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Whole grain amaranth flour on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Whole grain amaranth flour is a kind of amaranth flour. Whether it carries an allergen depends on how it was made. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 24 products, most often in fish and seafood.

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Does whole grain amaranth flour contain an allergen?

It depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts does not link whole grain amaranth 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 whole grain amaranth flour vegan?

Yes. Whole grain amaranth 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 whole grain amaranth flour have on a label?

On European labels it is “Amaranthvollkornmehl” in German, “farina integrale di amaranto” in Italian and “brašno od cijelog zrna amaranta” in Croatian.

German
Amaranthvollkornmehl, Amaranth-Vollkornmehl
Italian
farina integrale di amaranto
Croatian
brašno od cijelog zrna amaranta

Which foods contain whole grain amaranth flour?

Open Food Facts lists whole grain amaranth flour in the ingredients of 24 products, most often fish and seafood, breakfast cereals and pizzas, pies and quiches. Most of them are sold in the United States, Germany and Sweden.

  • Fish and seafood5
  • Breakfast cereals5
  • Pizzas, pies and quiches3
  • Bread2
  • Pasta, rice and flour1
  • Biscuits and cakes1

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 17 · Germany 6 · Sweden 1 · Luxembourg 1.

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

What kind of ingredient is whole grain amaranth flour?

In the Open Food Facts ingredient tree, whole grain amaranth flour sits under amaranth flour and wholemeal 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: Whole grain amaranth 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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