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Soya flour on a food label: it contains soy

Soya flour is a kind of flour. It contains soy, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 14,686 products, most often in biscuits and cakes. Per 100 g: about 446 kcal and 36 g protein.

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Does soya flour contain an allergen?

Yes. Soya flour contains soy: labels in the US, the UK, Europe and the Gulf must declare it.

AllergenUSUK and EuropeGulf
SoybeansRequiredRequiredRequired

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Is soya flour vegan?

Yes. Soya 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.
Soy allergyNot for youIt contains soy.

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What other names does soya flour have on a label?

In English soya flour can also read “soy flour” or “soybean meal”. On European labels it is “farine de soja” in French, “Sojamehl” in German and “harina de soja” in Spanish. The other 12 languages are listed below.

In Englishsoy floursoybean meal
French
farine de soja
German
Sojamehl, Sojabohnenmehl
Spanish
harina de soja, semola de soja
Italian
farina di soia
Dutch
sojabloem, soja bloem
Portuguese
farinha de soja
Polish
Mąka sojowa
Swedish
sojamjöl, sojabönsmjöl
Danish
Sojamel, sojabønnemel
Finnish
soijajauho
Czech
sójová mouka
Hungarian
szójaiszt
Romanian
făină de soia, faina de soia
Croatian
sojino brašno, punomasno sojino brašno
Turkish
soya unu

Which foods contain soya flour?

Open Food Facts lists soya flour or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 14,686 products, most often biscuits and cakes, bread and ready meals. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and the United Kingdom.

  • Biscuits and cakes4,276
  • Bread2,194
  • Ready meals576
  • Pizzas, pies and quiches379
  • Sandwiches327
  • Pasta, rice and flour294

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 8,448 · France 1,965 · United Kingdom 930 · Germany 719.

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

How many calories are in soya flour?

Soya flour has about 446 kcal per 100 g, with 36 g protein, 23 g carbohydrate and 21 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Soya flour” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

446kcal per 100 g
36g protein
23g carbohydrate
21g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 7.5 g, saturated fat 3 g, fibre 10 g, salt 0.02 g, energy 1,860 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 20900. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is soya flour?

In the Open Food Facts ingredient tree, soya flour sits under flour and soya bean.

Kinds of soya flourRestructured soya flourLow fat soy flourDefatted soy flourRaw full-fat soy flourRaw defatted soy meal

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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: Soya 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. ANSES: CIQUAL French food composition table (CALNUT 2020 edition), Licence Ouverte 2.0
  5. European Union: Regulation 1169/2011 on food information to consumers, Annex II
  6. UK Food Standards Agency: Allergen guidance for food businesses (the 14 allergens)
  7. US FDA: Questions and Answers Regarding Food Allergen Labeling, Edition 5 (January 2025)

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