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Golden flax seeds on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Golden flax seeds are a kind of flax seed. They are not one of the allergens that labels must declare. They are vegan. Open Food Facts finds them in 1,074 products, most often in bread.

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Do golden flax seeds contain an allergen?

Golden flax seeds are 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.

Are golden flax seeds vegan?

Yes. Golden flax seeds are vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in them.

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 do golden flax seeds have on a label?

In English golden flax seeds can also read “golden linseed” or “yellow flax seeds”. On European labels they are “graines de lin doré” in French, “goldgelbe Leinsaat” in German and “semillas de lino dorado” in Spanish. The other 6 languages are listed below.

In Englishgolden linseedyellow flax seeds
French
graines de lin doré, graines de lin jaune
German
goldgelbe Leinsaat, Gold-Leinsaat
Spanish
semillas de lino dorado, lino dorado
Italian
semi di lino giallo
Dutch
geel lijnzaad, lijnzaad geel
Portuguese
sementes de linho amarelo
Polish
siemię lniane złote
Swedish
gula linfrö
Croatian
sjemenke zlatnog lana

Which foods contain golden flax seeds?

Open Food Facts lists golden flax seeds in the ingredients of 1,074 products, most often bread, pasta, rice and flour and sandwiches. Most of them are sold in France, the United Kingdom and the United States.

  • Bread436
  • Pasta, rice and flour63
  • Sandwiches55
  • Breakfast cereals52
  • Biscuits and cakes37
  • Savoury snacks36

Products with it, by country of sale: France 414 · United Kingdom 287 · United States 235 · Spain 34.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where golden flax seeds turn up, not how much of the market they are.

What kind of ingredient are golden flax seeds?

Golden flax seeds are a kind of flax seed.

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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: Golden flax seeds
  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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