Build my profileBuild my profile

Ingredient dictionary

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

Lentil flour is one of the lentils. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 748 products, most often in savoury snacks.

By Bravoora teamUpdated Sources checked 3 sourcesHow we check

Fits you

for a vegan profile

Does lentil flour contain an allergen?

Lentil 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 lentil flour vegan?

Yes. Lentil 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.

A pack can differ from the usual recipe: the app reads the label in your hand.

What other names does lentil flour have on a label?

On European labels it is “farine de lentilles” in French, “Linsenmehl” in German and “harina de lenteja” in Spanish. The other 6 languages are listed below.

French
farine de lentilles
German
Linsenmehl
Spanish
harina de lenteja
Italian
farina di lenticchie
Dutch
linsenmeel
Swedish
linsmjöl
Finnish
linssijauho
Czech
čočková mouka
Croatian
brašno od leće

Which foods contain lentil flour?

Open Food Facts lists lentil flour or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 748 products, most often savoury snacks, pasta, rice and flour and bread. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and the United Kingdom.

  • Savoury snacks239
  • Pasta, rice and flour66
  • Bread39
  • Ready meals35
  • Beans and pulses15
  • Biscuits and cakes15

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 214 · France 140 · United Kingdom 122 · Germany 112.

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

What kind of ingredient is lentil flour?

Lentil flour is one of the lentils.

Kinds of lentil flourWholemeal lentil flour

Bravoora reads this ingredient for everyone you shop for: an allergy or intolerance, a vegan or vegetarian diet, a calorie or protein goal, and the labels on supplements and skincare too. Build a profile · For dietitians, doctors and trainers

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: Lentil 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

Contains information from Open Food Facts, which is made available here under the Open Database License (ODbL). Read the licence · Download this dictionary’s data · How we check

Create a website profile with the things you avoid and the people you check for.

Build my profile

Save and edit your profile on this website. App transfer is not available yet.