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Soft wheat flour on a food label: it contains gluten

Soft 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 3,100 products, most often in pasta, rice and flour.

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Does soft wheat flour contain an allergen?

Yes. Soft 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 soft wheat flour vegan?

Yes. Soft 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 soft wheat flour have on a label?

In English soft wheat flour can also read “tender wheat flour”. On European labels it is “farine de blé tendre” in French, “Weichweizenmehl” in German and “farina di grano tenero” in Italian. The other 4 languages are listed below.

In Englishtender wheat flour
French
farine de blé tendre, farine de blés tendres
German
Weichweizenmehl
Italian
farina di grano tenero
Polish
mąka z pszenicy miękkiej, mąka z miękkiej pszenicy
Finnish
hieno vehnäjauho
Romanian
făină de grâu moale
Croatian
meko pšenično brašno

Which foods contain soft wheat flour?

Open Food Facts lists soft wheat flour or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 3,100 products, most often pasta, rice and flour, ready meals and biscuits and cakes. Most of them are sold in France, Italy and Germany.

  • Pasta, rice and flour883
  • Ready meals496
  • Biscuits and cakes424
  • Bread337
  • Pizzas, pies and quiches212
  • Potatoes86

Products with it, by country of sale: France 1,900 · Italy 910 · Germany 184 · United States 155.

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

What kind of ingredient is soft wheat flour?

Soft wheat flour is a kind of wheat flour.

Kinds of soft wheat flourSoft whole wheat flourWheat flour type 110Wheat flour type 150

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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: Soft 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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