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Wheat flour type 550 on a food label: it contains gluten

Wheat flour type 550 is a kind of wheat flour. It contains gluten, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 86 products, most often in bread.

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Wheat flour type 550=gluten

Does wheat flour type 550 contain an allergen?

Yes. Wheat flour type 550 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 550 vegan?

Yes. Wheat flour type 550 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 550 have on a label?

In English wheat flour type 550 can also read “flour type 550”. On European labels it is “Weizenmehl Type 550” in German, “farina di grano tenero tipo 550” in Italian and “pšenično brašno tip 550” in Croatian.

In Englishflour type 550
German
Weizenmehl Type 550
Italian
farina di grano tenero tipo 550
Croatian
pšenično brašno tip 550, pšenično brašno T-550

Which foods contain wheat flour type 550?

Open Food Facts lists wheat flour type 550 in the ingredients of 86 products, most often bread, pasta, rice and flour and biscuits and cakes. Most of them are sold in Germany, Croatia and Switzerland.

  • Bread25
  • Pasta, rice and flour21
  • Biscuits and cakes11
  • Pizzas, pies and quiches4
  • Ready meals2
  • Sweets2

Products with it, by country of sale: Germany 54 · Croatia 31 · Switzerland 3 · Austria 3.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where wheat flour type 550 turns up, not how much of the market it is.

What kind of ingredient is wheat flour type 550?

Wheat flour type 550 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 550
  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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