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Lima bean

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Lima bean in plain language

What it is

Also known as Butter bean · Butter beans · Food - plant source, bean, lima phaseolus lunatus · Green bean seed extract · Lima beans · Lima beans, immature seeds, raw

Show all 18 names

Lima bns,immat seeds,raw · Phaseolus inamoenus seed · Phaseolus limensis seed · Phaseolus lunatus (green bean) seed extract · Phaseolus lunatus seed · Phaseolus tunkinensis seed · Phaseolus viridis seed · Sieva bean · Lima ae-bean · Lima bean allergenic extract · Allergenic extract- bean, lima phaseolus limensis · Food - plant source, bean, lima phaseolus limensis

What it does

We don't have a plain-language description for Lima bean yet.

Is it a concern?
We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet.

Regulation

No restrictions found. Lima bean appears in these published regulatory listings.

  • In marketed US drugs
  • USFDAmarketed drug occurrenceFDA NDC lists this ingredient in 4 active drug products and 4 total products.
    • FDA NDC lists this ingredient in 4 active drug products and 4 total products.Source →
  • USFDAlisted in openFDA substanceopenFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as structurallydiverse.
    • openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as structurallydiverse.Source →

Evidence & sources

No graded research studies for Lima bean yet. This record is compiled from the published data sources below — registries and regulatory listings, not study findings.

3 data sources

Where this comes from

  • FDA National Drug Code Directory

    regulatory · updated 2027-12-31

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  • FDA GSRS UNII

    registry · updated 2026-02-26

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  • openFDA Substance

    registry · updated 2026-05-24

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Allergen profile

Canonical allergen markers detected on this ingredient. Each row is derived from the ingredient’s name or synonyms matching a known allergen class — useful when scanning a label for a specific allergy context.

  • DairyContains · Oral (ingested)

    Source: chemindex_name_match

Suitability

Context-specific fit derived from published classifications and the current ingredient evidence profile.

Fragrance avoidance

Nothing to weigh for this context yet.

No signal in this context

We have no published hazard signal for this ingredient, so we cannot say how it behaves in this context — that is missing evidence, not a clean result.

Where it has been recorded

How often FDA National Drug Code directory has listed Lima bean in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Source records

4

See products using Lima bean →

Catalog

Found in these products

Their ingredient lists include Lima bean; each product's own rating depends on its whole formula, so it is shown on the product page, not here.

Co-occurrence

Often appears with

Ingredients that frequently appear alongside Lima bean in the catalog.