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Ingredient dictionary

Cereal flour on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Cereal flour is a kind of flour. Some kinds of cereal flour carry an allergen (gluten). It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 227,639 products, most often in biscuits and cakes.

By Bravoora teamUpdated 13 October 2026Sources checked 13 October 20263 sourcesHow we check

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Does cereal flour contain an allergen?

It depends on the kind. Some kinds of cereal flour carry an allergen: wheat flour, barley flour and fortified wheat flour contain gluten. A label must name the allergen, so check which kind it says.

Is cereal flour vegan?

Yes. Cereal flour is vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in it.

VeganFits youNothing from an animal, by the Open Food Facts record.

VegetarianFits youNothing from an animal, by the Open Food Facts record.

Coeliac or gluten-freeHeads upSome kinds contain gluten, for example wheat flour.

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What other names does cereal flour have on a label?

On European labels it is “farine de céréales” in French, “Getreidemehl” in German and “harina de cereales” in Spanish. The other 12 languages are listed below.

French: farine de céréales, farines de céréales
German: Getreidemehl, Getreidemehle
Spanish: harina de cereales
Italian: farine di cereali
Dutch: granenmeel
Portuguese: Farinha de cereais
Polish: Mąka zbożowa
Swedish: spannmålsmjöl
Danish: kornmel
Finnish: viljajauho
Czech: obilná mouka
Hungarian: gabonaliszt
Romanian: Făină din cereale
Croatian: brašno žitarica
Turkish: tahıl unu

Which foods contain cereal flour?

Open Food Facts lists cereal flour or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 227,639 products, most often biscuits and cakes, bread and ready meals. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Germany.

Biscuits and cakes56,983
Bread24,609
Ready meals14,372
Pasta, rice and flour13,148
Pizzas, pies and quiches8,700
Savoury snacks5,998

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 81,794 · France 70,403 · Germany 20,710 · United Kingdom 12,777.

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

What kind of ingredient is cereal flour?

Cereal flour is a kind of flour.

Kinds of cereal flourWheat flour Wholemeal flour Barley flour Oat flour Rye flour Spelt flour Graham flour Sorghum flour Millet flour Malt flour Amaranth flour Teff flour Semi-wholemeal flour Einkorn flour Emmer flour Khorasan wheat flour

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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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