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Ingredient dictionary

Bread on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Some kinds of bread carry an allergen (gluten). Whether it is vegan depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts finds it in 4,517 products, most often in sandwiches. Per 100 g: about 273 kcal and 8.2 g protein.

By Bravoora teamUpdated 13 October 2026Sources checked 13 October 20265 sourcesHow we check

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Does bread contain an allergen?

It depends on the kind. Some kinds of bread carry an allergen: rye bread contains gluten. A label must name the allergen, so check which kind it says.

Is bread vegan?

It depends on the make. Some kinds of bread are made with an animal product and a label rarely says which, so a vegan profile gets Heads up. It is vegetarian.

VeganHeads upSome kinds are made with an animal product, and a label rarely says which.

VegetarianFits youNot meat or fish.

Coeliac or gluten-freeHeads upSome kinds contain gluten, for example rye bread.

A pack can differ from the usual recipe: the app reads the label in your hand.

What other names does bread have on a label?

On European labels it is “pain” in French, “Brot” in German and “pan” in Spanish. The other 13 languages are listed below.

French: pain
German: Brot
Spanish: pan
Italian: pane, di pane
Dutch: brood
Portuguese: pão
Polish: chleb
Swedish: bröd
Danish: brød
Norwegian: brød
Finnish: leipä
Czech: chléb
Hungarian: kenyér
Romanian: pâine
Croatian: kruh, krušne
Turkish: ekmek

Which foods contain bread?

Open Food Facts lists bread or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 4,517 products, most often sandwiches, ready meals and bread. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and the United Kingdom.

Sandwiches1,403
Ready meals314
Bread285
Savoury snacks152
Biscuits and cakes85
Processed meat82

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 1,902 · France 1,494 · United Kingdom 380 · Germany 141.

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

How many calories are in bread?

Bread has about 273 kcal per 100 g, with 8.2 g protein, 54 g carbohydrate and 1.6 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Bread -average-” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

273kcal per 100 g

8.2g protein

54g carbohydrate

1.6g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 2.7 g, saturated fat 0.4 g, fibre 3.8 g, salt 1.28 g, energy 1,150 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 7000. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is bread?

Kinds of breadSpecial breadRuskBaguette FlatbreadCrispbread

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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.

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