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Khorasan wheat on a food label: it contains gluten

Khorasan wheat is a kind of cereal. It contains gluten, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 298 products, most often in bread.

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Does khorasan wheat contain an allergen?

Yes. Khorasan 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 khorasan wheat vegan?

Yes. Khorasan 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 khorasan wheat have on a label?

On European labels it is “blé khorasan” in French, “Kamut” in German and “kamut” in Spanish. The other 2 languages are listed below.

French
blé khorasan, kamut
German
Kamut
Spanish
kamut, trigo de Jorasán Kamut
Italian
kamut, khorasan kamut
Croatian
horasanska pšenica

Which foods contain khorasan wheat?

Open Food Facts lists khorasan wheat or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 298 products, most often bread, pasta, rice and flour and ready meals. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and the United Kingdom.

  • Bread104
  • Pasta, rice and flour21
  • Ready meals17
  • Biscuits and cakes16
  • Breakfast cereals15
  • Dried fruit8

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 136 · France 71 · United Kingdom 36 · Canada 20.

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

What kind of ingredient is khorasan wheat?

Khorasan wheat is a kind of cereal.

Kinds of khorasan wheatKhorasan wheat 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: Khorasan 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)
  7. Wikipedia: Khorasan wheat

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