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Ingredient dictionary

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

Some kinds of flour carry an allergen (soy, lupin and gluten). It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 283,736 products, most often in biscuits and cakes.

By Bravoora teamUpdated 13 October 2026Sources checked 13 October 20264 sourcesHow we check

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Does flour contain an allergen?

It depends on the kind. Some kinds of flour carry an allergen: soya flour, restructured soya flour and soya flour restructured and rehydrated contain soy; lupin flour contains lupin; wheat flour, barley flour and fortified wheat flour contain gluten. A label must name the allergen, so check which kind it says.

Is flour vegan?

Yes. 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.

Soy allergyHeads upSome kinds contain soy, for example soya flour.

Lupin allergyHeads upSome kinds contain lupin, for example lupin flour.

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

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What other names does flour have on a label?

On European labels it is “farine” in French, “Mehl” in German and “harina” in Spanish. The other 13 languages are listed below.

French: farine, farines
German: Mehl
Spanish: harina
Italian: farina
Dutch: meel, bloem
Portuguese: farinha
Polish: mąka, mąki
Swedish: mjöl
Danish: mel
Norwegian: mel
Finnish: jauho, jauhot
Czech: mouka
Hungarian: liszt
Romanian: făină
Croatian: brašno
Turkish: un

Which foods contain flour?

Open Food Facts lists flour or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 283,736 products, most often biscuits and cakes, bread and ready meals. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Germany.

Biscuits and cakes62,059
Bread25,954
Ready meals17,952
Pasta, rice and flour15,991
Savoury snacks9,131
Pizzas, pies and quiches9,115

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 97,588 · France 84,998 · Germany 28,173 · United Kingdom 19,455.

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

What kind of ingredient is flour?

Kinds of flourCereal flour Rice flour Corn flour Soya flour Carob seed flour Potato flour Chickpea flour Buckwheat flour Tapioca flour Broad bean flour Quinoa flour Pea flour Coconut flour Flour blend Lupin flour Cassava 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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