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Semi-wholemeal flour on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Semi-wholemeal flour is a kind of cereal flour. Some kinds of semi-wholemeal flour carry an allergen (gluten). It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 186 products, most often in biscuits and cakes.

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Does semi-wholemeal flour contain an allergen?

It depends on the kind. Some kinds of semi-wholemeal flour carry an allergen: semi-wholemeal wheat flour contains gluten. A label must name the allergen, so check which kind it says.

Is semi-wholemeal flour vegan?

Yes. Semi-wholemeal 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-freeHeads upSome kinds contain gluten, for example semi-wholemeal wheat flour.

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What other names does semi-wholemeal flour have on a label?

On European labels it is “farine semi-complète” in French, “farina semi-integrale” in Italian and “poluintegralno brašno” in Croatian.

French
farine semi-complète
Italian
farina semi-integrale
Croatian
poluintegralno brašno

Which foods contain semi-wholemeal flour?

Open Food Facts lists semi-wholemeal flour or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 186 products, most often biscuits and cakes, pasta, rice and flour and bread. Most of them are sold in France, Belgium and Switzerland.

  • Biscuits and cakes68
  • Pasta, rice and flour24
  • Bread21
  • Cereals and potatoes17
  • Pizzas, pies and quiches10
  • Ready meals3

Products with it, by country of sale: France 180 · Belgium 9 · Switzerland 6 · Spain 3.

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

What kind of ingredient is semi-wholemeal flour?

Semi-wholemeal flour is a kind of cereal flour.

Kinds of semi-wholemeal flourSemi-wholemeal rice flourSemi-wholemeal wheat flour

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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: Semi-wholemeal 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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