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

Flax flour is a kind of flax seed. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 507 products, most often in bread.

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Does flax flour contain an allergen?

Flax flour is 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.

Is flax flour vegan?

Yes. Flax 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.

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What other names does flax flour have on a label?

In English flax flour can also read “flaxseed flour”. On European labels it is “farine de lin” in French, “Flachsmehl” in German and “semilla de lino amarillo” in Spanish. The other 6 languages are listed below.

In Englishflaxseed flour
French
farine de lin, farine de graines de lin
German
Flachsmehl, Leinmehl
Spanish
semilla de lino amarillo, semillas de lino amarillo
Italian
farina di lino
Polish
mąka lniana, mąka z lnu
Swedish
linfrömjöl
Finnish
pellavansiemenjauho
Romanian
făină din seminte de in
Croatian
laneno brašno

Which foods contain flax flour?

Open Food Facts lists flax flour in the ingredients of 507 products, most often bread, biscuits and cakes and ready meals. Most of them are sold in France, Germany and the United States.

  • Bread69
  • Biscuits and cakes67
  • Ready meals24
  • Dressings and sauces19
  • Pizzas, pies and quiches18
  • Savoury snacks16

Products with it, by country of sale: France 220 · Germany 99 · United States 71 · Belgium 29.

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

What kind of ingredient is flax flour?

In the Open Food Facts ingredient tree, flax flour sits under flax seed and 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.

  1. Open Food Facts: Flax 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

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