Ingredient dictionary
White rice on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
White 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 1,829 products, most often in ready meals.
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Does white rice contain an allergen?
White 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 white rice vegan?
Yes. White rice is vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in it.
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What other names does white rice have on a label?
On European labels it is “riz blanc” in French, “weißer Reis” in German and “arroz blanco” in Spanish. The other 9 languages are listed below.
- French
- riz blanc
- German
- weißer Reis
- Spanish
- arroz blanco
- Italian
- riso bianco
- Dutch
- witte rijst
- Portuguese
- arroz branco
- Polish
- ryż biały
- Swedish
- vitt ris, vita ris
- Danish
- hvidt ris, hvide ris
- Finnish
- valkoinen riisi
- Hungarian
- fehér rizs, fehérrizs
- Croatian
- bijela riža
Which foods contain white rice?
Open Food Facts lists white rice or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 1,829 products, most often ready meals, pasta, rice and flour and biscuits and cakes. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and the United Kingdom.
Products with it, by country of sale: United States 1,026 · France 363 · United Kingdom 116 · Australia 47.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where white rice turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is white rice?
White rice is a kind of rice.
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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.
- Open Food Facts: White rice
- Open Food Facts: ingredients taxonomy (names, family tree, allergen and vegan flags), ODbL
- Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
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