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

Red 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 537 products, most often in ready meals.

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Does red rice contain an allergen?

Red 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 red rice vegan?

Yes. Red 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 red rice have on a label?

On European labels it is “riz rouge” in French, “roter Reis” in German and “arroz rojo” in Spanish. The other 7 languages are listed below.

French
riz rouge
German
roter Reis
Spanish
arroz rojo, arroz colorado
Italian
riso rosso
Dutch
rode rijst
Portuguese
arroz vermelho
Polish
ryż czerwony
Finnish
punainen riisi, punariisi
Hungarian
vörös rizs
Croatian
crvena riža

Which foods contain red rice?

Open Food Facts lists red rice or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 537 products, most often ready meals, pasta, rice and flour and savoury snacks. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Japan.

  • Ready meals133
  • Pasta, rice and flour123
  • Savoury snacks8
  • Processed meat8
  • Breakfast cereals6
  • Biscuits and cakes6

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 178 · France 178 · Japan 35 · United Kingdom 29.

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

What kind of ingredient is red rice?

Red rice is a kind of rice.

Kinds of red riceRed yeast riceRed cargo riceGerminated red rice

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Sources

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 rice
  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: Red rice

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