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White beans on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

White beans are a kind of pulse. They are not one of the allergens that labels must declare. They are vegan. Open Food Facts finds them in 3,213 products, most often in ready meals.

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Do white beans contain an allergen?

White beans are 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.

Are white beans vegan?

Yes. White beans are vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in them.

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 do white beans have on a label?

In English white beans can also read “navy beans”, “great northern beans” or “haricot beans”. On European labels they are “haricots blancs” in French, “weiße Bohnen” in German and “Alubias blancas” in Spanish. The other 9 languages are listed below.

In Englishnavy beansgreat northern beansharicot beans
French
haricots blancs, haricot blanc
German
weiße Bohnen
Spanish
Alubias blancas, judia blanca
Italian
Fagioli bianchi
Dutch
witte bonen
Polish
fasola biała
Swedish
vit böna, vita bönor
Danish
hvide bønner
Norwegian
hvite bønner
Finnish
valkoinen papu, valkoiset pavut
Czech
bílé fazole, fazole bílé
Croatian
grah bijeli

Which foods contain white beans?

Open Food Facts lists white beans or a more specific kind of them in the ingredients of 3,213 products, most often ready meals, beans and pulses and vegetables. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Germany.

  • Ready meals830
  • Beans and pulses701
  • Vegetables324
  • Dressings and sauces71
  • Soups69
  • Biscuits and cakes57

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 1,333 · France 981 · Germany 235 · United Kingdom 227.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where white beans turn up, not how much of the market they are.

What kind of ingredient are white beans?

White beans are a kind of pulse.

Kinds of white beansLingot beansSmall white beansLarge white beans

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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: White beans
  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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