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Wholemeal spelt flour on a food label: it contains gluten
Wholemeal spelt flour is a kind of spelt flour. It contains gluten, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 1,174 products, most often in biscuits and cakes.
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Does wholemeal spelt flour contain an allergen?
Yes. Wholemeal spelt 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.
| Allergen | US | UK and Europe | Gulf |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cereals containing gluten | PartlyWheat only | RequiredWheat, rye, barley, oats, spelt, khorasan | RequiredWheat, barley, oats, rye, spelt |
Is wholemeal spelt flour vegan?
Yes. Wholemeal spelt flour is vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in it.
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What other names does wholemeal spelt flour have on a label?
In English wholemeal spelt flour can also read “whole grain spelt flour” or “wholegrain spelt flour”. On European labels it is “farine complète d’épeautre” in French, “Dinkelvollkornmehl” in German and “harina de espelta integral” in Spanish. The other 9 languages are listed below.
- French
- farine complète d’épeautre, farine d'épeautre complète
- German
- Dinkelvollkornmehl, dinkel vollkornmehl
- Spanish
- harina de espelta integral, harina integral de espelta
- Italian
- farina integrale di spelta
- Dutch
- volkoren speltmeel
- Portuguese
- farinha integral de espelta
- Polish
- mąka pełnoziarnista z pszenicy orkisz, mąka z pszenicy orkisz pełnoziarnista
- Swedish
- fullkornsspeltvetemjöl
- Finnish
- täysjyväspelttijauho, täysjyväspelttivehnäjauho
- Czech
- celozrnná špaldová mouka, celozrnná mouka z pšenice špaldy
- Hungarian
- teljes kiőrlésű tönkölyliszt
- Croatian
- brašno od cjelovitog zrna pira, brašno iz cijelog zrna pira
Which foods contain wholemeal spelt flour?
Open Food Facts lists wholemeal spelt flour in the ingredients of 1,174 products, most often biscuits and cakes, bread and breakfast cereals. Most of them are sold in Germany, France and Spain.
Products with it, by country of sale: Germany 450 · France 443 · Spain 119 · Switzerland 97.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where wholemeal spelt flour turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is wholemeal spelt flour?
In the Open Food Facts ingredient tree, wholemeal spelt flour sits under spelt 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 spelt 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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