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Ingredient dictionary

Oat bran on a food label: it contains gluten

Oat bran is a kind of oat. It contains gluten, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 1,863 products, most often in pasta, rice and flour. Per 100 g: about 359 kcal and 16 g protein.

By Bravoora teamUpdated 13 October 2026Sources checked 13 October 20267 sourcesHow we check

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Does oat bran contain an allergen?

Yes. Oat bran 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.

Allergen	US	UK and Europe	Gulf
Cereals containing gluten	PartlyWheat only	RequiredWheat, rye, barley, oats, spelt, khorasan	RequiredWheat, barley, oats, rye, spelt

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Is oat bran vegan?

Yes. Oat bran 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 oat bran have on a label?

In English oat bran can also read “oatbran”. On European labels it is “son d'avoine” in French, “Haferkleie” in German and “salvado de avena” in Spanish. The other 9 languages are listed below.

In Englishoatbran

French: son d'avoine
German: Haferkleie
Spanish: salvado de avena
Italian: crusca d'avena
Dutch: haverzemelen, haverzemelen met kiem
Portuguese: salvado de avena
Polish: otręby owsiane
Swedish: havrekli
Danish: havreklid
Finnish: kauralese
Hungarian: zabkorpa
Croatian: zobene mekinje

Which foods contain oat bran?

Open Food Facts lists oat bran or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 1,863 products, most often pasta, rice and flour, breakfast cereals and biscuits and cakes. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Germany.

Pasta, rice and flour324
Breakfast cereals294
Biscuits and cakes231
Bread201
Ready meals25
Pizzas, pies and quiches24

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 994 · France 414 · Germany 108 · Spain 67.

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

How many calories are in oat bran?

Oat bran has about 359 kcal per 100 g, with 16 g protein, 51 g carbohydrate and 6.5 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Oat bran” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

359kcal per 100 g

16g protein

51g carbohydrate

6.5g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 2.2 g, saturated fat 1.2 g, fibre 17 g, salt 0.02 g, energy 1,510 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 9640. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is oat bran?

Oat bran is a kind of oat.

Kinds of oat branRaw oat bran

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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.

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