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Wheat flour on a food label: it contains gluten

Wheat flour is a kind of cereal flour. It contains gluten, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 211,706 products, most often in biscuits and cakes. Per 100 g: about 340 kcal and 9.6 g protein.

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Does wheat flour contain an allergen?

Yes. Wheat flour 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 vegan?

Yes. Wheat flour 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 have on a label?

In English wheat flour can also read “wheatflour”. On European labels it is “farine de blé” in French, “Weizenmehl” in German and “harina de trigo” in Spanish. The other 13 languages are listed below.

In Englishwheatflour
French
farine de blé, farines de blé
German
Weizenmehl, Weizen-mehl
Spanish
harina de trigo, harina de trigo blando
Italian
farina di frumento, farina di grano
Dutch
tarwemeel, tarwebloem
Portuguese
farinha de trigo
Polish
mąka pszenna, mąka z pszenicy zwyczajnej
Swedish
vetemjöl, vete mjöl
Danish
Hvedemel, hved mel
Norwegian
hvetemel
Finnish
vehnäjauho, vehnäjauhoa
Czech
pšeničná mouka
Hungarian
búzaliszt
Romanian
făină de grâu, fäină de grâu
Croatian
pšenično bijelo brašno, pšenično brašno
Turkish
buğday unu

Which foods contain wheat flour?

Open Food Facts lists wheat flour or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 211,706 products, most often biscuits and cakes, bread and ready meals. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Germany.

  • Biscuits and cakes54,005
  • Bread22,906
  • Ready meals14,103
  • Pasta, rice and flour11,227
  • Pizzas, pies and quiches8,502
  • Savoury snacks5,558

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 74,736 · France 67,060 · Germany 18,697 · United Kingdom 12,116.

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

How many calories are in wheat flour?

Wheat flour has about 340 kcal per 100 g, with 9.6 g protein, 69 g carbohydrate and 1.5 g fat. The figures are for food 9410 (the closest food in the table) in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

340kcal per 100 g
9.6g protein
69g carbohydrate
1.5g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 1.6 g, saturated fat 0.3 g, fibre 6.8 g, salt 0.06 g, energy 1,440 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 9410 (the closest food in the table). A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is wheat flour?

In the Open Food Facts ingredient tree, wheat flour sits under cereal flour and wheat.

Kinds of wheat flourFortified wheat flourWhole wheat flourMalted wheat flourDurum wheat flourSoft wheat flourWheat flour type 0Refined wheat flourWheat flour type 00Pre-gelatinized wheat flourWheat flour type 500Wheat flour type 550Semi-wholemeal wheat flourWhite wheat flourWheat flour type 2Wheat flour type 1Dark 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
  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. ANSES: CIQUAL French food composition table (CALNUT 2020 edition), Licence Ouverte 2.0
  5. European Union: Regulation 1169/2011 on food information to consumers, Annex II
  6. UK Food Standards Agency: Allergen guidance for food businesses (the 14 allergens)
  7. US FDA: Questions and Answers Regarding Food Allergen Labeling, Edition 5 (January 2025)
  8. Wikipedia: Wheat flour

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