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

Wax bean is a kind of green bean. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 269 products, most often in vegetables.

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Does wax bean contain an allergen?

Wax 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 wax bean vegan?

Yes. Wax 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 wax bean have on a label?

In English wax bean can also read “yellow bean”. On European labels it is “haricot beurre” in French, “Butterbohne” in German and “fagiolo giallo” in Italian. The other 3 languages are listed below.

In Englishyellow bean
French
haricot beurre, haricots beurre
German
Butterbohne
Italian
fagiolo giallo
Dutch
boterboon
Polish
fasolka szparagowa żółta, fasola szparagowa żółta
Croatian
voštano zrno

Which foods contain wax bean?

Open Food Facts lists wax bean in the ingredients of 269 products, most often vegetables, ready meals and beans and pulses. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and Canada.

  • Vegetables164
  • Ready meals19
  • Beans and pulses12
  • Fruit and vegetables5
  • Soups4
  • Baby foods3

Products with it, by country of sale: France 138 · United States 101 · Canada 9 · Belgium 7.

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

What kind of ingredient is wax bean?

Wax bean is a kind of green bean.

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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: Wax 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

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