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Pre-cooked durum wheat on a food label: it contains gluten

Pre-cooked durum wheat is a kind of durum wheat. It contains gluten, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 302 products, most often in ready meals. Per 100 g: about 147 kcal and 5.5 g protein.

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

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Pre-cooked durum wheat=gluten

Does pre-cooked durum wheat contain an allergen?

Yes. Pre-cooked durum wheat is made from wheat, a cereal containing gluten: labels in the UK, Europe and the Gulf must declare it, and US labels must name wheat.

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 pre-cooked durum wheat vegan?

Yes. Pre-cooked durum wheat 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 pre-cooked durum wheat have on a label?

In English pre-cooked durum wheat can also read “pre-cooked durum”. On European labels it is “blé dur précuit” in French, “grano duro precotto” in Italian and “prethodno kuhana durum pšenica” in Croatian.

In Englishpre-cooked durum

French: blé dur précuit
Italian: grano duro precotto, grano duro pre cotto
Croatian: prethodno kuhana durum pšenica

Which foods contain pre-cooked durum wheat?

Open Food Facts lists pre-cooked durum wheat in the ingredients of 302 products, most often ready meals, pasta, rice and flour and beans and pulses. Most of them are sold in France, Italy and Spain.

Ready meals130
Pasta, rice and flour106
Beans and pulses5
Oily fish2
Poultry1

Products with it, by country of sale: France 291 · Italy 12 · Spain 9 · Belgium 5.

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

How many calories are in pre-cooked durum wheat?

Pre-cooked durum wheat has about 147 kcal per 100 g, with 5.5 g protein, 27 g carbohydrate and 0.9 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Durum wheat pre-cooked, whole grain, cooked, no added salt” (the closest food in the table) in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

147kcal per 100 g

5.5g protein

27g carbohydrate

0.9g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 0 g, saturated fat 0.2 g, fibre 3.8 g, salt 0.01 g, energy 623 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 9081 (the closest food in the table). A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is pre-cooked durum wheat?

Pre-cooked durum wheat is a kind of durum wheat.

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