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

Modified corn flour is a kind of corn. Whether it carries an allergen depends on how it was made. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 184 products, most often in ready meals.

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Does modified corn flour contain an allergen?

It depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts does not link modified corn flour to an allergen, and Bravoora’s label checker does not read the name as one. The label must name any allergen it carries.

Is modified corn flour vegan?

Yes. Modified corn 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 modified corn flour have on a label?

On European labels it is “Farine de maïs modifié” in French, “Modifiziertes Maismehl” in German and “Farina di mais modificata” in Italian. The other 2 languages are listed below.

French
Farine de maïs modifié
German
Modifiziertes Maismehl
Italian
Farina di mais modificata
Dutch
gemodificeerd maïsmeel
Croatian
modificirano kukuruzno brašno

Which foods contain modified corn flour?

Open Food Facts lists modified corn flour in the ingredients of 184 products, most often ready meals, dressings and sauces and soups. Most of them are sold in the United Kingdom, France and Germany.

  • Ready meals52
  • Dressings and sauces37
  • Soups19
  • Pasta, rice and flour9
  • Beans and pulses9
  • Vegetables4

Products with it, by country of sale: United Kingdom 148 · France 63 · Germany 13 · Ireland 11.

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

What kind of ingredient is modified corn flour?

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

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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: Modified corn 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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