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Whole wheat flakes on a food label: they contain gluten
Whole wheat flakes are one of the wheat flakes. They contain gluten, so the allergen labelling rules apply. They are vegan. Open Food Facts finds them in 1,096 products, most often in breakfast cereals.
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Do whole wheat flakes contain an allergen?
Yes. Whole wheat flakes are made from wheat, a cereal containing gluten: labels in the UK, Europe and the Gulf must declare them, 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 |
Are whole wheat flakes vegan?
Yes. Whole wheat flakes are vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in them.
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What other names do whole wheat flakes have on a label?
On European labels they are “pétales de blé complet” in French, “Vollkorn-Weizenflocken” in German and “copos de trigo integral” in Spanish. The other 7 languages are listed below.
- French
- pétales de blé complet, flocons de blé complet
- German
- Vollkorn-Weizenflocken, Weizenvollkornflocken
- Spanish
- copos de trigo integral
- Italian
- Fiocchi di grano interi
- Dutch
- volkoren tarwevlokken
- Portuguese
- flocos de trigo integral, płatki pszenne pełnoziarniste
- Swedish
- fullkornsveteflingor, fullkorn veteflingor
- Finnish
- täysjyvävehnähiutale
- Hungarian
- teljes kiőrlésű búzapehely
- Croatian
- cjelovite pšenične pahuljice, pšenične pahuljice od cjelovitog zrna
Which foods contain whole wheat flakes?
Open Food Facts lists whole wheat flakes in the ingredients of 1,096 products, most often breakfast cereals, biscuits and cakes and pasta, rice and flour. Most of them are sold in France, Germany and the United States.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 419 · Germany 351 · United States 154 · Belgium 64.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where whole wheat flakes turn up, not how much of the market they are.
What kind of ingredient are whole wheat flakes?
In the Open Food Facts ingredient tree, whole wheat flakes sit under wheat flakes and whole wheat.
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- Open Food Facts: Whole wheat flakes
- Open Food Facts: ingredients taxonomy (names, family tree, allergen and vegan flags), ODbL
- Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
- European Union: Regulation 1169/2011 on food information to consumers, Annex II
- UK Food Standards Agency: Allergen guidance for food businesses (the 14 allergens)
- US FDA: Questions and Answers Regarding Food Allergen Labeling, Edition 5 (January 2025)
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