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Malted wheat flakes on a food label: they contain gluten

Malted wheat flakes are one of the wheat flakes. They contain gluten, so the allergen labelling rules apply. They are vegan. Open Food Facts finds them in 410 products, most often in bread.

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Do malted wheat flakes contain an allergen?

Yes. Malted wheat flakes are made from wheat, a cereal containing gluten: labels in the UK, Europe and the Gulf must declare them, 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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Are malted wheat flakes vegan?

Yes. Malted wheat flakes 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.
Coeliac or gluten-freeNot for youThey are made from a cereal containing gluten.

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What other names do malted wheat flakes have on a label?

On European labels they are “flocons de blé malté” in French, “Malzweizenflocken” in German and “copos de trigo malteado” in Spanish. The other 2 languages are listed below.

French
flocons de blé malté
German
Malzweizenflocken
Spanish
copos de trigo malteado
Italian
fiocchi di frumento maltato
Croatian
sladne pšenične pahuljice

Which foods contain malted wheat flakes?

Open Food Facts lists malted wheat flakes in the ingredients of 410 products, most often bread, sandwiches and breakfast cereals. Most of them are sold in the United Kingdom, France and the United States.

  • Bread144
  • Sandwiches117
  • Breakfast cereals40
  • Biscuits and cakes17
  • Pasta, rice and flour13
  • Savoury snacks3

Products with it, by country of sale: United Kingdom 193 · France 146 · United States 36 · Ireland 24.

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

What kind of ingredient are malted wheat flakes?

Malted wheat flakes are one of the wheat flakes.

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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: Malted wheat flakes
  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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