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Einkorn flour on a food label: it contains gluten

Einkorn flour is a kind of cereal flour. It contains gluten, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 179 products, most often in biscuits and cakes.

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Does einkorn flour contain an allergen?

Yes. Einkorn flour 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 einkorn flour vegan?

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

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What other names does einkorn flour have on a label?

On European labels it is “farine de petit épeautre” in French, “Einkornmehl” in German and “farina di farro monococco” in Italian. One more language is listed below.

French
farine de petit épeautre
German
Einkornmehl, Einkorn-Mehl
Italian
farina di farro monococco
Croatian
jednozrno brašno

Which foods contain einkorn flour?

Open Food Facts lists einkorn flour or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 179 products, most often biscuits and cakes, pasta, rice and flour and bread. Most of them are sold in France, Bulgaria and the United States.

  • Biscuits and cakes52
  • Pasta, rice and flour41
  • Bread26
  • Savoury snacks13
  • Ready meals3
  • Beans and pulses2

Products with it, by country of sale: France 118 · Bulgaria 46 · United States 11 · Switzerland 3.

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

What kind of ingredient is einkorn flour?

In the Open Food Facts ingredient tree, einkorn flour sits under cereal flour and einkorn wheat.

Kinds of einkorn flourWhole grain einkorn flour

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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: Einkorn flour
  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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