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Wholemeal oat on a food label: it contains gluten

Wholemeal oat is a kind of oat. It contains gluten, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 6,627 products, most often in breakfast cereals.

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Does wholemeal oat contain an allergen?

Yes. Wholemeal oat 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.

AllergenUSUK and EuropeGulf
Cereals containing glutenPartlyWheat onlyRequiredWheat, rye, barley, oats, spelt, khorasanRequiredWheat, barley, oats, rye, spelt

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Is wholemeal oat vegan?

Yes. Wholemeal oat 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 wholemeal oat have on a label?

In English wholemeal oat can also read “wholegrain oats” or “whole grain oats”. On European labels it is “avoine complète” in French, “Vollkornhafer” in German and “Avena integral” in Spanish. The other 7 languages are listed below.

In Englishwholegrain oatswhole grain oats
French
avoine complète, Avoine complet
German
Vollkornhafer, Vollkorn-Hafer
Spanish
Avena integral, Avena entera en grano
Italian
Avena integrale
Dutch
volkoren haver
Polish
pełnoziarnisty owies, owsiane pełnoziarniste
Swedish
fullkornshavre
Finnish
täysjyväkaura
Hungarian
teljes kiőrlésű zab
Croatian
integralna zob

Which foods contain wholemeal oat?

Open Food Facts lists wholemeal oat or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 6,627 products, most often breakfast cereals, biscuits and cakes and pasta, rice and flour. Most of them are sold in the United States, Germany and France.

  • Breakfast cereals2,792
  • Biscuits and cakes1,025
  • Pasta, rice and flour679
  • Plant-based drinks244
  • Bread111
  • Milk and yoghurt71

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 2,004 · Germany 1,777 · France 1,656 · Belgium 347.

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

What kind of ingredient is wholemeal oat?

Wholemeal oat is a kind of oat.

Kinds of wholemeal oatWhole grain oat flakes

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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: Wholemeal oat
  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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