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Ingredient dictionary

Rye bread on a food label: it contains gluten

Rye bread is a kind of special bread. It contains gluten, so the allergen labelling rules apply. Whether it is vegan depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts finds it in 22 products, most often in bread. Per 100 g: about 257 kcal and 8.3 g protein.

By Bravoora teamUpdated 13 October 2026Sources checked 13 October 20268 sourcesHow we check

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Does rye bread contain an allergen?

Yes. Rye bread 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. It is made to a recipe, so any other allergen in it must be named on the label too.

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 rye bread vegan?

It depends on the make. Some kinds of rye bread are made with an animal product and a label rarely says which, so a vegan profile gets Heads up. It is vegetarian.

VeganHeads upSome kinds are made with an animal product, and a label rarely says which.

VegetarianFits youNot meat or fish.

Coeliac or gluten-freeNot for youIt is made from a cereal containing gluten.

A pack can differ from the usual recipe: the app reads the label in your hand.

What other names does rye bread have on a label?

On European labels it is “Pain de seigle” in French, “Roggenbrot” in German and “pane di segale” in Italian. The other 3 languages are listed below.

French: Pain de seigle
German: Roggenbrot
Italian: pane di segale
Polish: chleb żytni
Finnish: ruisleipä
Croatian: raženi kruh

Which foods contain rye bread?

Open Food Facts lists rye bread or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 22 products, most often bread, sandwiches and ready meals. Most of them are sold in France, the United Kingdom and Denmark.

Bread10
Sandwiches4
Ready meals2
Sweetened drinks2
Nuts1
Milk and yoghurt1

Products with it, by country of sale: France 5 · United Kingdom 4 · Denmark 3 · Finland 3.

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

How many calories are in rye bread?

Rye bread has about 257 kcal per 100 g, with 8.3 g protein, 52 g carbohydrate and 1 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Rye bread, and wheat” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

257kcal per 100 g

8.3g protein

52g carbohydrate

1g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 2.4 g, saturated fat 0.3 g, fibre 4.5 g, salt 1.35 g, energy 1,090 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 7125. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is rye bread?

Rye bread is a kind of special bread.

Kinds of rye breadWholemeal rye breadRye bread breadcrumbsGrated rye bread

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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.

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