Red bean
What the research shows
Not enough
published research on this page yet
What research says
Found in some samples or products
These come from where it was grown, how it was processed or cooked, or what it was made into. They are not about the ingredient itself, so the signal does not count them.
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Food poisoning outbreak3
In a hospital outbreak, red bean cake was found to carry norovirus that made people sick.
The signal at the top counts the findings in people and in animal and lab studies. A concern in studies of people outranks animal and lab studies, and “No concerns” needs at least one finding in people. When most findings in people point one way, the page leans that way (“Mostly”), and every finding is still shown. Findings whose study type is not stated are shown but not counted. This page is a reference, not medical advice. It describes what regulators and published research say. Talk to a doctor or dietitian about your own diet.
Products
The 6 most-scanned of 917 products on Open Food Facts that list red bean.
- 5 rodzajów fasoli w sosie pomidorowym Heinz · 415 g 0 additives
- Rio mare salatuna mexico style with red beans, corn and peppers RIO mare · 160 g 0 additives
- Five Bean Salad Napolina · 400 g 2 additives
- Madras Lentils Tasty Bite · 285 g 0 additives
- Red Kidney Beans in Water Tesco · 240 g 1 additive
- Red Kidney Beans in water Sainsbury's · 400 g 1 additive
References
- 1red bean: ingredient taxonomy entry. Open Food Facts.
- 2Flat bean. Wikipedia. Accessed September 30, 2026. CC BY-SA 4.0.
- 3Duan X, Wang J, Wang Y, et al. Investigation of a norovirus outbreak among hospital staff in Zhejiang, China: tracing the source to contaminated "red bean cake". Front Public Health. 2025;13:1631091. doi:10.3389/fpubh.2025.1631091