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Brown flax seeds on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Brown flax seeds are a kind of flax seed. They are not one of the allergens that labels must declare. They are vegan. Open Food Facts finds them in 1,950 products, most often in bread.

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Do brown flax seeds contain an allergen?

Brown flax seeds are 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.

Are brown flax seeds vegan?

Yes. Brown flax seeds are vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in them.

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 do brown flax seeds have on a label?

In English brown flax seeds can also read “brown linseed” or “Brown flaxseed”. On European labels they are “graines de lin brun” in French, “brauner Leinsamen” in German and “linaza marron” in Spanish. The other 7 languages are listed below.

In Englishbrown linseedBrown flaxseed
French
graines de lin brun, lin brun
German
brauner Leinsamen
Spanish
linaza marron, lino marron
Italian
semi di lino scuro
Dutch
bruin lijnzaad
Polish
siemię lniane brązowe
Swedish
bruna linfrö
Danish
brune hørfrø
Finnish
ruskeat pellavansiemenet
Croatian
sjemenke smeđeg lana

Which foods contain brown flax seeds?

Open Food Facts lists brown flax seeds in the ingredients of 1,950 products, most often bread, sandwiches and savoury snacks. Most of them are sold in France, the United Kingdom and the United States.

  • Bread871
  • Sandwiches164
  • Savoury snacks98
  • Pasta, rice and flour97
  • Biscuits and cakes89
  • Breakfast cereals56

Products with it, by country of sale: France 1,127 · United Kingdom 327 · United States 284 · Spain 80.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where brown flax seeds turn up, not how much of the market they are.

What kind of ingredient are brown flax seeds?

Brown flax seeds are a kind of flax seed.

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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: Brown flax seeds
  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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