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Whole grain brown rice on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Whole grain brown rice is a kind of brown rice. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 31 products, most often in bread.

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Does whole grain brown rice contain an allergen?

Whole grain brown 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 whole grain brown rice vegan?

Yes. Whole grain brown 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 whole grain brown rice have on a label?

In English whole grain brown rice can also read “wholegrain brown rice”. On European labels it is “riz brun complet” in French, “brauner Vollkornreis” in German and “volkoren rijst” in Dutch. The other 3 languages are listed below.

In Englishwholegrain brown rice
French
riz brun complet
German
brauner Vollkornreis
Dutch
volkoren rijst
Swedish
brunt fullkornris
Finnish
ruskea kokojyväriisi
Croatian
integralna smeđa riža

Which foods contain whole grain brown rice?

Open Food Facts lists whole grain brown rice or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 31 products, most often bread, savoury snacks and pasta, rice and flour. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and the United Kingdom.

  • Bread8
  • Savoury snacks7
  • Pasta, rice and flour4
  • Breakfast cereals2
  • Biscuits and cakes1
  • Ready meals1

Products with it, by country of sale: France 13 · United States 9 · United Kingdom 8 · Belgium 2.

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

What kind of ingredient is whole grain brown rice?

Whole grain brown rice is a kind of brown rice.

Kinds of whole grain brown ricePrecooked parboiled whole grain brown 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.

  1. Open Food Facts: Whole grain brown 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

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