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Oat on a food label: it contains gluten

Oat is a kind of cereal. It contains gluten, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 46,027 products, most often in breakfast cereals.

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Does oat contain an allergen?

Yes. Oat 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 vegan?

Yes. Oat 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 have on a label?

On European labels it is “avoine” in French, “hafer” in German and “avena” in Spanish. The other 13 languages are listed below.

French
avoine
German
hafer
Spanish
avena
Italian
avena
Dutch
haver
Portuguese
aveia
Polish
owsiana, owies
Swedish
havre
Danish
havre
Norwegian
havre
Finnish
kaura
Czech
oves
Hungarian
zab
Romanian
ovăz, ovaz
Croatian
zob, zobi
Turkish
beyaz yulaf

Which foods contain oat?

Open Food Facts lists oat or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 46,027 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 cereals9,428
  • Biscuits and cakes8,671
  • Pasta, rice and flour4,296
  • Bread3,302
  • Plant-based drinks1,613
  • Milk and yoghurt721

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 17,731 · France 10,091 · Germany 4,989 · United Kingdom 2,733.

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

What kind of ingredient is oat?

Oat is a kind of cereal.

Kinds of oatOat flakesOat flourWholemeal oatOat branGluten free oatsOat grainOat maltOat kernel

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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
  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. European Union: Regulation 1169/2011 on food information to consumers, Annex II
  5. UK Food Standards Agency: Allergen guidance for food businesses (the 14 allergens)
  6. US FDA: Questions and Answers Regarding Food Allergen Labeling, Edition 5 (January 2025)
  7. Wikipedia: Oat

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