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Ingredient dictionary

Wheat sourdough on a food label: it contains gluten

Wheat sourdough is a kind of sourdough. It contains gluten, so the allergen labelling rules apply. Whether it is vegan depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts finds it in 2,324 products, most often in bread.

By Bravoora teamUpdated 13 October 2026Sources checked 13 October 20266 sourcesHow we check

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Wheat sourdough=gluten

Does wheat sourdough contain an allergen?

Yes. Wheat sourdough 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.

Allergen	US	UK and Europe	Gulf
Cereals containing gluten	PartlyWheat only	RequiredWheat, rye, barley, oats, spelt, khorasan	RequiredWheat, barley, oats, rye, spelt

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Is wheat sourdough vegan?

It depends on the make. Some kinds of wheat sourdough are made with an animal product and a label rarely says which, so a vegan profile gets Heads up. It is vegetarian.

VeganHeads upSome kinds are made with an animal product, and a label rarely says which.

VegetarianFits youNot meat or fish.

Coeliac or gluten-freeNot for youIt is made from a cereal containing gluten.

A pack can differ from the usual recipe: the app reads the label in your hand.

What other names does wheat sourdough have on a label?

On European labels it is “levain de blé” in French, “Weizensauerteig” in German and “masa madre de trigo” in Spanish. The other 9 languages are listed below.

French: levain de blé, levain panaire de blé
German: Weizensauerteig
Spanish: masa madre de trigo
Italian: lievito madre di frumento
Dutch: tarwe zuurdesem, tarwedesem
Polish: zakwas pszenny
Swedish: vetesurdeg, surdeg av vete
Danish: hvedesurdej
Norwegian: surdeig av hvete
Finnish: vehnätaikinanjuuri, vehnähapantaikina
Czech: pšeničny kvas, pšeničný kvas
Croatian: pšenično kiselo tijesto

Which foods contain wheat sourdough?

Open Food Facts lists wheat sourdough or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 2,324 products, most often bread, pizzas, pies and quiches and pastries. Most of them are sold in France, Germany and the Netherlands.

Bread1,083
Pizzas, pies and quiches276
Pastries191
Sandwiches96
Savoury snacks59
Ready meals41

Products with it, by country of sale: France 1,108 · Germany 409 · Netherlands 153 · Belgium 127.

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

What kind of ingredient is wheat sourdough?

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

Kinds of wheat sourdoughDurum wheat sourdough Dehydrated wheat sourdough Natural wheat sourdoughDevitalised wheat sourdoughRye and wheat sourdoughInactive wheat sourdough

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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.

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