Ingredient dictionary
Wholemeal buckwheat on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
Wholemeal buckwheat is a kind of buckwheat. Whether it carries an allergen depends on how it was made. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 110 products, most often in biscuits and cakes.
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Does wholemeal buckwheat contain an allergen?
It depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts does not link wholemeal buckwheat to an allergen, and Bravoora’s label checker does not read the name as one. The label must name any allergen it carries.
Is wholemeal buckwheat vegan?
Yes. Wholemeal buckwheat is vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in it.
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What other names does wholemeal buckwheat have on a label?
On European labels it is “sarrasin complet” in French, “saraceno integrale” in Italian and “integralna heljda” in Croatian.
- French
- sarrasin complet
- Italian
- saraceno integrale
- Croatian
- integralna heljda
Which foods contain wholemeal buckwheat?
Open Food Facts lists wholemeal buckwheat in the ingredients of 110 products, most often biscuits and cakes, pasta, rice and flour and breakfast cereals. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and Belgium.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 65 · United States 30 · Belgium 13 · Australia 8.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where wholemeal buckwheat turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is wholemeal buckwheat?
Wholemeal buckwheat is a kind of buckwheat.
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- Open Food Facts: Wholemeal buckwheat
- 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
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