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Refined wheat flour on a food label: it contains gluten

Refined wheat flour is a kind of wheat flour. It contains gluten, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 747 products, most often in biscuits and cakes.

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Does refined wheat flour contain an allergen?

Yes. Refined wheat flour 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.

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

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Is refined wheat flour vegan?

Yes. Refined wheat 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 refined wheat flour have on a label?

In English refined wheat flour can also read “maida”. On European labels it is “farina di grano raffinato” in Italian and “rafinirano pšenično brašno” in Croatian.

In Englishmaida
Italian
farina di grano raffinato
Croatian
rafinirano pšenično brašno

Which foods contain refined wheat flour?

Open Food Facts lists refined wheat flour in the ingredients of 747 products, most often biscuits and cakes, bread and pasta, rice and flour. Most of them are sold in India, the United States and the United Kingdom.

  • Biscuits and cakes299
  • Bread96
  • Pasta, rice and flour92
  • Sweets18
  • Savoury snacks18
  • Ice cream17

Products with it, by country of sale: India 660 · United States 43 · United Kingdom 22 · France 14.

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

What kind of ingredient is refined wheat flour?

Refined wheat flour is a kind of wheat 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: Refined wheat 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. 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)

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