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Oat flour on a food label: it contains gluten

Oat flour is a kind of cereal flour. It contains gluten, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 8,742 products, most often in biscuits and cakes. Per 100 g: about 364 kcal and 13 g protein.

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Does oat flour contain an allergen?

Yes. Oat flour 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.

AllergenUSUK and EuropeGulf
Cereals containing glutenPartlyWheat onlyRequiredWheat, rye, barley, oats, spelt, khorasanRequiredWheat, barley, oats, rye, spelt

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Is oat flour vegan?

Yes. Oat 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.
Coeliac or gluten-freeNot for youIt is made from a cereal containing gluten.

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What other names does oat flour have on a label?

In English oat flour can also read “oatflour”. On European labels it is “farine d'avoine” in French, “Hafermehl” in German and “harina de avena” in Spanish. The other 11 languages are listed below.

In Englishoatflour
French
farine d'avoine
German
Hafermehl, Haferbrei
Spanish
harina de avena, semola de avena
Italian
farina d'avena, farina di avena
Dutch
havermeel
Portuguese
farinha de aveia
Polish
mąka owsiana
Swedish
havremjöl
Danish
havremel
Norwegian
havremel
Finnish
kaurajauho
Czech
ovesná mouka
Hungarian
zabliszt
Croatian
zobeno brašno

Which foods contain oat flour?

Open Food Facts lists oat flour or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 8,742 products, most often biscuits and cakes, breakfast cereals and pasta, rice and flour. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Germany.

  • Biscuits and cakes1,628
  • Breakfast cereals1,533
  • Pasta, rice and flour1,204
  • Bread394
  • Ready meals125
  • Savoury snacks116

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 4,123 · France 1,653 · Germany 788 · United Kingdom 435.

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

How many calories are in oat flour?

Oat flour has 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” (the closest food in the table) 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 (the closest food in the table). A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is oat flour?

In the Open Food Facts ingredient tree, oat flour sits under cereal flour and oat.

Kinds of oat flourWholemeal oat flourGluten free oat flour

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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 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
  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)

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