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Wheat flakes on a food label: they contain gluten

Wheat flakes are a kind of wheat. They contain gluten, so the allergen labelling rules apply. They are vegan. Open Food Facts finds them in 3,397 products, most often in breakfast cereals.

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Do wheat flakes contain an allergen?

Yes. Wheat flakes are made from wheat, a cereal containing gluten: labels in the UK, Europe and the Gulf must declare them, 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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Are wheat flakes vegan?

Yes. Wheat flakes are vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in them.

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 youThey are made from a cereal containing gluten.

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What other names do wheat flakes have on a label?

In English wheat flakes can also read “wheatflakes”. On European labels they are “flocons de blé” in French, “Weizenflocken” in German and “copos de trigo” in Spanish. The other 11 languages are listed below.

In Englishwheatflakes
French
flocons de blé, flocon de blé
German
Weizenflocken
Spanish
copos de trigo
Italian
fiocchi di frumento
Dutch
tarwevlokken
Portuguese
flocos de trigo
Polish
płatki pszenne, chrupki pszenno-żytnie
Swedish
veteflingor, veteflinga
Norwegian
hveteflak
Finnish
vehnähiutale
Czech
pšeničné vločky
Hungarian
búzapelyhek
Romanian
fulgi de grâu
Croatian
pšenične pahuljice

Which foods contain wheat flakes?

Open Food Facts lists wheat flakes or a more specific kind of them in the ingredients of 3,397 products, most often breakfast cereals, biscuits and cakes and bread. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and Germany.

  • Breakfast cereals1,554
  • Biscuits and cakes341
  • Bread335
  • Sandwiches133
  • Pasta, rice and flour117
  • Milk and yoghurt75

Products with it, by country of sale: France 1,277 · United States 576 · Germany 567 · United Kingdom 356.

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

What kind of ingredient are wheat flakes?

Wheat flakes are a kind of wheat.

Kinds of wheat flakesWhole wheat flakesMalted wheat flakes

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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 flakes
  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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