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

Konjac flour is a kind of flour. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 208 products, most often in pasta, rice and flour.

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Does konjac flour contain an allergen?

Konjac 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 konjac flour vegan?

Yes. Konjac 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 konjac flour have on a label?

On European labels it is “farina di Konjac” in Italian and “konjac brašno” in Croatian.

Italian
farina di Konjac
Croatian
konjac brašno

Which foods contain konjac flour?

Open Food Facts lists konjac flour in the ingredients of 208 products, most often pasta, rice and flour, vegetables and ready meals. Most of them are sold in the United States, the United Kingdom and France.

  • Pasta, rice and flour49
  • Vegetables16
  • Ready meals10
  • Biscuits and cakes9
  • Meat6
  • Pizzas, pies and quiches5

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 132 · United Kingdom 21 · France 19 · Germany 13.

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

What kind of ingredient is konjac flour?

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

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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: Konjac 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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