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Whole wheat flour on a food label: it contains gluten

Whole wheat flour is a kind of wheat flour. It contains gluten, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 15,970 products, most often in bread.

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Does whole wheat flour contain an allergen?

Yes. Whole wheat flour 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 whole wheat flour vegan?

Yes. Whole wheat 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.
Coeliac or gluten-freeNot for youIt is made from a cereal containing gluten.

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What other names does whole wheat flour have on a label?

In English whole wheat flour can also read “wholewheat flour”, “wholemeal wheat flour” or “atta”. On European labels it is “farine de blé complète” in French, “Vollkornweizenmehl” in German and “harina de trigo integral” in Spanish. The other 12 languages are listed below.

In Englishwholewheat flourwholemeal wheat flouratta
French
farine de blé complète, farine de blé complet
German
Vollkornweizenmehl, Weizenvollkornmehl
Spanish
harina de trigo integral, harina integral de trigo
Italian
farina integrale di frumento, farina di frumento integrale
Dutch
volkorentarwemeel, volkoren tarwemeel
Portuguese
farinha de trigo integral, farinha integral de trigo
Polish
Mąka pszenna pełnoziarnista, mąka pszenna razowa
Swedish
fullkornsvetemjöl, fullkornsmjöl av vete
Danish
hvedefuldkornsmel, fuldkornshvedemel
Norwegian
fullkornshvetemel
Finnish
täysjyvävehnäjauho
Czech
celozrnná pšeničná mouka, celozrnna pšenična mouka
Hungarian
teljes kiőrlésű búzaliszt
Romanian
făină integrală de grâu
Croatian
integralno pšenično brašno, pšenično brašno od cjelovitog zrna

Which foods contain whole wheat flour?

Open Food Facts lists whole wheat flour or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 15,970 products, most often bread, biscuits and cakes and breakfast cereals. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Germany.

  • Bread4,325
  • Biscuits and cakes3,851
  • Breakfast cereals1,150
  • Pasta, rice and flour630
  • Sandwiches518
  • Savoury snacks306

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 8,026 · France 3,517 · Germany 1,187 · Spain 770.

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

What kind of ingredient is whole wheat flour?

In the Open Food Facts ingredient tree, whole wheat flour sits under wheat flour and wholemeal flour.

Kinds of whole wheat flourSoft whole wheat flour

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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: Whole wheat 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
  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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