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Wholemeal rye flour on a food label: it contains gluten
Wholemeal rye flour is a kind of rye flour. It contains gluten, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 1,781 products, most often in bread.
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Does wholemeal rye flour contain an allergen?
Yes. Wholemeal rye 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 rye flour vegan?
Yes. Wholemeal rye flour is vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in it.
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What other names does wholemeal rye flour have on a label?
In English wholemeal rye flour can also read “wholegrain rye flour” or “whole grain rye flour”. On European labels it is “farine de seigle complète” in French, “Roggenvollkornmehl” in German and “flor de harina integral de centeno” in Spanish. The other 11 languages are listed below.
- French
- farine de seigle complète, farine complète de seigle
- German
- Roggenvollkornmehl
- Spanish
- flor de harina integral de centeno, harina integral de centeno
- Italian
- farina di segale integrale
- Dutch
- volkoren roggemeel
- Portuguese
- farinha integral de centeio
- Polish
- mąka żytnia pełnoziarnista, mąka żytnia razowa
- Swedish
- fullkornsrågmjöl, fullkornsmjöl av råg
- Danish
- fuldkornsrugmel
- Norwegian
- fullkornsrugmel
- Finnish
- täysjyväruisjauho, täysjyväruisjauhoa
- Czech
- celozrnná žitná mouka
- Hungarian
- teljes kiőrlésű rozsliszt
- Croatian
- integralno raženo brašno, brašno od cjelovitog zrna raži
Which foods contain wholemeal rye flour?
Open Food Facts lists wholemeal rye flour or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 1,781 products, most often bread, biscuits and cakes and breakfast cereals. Most of them are sold in France, Germany and the United States.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 570 · Germany 503 · United States 165 · Switzerland 115.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where wholemeal rye flour turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is wholemeal rye flour?
In the Open Food Facts ingredient tree, wholemeal rye flour sits under rye 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 rye 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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