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Wholemeal oat flour on a food label: it contains gluten
Wholemeal oat flour is a kind of oat flour. It contains gluten, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 2,991 products, most often in pasta, rice and flour.
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Does wholemeal oat flour contain an allergen?
Yes. Wholemeal oat flour is made from a cereal containing gluten: labels in the UK, Europe and the Gulf must declare it. In the US it is not a listed allergen, because US labels name wheat only.
| Allergen | US | UK and Europe | Gulf |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cereals containing gluten | PartlyWheat only | RequiredWheat, rye, barley, oats, spelt, khorasan | RequiredWheat, barley, oats, rye, spelt |
Is wholemeal oat flour vegan?
Yes. Wholemeal oat flour is vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in it.
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What other names does wholemeal oat flour have on a label?
In English wholemeal oat flour can also read “whole grain oat flour”. On European labels it is “farine d'avoine complète” in French, “Hafer-Vollkornmehl” in German and “Harina de avena integral” in Spanish. The other 9 languages are listed below.
- French
- farine d'avoine complète, farine complète d'avoine
- German
- Hafer-Vollkornmehl, Hafervollkornmehl
- Spanish
- Harina de avena integral, harina integral de avena
- Italian
- farina di avena integrale
- Dutch
- volkorenhavermeel
- Portuguese
- farinha de aveia integral
- Polish
- mąka owsiana pełnoziarnista
- Swedish
- fullkornshavremjöl
- Finnish
- täysjyväkaurajauho, täysjyväkaurajauhoa
- Czech
- ovesná mouka celozrnná
- Hungarian
- teljes kiőrlésű zabliszt
- Croatian
- integralno zobeno brašno
Which foods contain wholemeal oat flour?
Open Food Facts lists wholemeal oat flour in the ingredients of 2,991 products, most often pasta, rice and flour, breakfast cereals and biscuits and cakes. Most of them are sold in the United States, Germany and France.
Products with it, by country of sale: United States 1,832 · Germany 416 · France 407 · Spain 108.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where wholemeal oat flour turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is wholemeal oat flour?
In the Open Food Facts ingredient tree, wholemeal oat flour sits under oat 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.
- Open Food Facts: Wholemeal oat flour
- 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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