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Oat flakes on a food label: they contain gluten

Oat flakes are a kind of oat. They contain gluten, so the allergen labelling rules apply. They are vegan. Open Food Facts finds them in 20,229 products, most often in breakfast cereals. Per 100 g: about 364 kcal and 13 g protein.

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Do oat flakes contain an allergen?

Yes. Oat flakes are made from a cereal containing gluten: labels in the UK, Europe and the Gulf must declare them. In the US they are 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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Are oat flakes vegan?

Yes. Oat 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 oat flakes have on a label?

In English oat flakes can also read “oatflakes”, “rolled oats” or “oatmeal flakes”. On European labels they are “flocons d'avoine” in French, “haferflocken” in German and “copos de avena” in Spanish. The other 13 languages are listed below.

In Englishoatflakesrolled oatsoatmeal flakes
French
flocons d'avoine, flocon d'avoine
German
haferflocken
Spanish
copos de avena, hojuela de avena
Italian
fiocchi di avena, fiocchi d'avena
Dutch
havermoutvlokken, havermout
Portuguese
flocos de aveia
Polish
płatki owsiane, płatków owsianych
Swedish
havreflingor, havreflager
Danish
havregryn, havreflager
Norwegian
havregryn
Finnish
kaurahiutale, kaurahiutaleet
Czech
ovesné vločky
Hungarian
zabpehely
Romanian
fulgi de ovăz
Croatian
zobene pahuljice, valjani zob
Turkish
tahıl ezmesi, yulaf ezmesi

Which foods contain oat flakes?

Open Food Facts lists oat flakes or a more specific kind of them in the ingredients of 20,229 products, most often breakfast cereals, biscuits and cakes and pasta, rice and flour. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Germany.

  • Breakfast cereals6,097
  • Biscuits and cakes4,424
  • Pasta, rice and flour1,791
  • Bread1,603
  • Milk and yoghurt276
  • Savoury snacks175

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 6,594 · France 5,374 · Germany 2,955 · United Kingdom 969.

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

How many calories are in oat flakes?

Oat flakes have about 364 kcal per 100 g, with 13 g protein, 58 g carbohydrate and 6.5 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Oatmeal flakes” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

364kcal per 100 g
13g protein
58g carbohydrate
6.5g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 1 g, saturated fat 1.1 g, fibre 10 g, salt 0.01 g, energy 1,530 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 9311. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient are oat flakes?

Oat flakes are a kind of oat.

Kinds of oat flakesWhole grain oat flakesGluten-free oat flakesInstant oatmeal

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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: Oat 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. ANSES: CIQUAL French food composition table (CALNUT 2020 edition), Licence Ouverte 2.0
  5. European Union: Regulation 1169/2011 on food information to consumers, Annex II
  6. UK Food Standards Agency: Allergen guidance for food businesses (the 14 allergens)
  7. US FDA: Questions and Answers Regarding Food Allergen Labeling, Edition 5 (January 2025)
  8. Wikipedia: Rolled oats

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