Ingredient dictionary
Wheat bran on a food label: it contains gluten
Wheat bran is a kind of wheat. It contains gluten, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 7,080 products, most often in bread. Per 100 g: about 279 kcal and 15 g protein.
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Does wheat bran contain an allergen?
Yes. Wheat bran 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.
| Allergen | US | UK and Europe | Gulf |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cereals containing gluten | PartlyWheat only | RequiredWheat, rye, barley, oats, spelt, khorasan | RequiredWheat, barley, oats, rye, spelt |
Is wheat bran vegan?
Yes. Wheat bran is vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in it.
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What other names does wheat bran have on a label?
On European labels it is “son de blé” in French, “Weizenkleie” in German and “salvado de trigo” in Spanish. The other 12 languages are listed below.
- French
- son de blé, son de froment
- German
- Weizenkleie, Weizenspeisekleie
- Spanish
- salvado de trigo
- Italian
- crusca di frumento
- Dutch
- tarwezemelen, tarwezemel
- Portuguese
- farelo de trigo
- Polish
- otręby pszenne
- Swedish
- vetekli
- Danish
- vetekli
- Norwegian
- hvetekli
- Finnish
- vehnälese
- Czech
- pšeničné otruby
- Hungarian
- búzakorpa
- Romanian
- tărâțe de grâu
- Croatian
- pšenične mekinje, pšeničene mekinje
Which foods contain wheat bran?
Open Food Facts lists wheat bran in the ingredients of 7,080 products, most often bread, biscuits and cakes and breakfast cereals. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Belgium.
Products with it, by country of sale: United States 2,543 · France 1,721 · Belgium 456 · Spain 440.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where wheat bran turns up, not how much of the market it is.
How many calories are in wheat bran?
Wheat bran has about 279 kcal per 100 g, with 15 g protein, 24 g carbohydrate and 4.4 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Wheat bran” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.
Also per 100 g: sugars 2.5 g, saturated fat 0.8 g, fibre 42 g, salt 0.03 g, energy 1,160 kJ.
ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 9621. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.
What kind of ingredient is wheat bran?
Wheat bran is a kind of wheat.
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- Open Food Facts: Wheat bran
- 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
- ANSES: CIQUAL French food composition table (CALNUT 2020 edition), Licence Ouverte 2.0
- European Union: Regulation 1169/2011 on food information to consumers, Annex II
- UK Food Standards Agency: Allergen guidance for food businesses (the 14 allergens)
- US FDA: Questions and Answers Regarding Food Allergen Labeling, Edition 5 (January 2025)
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