rice and corn

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