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Wheat flour type 500 on a food label: it contains gluten

Wheat flour type 500 is a kind of wheat flour. It contains gluten, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 103 products, most often in bread.

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Wheat flour type 500=gluten

Does wheat flour type 500 contain an allergen?

Yes. Wheat flour type 500 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 500 vegan?

Yes. Wheat flour type 500 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 500 have on a label?

In English wheat flour type 500 can also read “flour type 500”. On European labels it is “farina di grano tenero tipo 500” in Italian, “mąka pszenna typ 500” in Polish and “pšenično brašno tip 500” in Croatian.

In Englishflour type 500
Italian
farina di grano tenero tipo 500
Polish
mąka pszenna typ 500, mąka pszenna 500
Croatian
pšenično brašno tip 500

Which foods contain wheat flour type 500?

Open Food Facts lists wheat flour type 500 in the ingredients of 103 products, most often bread, biscuits and cakes and pasta, rice and flour. Most of them are sold in Bulgaria, France and Poland.

  • Bread24
  • Biscuits and cakes17
  • Pasta, rice and flour11
  • Ready meals5
  • Sandwiches4
  • Savoury snacks2

Products with it, by country of sale: Bulgaria 92 · France 6 · Poland 6 · Germany 2.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where wheat flour type 500 turns up, not how much of the market it is.

What kind of ingredient is wheat flour type 500?

Wheat flour type 500 is a kind of wheat 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: Wheat flour type 500
  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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