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Wheat malt on a food label: it contains gluten

Wheat malt is a kind of malt. It contains gluten, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 2,974 products, most often in alcoholic drinks.

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Does wheat malt contain an allergen?

Yes. Wheat malt 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 malt vegan?

Yes. Wheat malt 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 malt have on a label?

On European labels it is “malt de blé” in French, “Weizenmalz” in German and “malta de trigo” in Spanish. The other 9 languages are listed below.

French
malt de blé, malt de froment
German
Weizenmalz
Spanish
malta de trigo
Italian
malto di frumento, malto di grano
Dutch
tarwemout
Portuguese
Malte de trigo
Polish
słód pszenny, słód pszeniczny
Swedish
vetemalt, mältade vetekorn
Finnish
vehnämallas
Czech
pšeničný slad
Hungarian
búzamaláta
Croatian
pšenični slad, pšenično sladno

Which foods contain wheat malt?

Open Food Facts lists wheat malt or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 2,974 products, most often alcoholic drinks, bread and biscuits and cakes. Most of them are sold in France, Germany and the Netherlands.

  • Alcoholic drinks684
  • Bread323
  • Biscuits and cakes298
  • Sweets191
  • Chocolate142
  • Pizzas, pies and quiches128

Products with it, by country of sale: France 1,878 · Germany 370 · Netherlands 167 · Italy 135.

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

What kind of ingredient is wheat malt?

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

Kinds of wheat maltBarley and wheat malt

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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 malt
  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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