Ingredient dictionary
Special bread on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
Special bread is a kind of bread. Some kinds of special bread carry an allergen (gluten). Whether it is vegan depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts finds it in 1,213 products, most often in sandwiches.
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Does special bread contain an allergen?
It depends on the kind. Some kinds of special bread carry an allergen: rye bread contains gluten. A label must name the allergen, so check which kind it says.
Is special bread vegan?
It depends on the make. Some kinds of special bread are made with an animal product and a label rarely says which, so a vegan profile gets Heads up. It is vegetarian.
A pack can differ from the usual recipe: the app reads the label in your hand.
What other names does special bread have on a label?
On European labels it is “pain spécial” in French, “Spezialbrot” in German and “Pan especial” in Spanish. The other 5 languages are listed below.
- French
- pain spécial
- German
- Spezialbrot
- Spanish
- Pan especial
- Italian
- pane speciale
- Dutch
- Speciaal brood
- Portuguese
- pão especial
- Finnish
- erikoisleipä
- Croatian
- poseban kruh
Which foods contain special bread?
Open Food Facts lists special bread or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 1,213 products, most often sandwiches, ready meals and savoury snacks. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and Switzerland.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 1,006 · United States 62 · Switzerland 53 · Germany 46.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where special bread turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is special bread?
Special bread is a kind of 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.
- Open Food Facts: Special bread
- Open Food Facts: ingredients taxonomy (names, family tree, allergen and vegan flags), ODbL
- Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
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