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Teff on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Teff is a kind of cereal. Whether it carries an allergen depends on how it was made. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 465 products, most often in bread.

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Does teff contain an allergen?

It depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts files it under gluten; Bravoora checked that by hand and does not follow it, because it is not one of the cereals containing gluten that the allergen lists name. Bravoora’s label checker does not read the name as an allergen either. The label must name any allergen it carries.

Is teff vegan?

Yes. Teff 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.

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What other names does teff have on a label?

On European labels it is “miłka abisyńska” in Polish.

Polish
miłka abisyńska, tef

Which foods contain teff?

Open Food Facts lists teff or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 465 products, most often bread, biscuits and cakes and pasta, rice and flour. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and the Netherlands.

  • Bread107
  • Biscuits and cakes71
  • Pasta, rice and flour39
  • Sandwiches24
  • Pizzas, pies and quiches15
  • Savoury snacks11

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 289 · France 49 · Netherlands 35 · United Kingdom 31.

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

What kind of ingredient is teff?

Teff is a kind of cereal.

Kinds of teffTeff flourTeff seedWhole grain teff flourWhole grain teff seedIvory teff flourWhole grain ivory teff flour

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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: Teff
  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. Wikipedia: Teff

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