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

White quinoa is a kind of quinoa. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 872 products, most often in pasta, rice and flour.

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Does white quinoa contain an allergen?

White quinoa 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 white quinoa vegan?

Yes. White quinoa 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 white quinoa have on a label?

On European labels it is “quinoa blanc” in French, “weiße Quinoa” in German and “quinoa blanca” in Spanish. The other 6 languages are listed below.

French
quinoa blanc, quinoa blond
German
weiße Quinoa, weißer Quinoa
Spanish
quinoa blanca
Italian
quinoa bianca
Portuguese
quinoa branco
Polish
komosa ryżowa biała
Finnish
valkoinen kvinoa
Hungarian
fehér kinoa
Croatian
bijela kvinoja, quinoa bijela

Which foods contain white quinoa?

Open Food Facts lists white quinoa or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 872 products, most often pasta, rice and flour, ready meals and bread. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and the United Kingdom.

  • Pasta, rice and flour249
  • Ready meals216
  • Bread30
  • Breakfast cereals9
  • Vegetables9
  • Savoury snacks8

Products with it, by country of sale: France 384 · United States 293 · United Kingdom 46 · Germany 45.

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

What kind of ingredient is white quinoa?

White quinoa is a kind of quinoa.

Kinds of white quinoaRed and white quinoaOganic white quinoa

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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 quinoa
  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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