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Wheat flour type 0 on a food label: it contains gluten

Wheat flour type 0 is a kind of wheat flour. It contains gluten, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 1,331 products, most often in bread.

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Does wheat flour type 0 contain an allergen?

Yes. Wheat flour type 0 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 flour type 0 vegan?

Yes. Wheat flour type 0 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 flour type 0 have on a label?

In English wheat flour type 0 can also read “flour type 0”. On European labels it is “farine de blé tendre type 0” in French, “Weizenmehl Type 0” in German and “farina di grano tenero tipo 0” in Italian. One more language is listed below.

In Englishflour type 0
French
farine de blé tendre type 0, farine de blé type 0
German
Weizenmehl Type 0
Italian
farina di grano tenero tipo 0, farina di grano tipo 0
Croatian
brašno tip 0, pšenično brašno tip 0

Which foods contain wheat flour type 0?

Open Food Facts lists wheat flour type 0 in the ingredients of 1,331 products, most often bread, biscuits and cakes and pasta, rice and flour. Most of them are sold in Italy, France and Switzerland.

  • Bread425
  • Biscuits and cakes129
  • Pasta, rice and flour128
  • Pastries119
  • Ready meals84
  • Pizzas, pies and quiches55

Products with it, by country of sale: Italy 1,148 · France 278 · Switzerland 32 · Germany 27.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where wheat flour type 0 turns up, not how much of the market it is.

What kind of ingredient is wheat flour type 0?

Wheat flour type 0 is a kind of wheat flour.

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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.

  1. Open Food Facts: Wheat flour type 0
  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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