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

Red lentil flour is one of the red lentils. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 306 products, most often in pasta, rice and flour.

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Does red lentil flour contain an allergen?

Red lentil 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 red lentil flour vegan?

Yes. Red lentil 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 red lentil flour have on a label?

On European labels it is “farine de lentilles corail” in French, “rotes Linsenmehl” in German and “farina di lenticchie rosse” in Italian. The other 2 languages are listed below.

French
farine de lentilles corail
German
rotes Linsenmehl, Rotelinsenmehl
Italian
farina di lenticchie rosse
Polish
mąka z czerwonej soczewicy, mąka z soczewicy czerwonej
Croatian
brašno od crvene leće

Which foods contain red lentil flour?

Open Food Facts lists red lentil flour in the ingredients of 306 products, most often pasta, rice and flour, ready meals and savoury snacks. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and the United Kingdom.

  • Pasta, rice and flour160
  • Ready meals29
  • Savoury snacks26
  • Breakfast cereals8
  • Beans and pulses7
  • Soups3

Products with it, by country of sale: France 101 · United States 99 · United Kingdom 32 · Germany 31.

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

What kind of ingredient is red lentil flour?

Red lentil flour is one of the red lentils.

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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: Red lentil 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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