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Wheat on a food label: it contains gluten

Wheat is a kind of cereal. It contains gluten, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 258,709 products, most often in biscuits and cakes. Per 100 g: about 340 kcal and 9.6 g protein.

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Does wheat contain an allergen?

Yes. Wheat 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 vegan?

Yes. Wheat 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 have on a label?

On European labels it is “blé” in French, “Weizen” in German and “trigo” in Spanish. The other 13 languages are listed below.

French
blé, froment
German
Weizen, Weizenart
Spanish
trigo
Italian
frumento, grano
Dutch
tarwe
Portuguese
trigo
Polish
pszenica, pszenicy
Swedish
vete
Danish
hvede
Norwegian
hvete
Finnish
vehnä, vehnät
Czech
pšenice
Hungarian
búza
Romanian
grâu, grau
Croatian
pšenica, pšenicu
Turkish
buğday, bugday

Which foods contain wheat?

Open Food Facts lists wheat or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 258,709 products, most often biscuits and cakes, pasta, rice and flour and bread. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Germany.

  • Biscuits and cakes55,731
  • Pasta, rice and flour23,866
  • Bread23,751
  • Ready meals20,235
  • Pizzas, pies and quiches8,687
  • Breakfast cereals7,294

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 88,406 · France 83,046 · Germany 23,784 · United Kingdom 14,509.

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

How many calories are in wheat?

Wheat 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?

Wheat is a kind of cereal.

Kinds of wheatWheat flourSemolinaDurum wheatWheat branWhole wheatWheat flakesWheat maltWheat semolinaWheat sourdoughWheat germGraham flourCouscousEmmerEinkorn wheatSeitanSoft wheat

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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
  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

Contains information from Open Food Facts, which is made available here under the Open Database License (ODbL). Read the licence · Download this dictionary’s data · How we check

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