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

Some kinds of cereal carry an allergen (gluten). It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 342,567 products, most often in biscuits and cakes.

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Does cereal contain an allergen?

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

Is cereal vegan?

Yes. Cereal 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 cereals containing gluten.

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

What other names does cereal have on a label?

In English cereal can also read “cereal grains”. On European labels it is “céréale” in French, “Getreide” in German and “cereales” in Spanish. The other 10 languages are listed below.

In Englishcereal grains
French
céréale, céréales
German
Getreide, anderer Getreidesorten
Spanish
cereales
Italian
cereali
Dutch
granen, gemaakt van granen
Portuguese
cereais
Polish
zboża, zboże
Swedish
spannmål, sädesslag
Danish
Korn
Finnish
vilja, viljat
Czech
obilovina, obiloviny
Hungarian
gabona, gabonafélék
Croatian
žita, žitarica

Which foods contain cereal?

Open Food Facts lists cereal or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 342,567 products, most often biscuits and cakes, pasta, rice and flour and bread. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Germany.

  • Biscuits and cakes61,316
  • Pasta, rice and flour31,279
  • Bread25,825
  • Ready meals24,007
  • Breakfast cereals14,532
  • Savoury snacks11,188

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 120,110 · France 100,452 · Germany 32,479 · United Kingdom 21,838.

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

What kind of ingredient is cereal?

Kinds of cerealWheatCornOatMaltBarleyRyeBuckwheatMilletCereals containing glutenSpeltSorghumWholemeal cerealWild riceTriticaleTeffCereal flakes

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Sources

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: Cereal
  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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