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White corn flour on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

White corn flour is a kind of corn flour. Whether it carries an allergen depends on how it was made. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 468 products, most often in pasta, rice and flour.

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Does white corn flour contain an allergen?

It depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts does not link white corn flour to an allergen, and Bravoora’s label checker does not read the name as one. The label must name any allergen it carries.

Is white corn flour vegan?

Yes. White corn flour 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.

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What other names does white corn flour have on a label?

On European labels it is “Farine de maïs blanc” in French, “weisses Maismehl” in German and “Harina de maíz blanco” in Spanish. The other 8 languages are listed below.

French
Farine de maïs blanc
German
weisses Maismehl, weißes Maismehl
Spanish
Harina de maíz blanco
Italian
farina di mais bianco, farina di mais bianco masa
Dutch
wit maïsmeel, witte masa maïsmeel
Swedish
vitt majsmjöl
Danish
hvidt majsmel
Norwegian
hvitt maismel
Finnish
valkoinen maissijauho
Hungarian
fehér kukoricaliszt
Croatian
bijelo kukuruzno brašno

Which foods contain white corn flour?

Open Food Facts lists white corn flour or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 468 products, most often pasta, rice and flour, fish and seafood and bread. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Italy.

  • Pasta, rice and flour146
  • Fish and seafood39
  • Bread23
  • Ready meals23
  • Savoury snacks16
  • Biscuits and cakes13

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 323 · France 75 · Italy 24 · United Kingdom 19.

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

What kind of ingredient is white corn flour?

In the Open Food Facts ingredient tree, white corn flour sits under corn flour and white corn.

Kinds of white corn flourWhite whole grain corn flour

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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.

  1. Open Food Facts: White corn flour
  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

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