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Wheat gluten on a food label: it contains gluten

Wheat gluten is a kind of gluten. It contains gluten, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 32,374 products, most often in bread.

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Does wheat gluten contain an allergen?

Yes. Wheat gluten 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 gluten vegan?

Yes. Wheat gluten 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 gluten have on a label?

On European labels it is “gluten de blé” in French, “Weizengluten” in German and “gluten de trigo” in Spanish. The other 12 languages are listed below.

French
gluten de blé, gluten de froment
German
Weizengluten, Weizenkleber
Spanish
gluten de trigo
Italian
glutine di grano, glutine di frumento
Dutch
tarwegluten
Portuguese
glúten de trigo
Polish
gluten pszenny
Swedish
vetegluten
Danish
hvedegluten
Norwegian
hvetegluten
Finnish
vehnägluteeni
Czech
pšeničný lepek
Hungarian
Búzaglutén
Romanian
gluten de grâu, gluten din grâu
Croatian
pšeničnog glutena, pšenični gluten

Which foods contain wheat gluten?

Open Food Facts lists wheat gluten or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 32,374 products, most often bread, biscuits and cakes and pastries. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and the United Kingdom.

  • Bread10,446
  • Biscuits and cakes2,774
  • Pastries2,177
  • Sandwiches2,086
  • Ready meals1,304
  • Pasta, rice and flour1,061

Products with it, by country of sale: France 11,291 · United States 10,864 · United Kingdom 2,016 · Germany 1,962.

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

What kind of ingredient is wheat gluten?

Wheat gluten is a kind of gluten.

Kinds of wheat glutenVital wheat glutenHydrolyzed wheat gluten

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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 gluten
  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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