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Wheat fiber on a food label: it contains gluten

Wheat fiber is a kind of vegetable fiber. It contains gluten, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 4,810 products, most often in biscuits and cakes.

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Does wheat fiber contain an allergen?

Yes. Wheat fiber 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 wheat fiber vegan?

Yes. Wheat fiber 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 wheat fiber have on a label?

On European labels it is “fibre de blé” in French, “Weizenfaser” in German and “fibras de trigo” in Spanish. The other 12 languages are listed below.

French
fibre de blé, fibres de blé
German
Weizenfaser, Weizenfasern
Spanish
fibras de trigo
Italian
fibra di frumento, fibre di frumento
Dutch
tarwevezel, tarwevezels
Portuguese
fibras de trigo
Polish
błonnik pszenny, błonnik pszeniczny
Swedish
vetefiber, Vete fiber
Danish
hvedefibre
Finnish
vehnäkuitu
Czech
pšeničná vláknina
Hungarian
búzarost
Romanian
fibră de grâu, fibre de grâu
Croatian
pšenična vlakna
Turkish
buğday lifi

Which foods contain wheat fiber?

Open Food Facts lists wheat fiber or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 4,810 products, most often biscuits and cakes, ready meals and bread. Most of them are sold in France, the United Kingdom and the United States.

  • Biscuits and cakes718
  • Ready meals501
  • Bread432
  • Poultry279
  • Processed meat176
  • Pasta, rice and flour169

Products with it, by country of sale: France 2,615 · United Kingdom 365 · United States 286 · Netherlands 254.

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

What kind of ingredient is wheat fiber?

Wheat fiber is a kind of vegetable fiber.

Kinds of wheat fiberWheat stalk fiberGluten free wheat fiber

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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: Wheat fiber
  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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