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Potato flour on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Potato flour is a kind of flour. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 3,459 products, most often in ready meals.

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Does potato flour contain an allergen?

Potato flour is not one of the allergens that food labels must declare in the US, the UK, Europe or the Gulf. Open Food Facts does not link it to an allergen, and Bravoora’s label checker does not read the name as one.

Is potato flour vegan?

Yes. Potato 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.

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What other names does potato flour have on a label?

On European labels it is “farine de pomme de terre” in French, “harina de patata” in Spanish and “Farina di patate” in Italian. The other 6 languages are listed below.

French
farine de pomme de terre, farine de pommes de terre
Spanish
harina de patata
Italian
Farina di patate
Dutch
aardappelmeel
Polish
Mąka ziemniaczana
Swedish
potatismjöl
Norwegian
potetmel
Finnish
perunajauho
Croatian
krumpirovo brašno

Which foods contain potato flour?

Open Food Facts lists potato flour in the ingredients of 3,459 products, most often ready meals, bread and savoury snacks. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Sweden.

  • Ready meals491
  • Bread353
  • Savoury snacks325
  • Biscuits and cakes218
  • Dressings and sauces76
  • Processed meat74

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 2,415 · France 328 · Sweden 130 · Norway 111.

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

What kind of ingredient is potato flour?

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

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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.

  1. Open Food Facts: Potato 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

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