Ingredient dictionary
Modified wheat starch on a food label: it contains gluten
Modified wheat starch is a kind of modified starch. It contains gluten, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 1,541 products, most often in biscuits and cakes.
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Modified wheat starch=gluten
Does modified wheat starch contain an allergen?
Yes. Modified wheat starch is made from wheat, a cereal containing gluten: labels in the UK, Europe and the Gulf must declare it, and US labels must name wheat.
| Allergen | US | UK and Europe | Gulf |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cereals containing gluten | PartlyWheat only | RequiredWheat, rye, barley, oats, spelt, khorasan | RequiredWheat, barley, oats, rye, spelt |
Is modified wheat starch vegan?
Yes. Modified wheat starch is vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in it.
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What other names does modified wheat starch have on a label?
On European labels it is “amidon modifié de blé” in French, “modifizierte Weizenstärke” in German and “almidón de trigo modificado” in Spanish. The other 6 languages are listed below.
- French
- amidon modifié de blé, amidon transformé de blé
- German
- modifizierte Weizenstärke
- Spanish
- almidón de trigo modificado
- Italian
- amido modificato di fromento
- Dutch
- gemodificeerd tarwezetmeel
- Swedish
- modifierad vetestärkelse
- Finnish
- muunnettu vehnätärkkelys, muunneltu vehnätärkkelys
- Hungarian
- módosított búzakeményítő
- Croatian
- modificirani pšenični škrob
Which foods contain modified wheat starch?
Open Food Facts lists modified wheat starch in the ingredients of 1,541 products, most often biscuits and cakes, bread and pasta, rice and flour. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Germany.
Products with it, by country of sale: United States 956 · France 279 · Germany 94 · Belgium 45.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where modified wheat starch turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is modified wheat starch?
In the Open Food Facts ingredient tree, modified wheat starch sits under modified starch and wheat starch.
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- Open Food Facts: Modified wheat starch
- Open Food Facts: ingredients taxonomy (names, family tree, allergen and vegan flags), ODbL
- Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
- European Union: Regulation 1169/2011 on food information to consumers, Annex II
- UK Food Standards Agency: Allergen guidance for food businesses (the 14 allergens)
- US FDA: Questions and Answers Regarding Food Allergen Labeling, Edition 5 (January 2025)
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