Wheat groats: allergens and what’s inside

Which allergens are in wheat groats?

Of 196 packs of wheat groats whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, 95% list gluten, 6% list soy, 4% list tree nuts and 4% list mustard. Another 21% carry a “may contain” line for soy, 20% for sesame and 13% for tree nuts. Recipes differ from pack to pack, so the label in your hand is the one that counts.

Not for you when most of these packs list the allergen, Heads up when fewer do or only a “may contain” line names it. In the app, a profile gets Not for you on a pack that lists the allergen and Heads up on one whose “may contain” line names it: it reads the pack in your hand, not these counts.

Read the gluten guide

What are wheat groats usually made of?

The ingredients most packs of wheat groats list, with the share of packs that list each: durum wheat (85%), bulgur (50%), pre-cooked durum wheat (19%) and salt (19%).

• Durum wheat85%
• Bulgur50%
• Pre-cooked durum wheat19%
• Salt19%
• Water15%
• Onion13%
• Red quinoa12%
• Tomato11%

Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: France 204 · Germany 117 · Belgium 31 · Italy 23.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows what these packs list, not every recipe for wheat groats.

Calories and nutrients

Not shown here. Open Food Facts records calories and nutrients per 100 g or per 100 ml without saying which, so a figure for all these packs together could mislead. The pack you buy prints its own, and that is the figure to log.

What kind of food are wheat groats?

In the Open Food Facts categories, wheat groats are one of the groats.

What else are wheat groats called?

French

Gruau de blé

German

Weizengraupen

Spanish

Grañones de trigo

Italian

Semola di frumento

Dutch

Tarwegrutten

Sources

Every share is counted over the packs whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full. A pack lists an allergen when Open Food Facts’ allergen field names it, or when one of its ingredients stands for it by the same two-of-three checks as the ingredient dictionary (tahini is sesame, a cheese is milk). A “may contain” line counts only for an allergen the pack does not list.

1. Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
2. Open Food Facts: categories and ingredients taxonomies (names, kinds, allergens), ODbL
3. Open Food Facts: Wheat groats

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