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Malt flour on a food label: it contains gluten

Malt flour is a kind of cereal flour. It contains gluten, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 623 products, most often in bread.

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Does malt flour contain an allergen?

Yes. Malt flour is made from a cereal containing gluten: labels in the UK, Europe and the Gulf must declare it. In the US it is not a listed allergen, because US labels name wheat only.

AllergenUSUK and EuropeGulf
Cereals containing glutenPartlyWheat onlyRequiredWheat, rye, barley, oats, spelt, khorasanRequiredWheat, barley, oats, rye, spelt

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Is malt flour vegan?

Yes. Malt 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.
Coeliac or gluten-freeNot for youIt is made from a cereal containing gluten.

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What other names does malt flour have on a label?

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

French
farine de malt
German
Malzmehl
Spanish
harina de malta
Italian
Farina di malto
Portuguese
farinha de malte, farinha de malte de cereais
Swedish
maltmjöl
Danish
maltet mel
Finnish
mallasjauho, mallastettu sekaviljajauho
Croatian
sladno brašno

Which foods contain malt flour?

Open Food Facts lists malt flour in the ingredients of 623 products, most often bread, pizzas, pies and quiches and biscuits and cakes. Most of them are sold in France, Germany and Spain.

  • Bread206
  • Pizzas, pies and quiches87
  • Biscuits and cakes82
  • Breakfast cereals43
  • Savoury snacks21
  • Sandwiches21

Products with it, by country of sale: France 179 · Germany 175 · Spain 60 · United States 57.

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

What kind of ingredient is malt flour?

Malt flour is a kind of cereal 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: Malt 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
  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)

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