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

Whole grain 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 3,195 products, most often in pasta, rice and flour.

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Does whole grain rice contain an allergen?

Whole grain 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 rice vegan?

Yes. Whole grain 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 rice have on a label?

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

In Englishfull grain ricewholegrain ricewhole rice
French
riz complet
German
Vollkornreis
Dutch
volkorenrijst
Swedish
fullkornris
Danish
fuldkornsris
Finnish
täysjyväriisi

Which foods contain whole grain rice?

Open Food Facts lists whole grain rice or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 3,195 products, most often pasta, rice and flour, ready meals and breakfast cereals. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and the United Kingdom.

  • Pasta, rice and flour1,164
  • Ready meals318
  • Breakfast cereals237
  • Bread204
  • Biscuits and cakes151
  • Savoury snacks87

Products with it, by country of sale: France 1,157 · United States 715 · United Kingdom 325 · Spain 264.

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

What kind of ingredient is whole grain rice?

Whole grain rice is a kind of rice.

Kinds of whole grain riceBrown riceWhole round riceParboiled Italian black whole grain 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 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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