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

Red bean is a kind of kidney bean. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 2,364 products, most often in ready meals.

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Does red bean contain an allergen?

Red 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 red bean vegan?

Yes. Red 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 red bean have on a label?

In English red bean can also read “red beans”, “red kidney beans” or “red rajmah”. On European labels it is “haricot rouge” in French, “Rote Bohnen” in German and “Alubias rojas” in Spanish. The other 9 languages are listed below.

In Englishred beansred kidney beansred rajmahred rajma
French
haricot rouge, haricots rouges
German
Rote Bohnen, Kidneybohnen
Spanish
Alubias rojas, judias rojas
Italian
fagioli rossi
Dutch
Rode bonen
Portuguese
Feijões vermelhos
Polish
fasola czerwona, fasoli czerwonej
Swedish
röda kidneybönor, kidneybönor
Danish
Røde kidneybønner, kidneybønner
Finnish
punaiset kidneypavut, kidneypapu
Hungarian
vesebab
Croatian
crveni grah

Which foods contain red bean?

Open Food Facts lists red bean in the ingredients of 2,364 products, most often ready meals, beans and pulses and vegetables. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and Germany.

  • Ready meals764
  • Beans and pulses540
  • Vegetables144
  • Biscuits and cakes75
  • Dressings and sauces42
  • Sandwiches35

Products with it, by country of sale: France 819 · United States 647 · Germany 322 · United Kingdom 230.

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

What kind of ingredient is red bean?

In the Open Food Facts ingredient tree, red bean sits under kidney bean and pulse.

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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: Red 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: Kidney bean

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