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Wheat starch on a food label: it contains gluten

Wheat starch is a kind of starch. It contains gluten, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 29,348 products, most often in biscuits and cakes.

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Does wheat starch contain an allergen?

Yes. Wheat starch 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 starch vegan?

Yes. Wheat starch 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 starch have on a label?

On European labels it is “amidon de froment” in French, “Weizenstärke” in German and “almidón de trigo” in Spanish. The other 12 languages are listed below.

French
amidon de froment, amidon de blé
German
Weizenstärke
Spanish
almidón de trigo
Italian
amido di frumento
Dutch
tarwezetmeel, tarwe zetmeel
Portuguese
amido de trigo
Polish
Skrobia pszenna
Swedish
vetestärkelse
Danish
Hvedestivelse
Norwegian
hvetestivelse
Finnish
vehnätärkkelys, vehnätärkkelystä
Czech
pšeničný škrob
Hungarian
búzakeményítő
Romanian
amidon din grâu
Croatian
pšenični škrob, pšenica škrob

Which foods contain wheat starch?

Open Food Facts lists wheat starch or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 29,348 products, most often biscuits and cakes, bread and sweets. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and Germany.

  • Biscuits and cakes8,652
  • Bread1,989
  • Sweets1,284
  • Ready meals1,206
  • Pizzas, pies and quiches1,141
  • Fish and seafood901

Products with it, by country of sale: France 10,310 · United States 8,542 · Germany 3,592 · United Kingdom 1,898.

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

What kind of ingredient is wheat starch?

Wheat starch is a kind of starch.

Kinds of wheat starchModified wheat starchPregelatinized wheat starchPartially modified wheat starchFermented wheat starch

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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 starch
  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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