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Cooked wheat on a food label: it contains gluten

Cooked wheat is a kind of wheat. It contains gluten, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 23 products, most often in pasta, rice and flour.

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Cooked wheat=gluten

Does cooked wheat contain an allergen?

Yes. Cooked wheat is made from wheat, a cereal containing gluten: labels in the UK, Europe and the Gulf must declare it, and US labels must name wheat.

AllergenUSUK and EuropeGulf
Cereals containing glutenPartlyWheat onlyRequiredWheat, rye, barley, oats, spelt, khorasanRequiredWheat, barley, oats, rye, spelt

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Is cooked wheat vegan?

Yes. Cooked wheat 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-freeNot for youIt is made from a cereal containing gluten.

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What other names does cooked wheat have on a label?

On European labels it is “blé précuit à la vapeur” in French, “Vorgegarter Hartweizen” in German and “grano cotto” in Italian. The other 3 languages are listed below.

French
blé précuit à la vapeur
German
Vorgegarter Hartweizen
Italian
grano cotto
Finnish
kypsennetty vehnä
Hungarian
előfőzőtt búza
Croatian
kuhana pšenica

Which foods contain cooked wheat?

Open Food Facts lists cooked wheat in the ingredients of 23 products, most often pasta, rice and flour, ready meals and beans and pulses. Most of them are sold in France, Germany and Switzerland.

  • Pasta, rice and flour17
  • Ready meals3
  • Beans and pulses1
  • Biscuits and cakes1
  • Sweets1

Products with it, by country of sale: France 19 · Germany 3 · Switzerland 2 · Italy 2.

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

What kind of ingredient is cooked wheat?

Cooked wheat is a kind of wheat.

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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: Cooked wheat
  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
  4. European Union: Regulation 1169/2011 on food information to consumers, Annex II
  5. UK Food Standards Agency: Allergen guidance for food businesses (the 14 allergens)
  6. US FDA: Questions and Answers Regarding Food Allergen Labeling, Edition 5 (January 2025)

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