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Beef hamburgers: allergens and what’s inside

Of 83 packs of beef hamburgers whose ingredients Open Food Facts reads in full, 52% list gluten and 49% list milk. Another 18% carry a “may contain” line for soy. Most list salt, beef and water.

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for a gluten-free profile, on 52% of these packs

Which allergens are in beef hamburgers?

Of 83 packs of beef hamburgers whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, 52% list gluten, 49% list milk, 33% list mustard and 29% list sesame. Another 18% carry a “may contain” line for soy, 17% for fish and 12% for sesame. Recipes differ from pack to pack, so the label in your hand is the one that counts.

Coeliac or gluten-freeNot for you52% list gluten.
Milk allergyHeads up49% list milk.
Mustard allergyHeads up33% list mustard; 11% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Sesame allergyHeads up29% list sesame; 12% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Egg allergyHeads up27% list egg; 7% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Sulphite sensitivityHeads up13% list sulphites.

Not for you when most of these packs list the allergen, Heads up when fewer do or only a “may contain” line names it. In the app, a profile gets Not for you on a pack that lists the allergen and Heads up on one whose “may contain” line names it: it reads the pack in your hand, not these counts.

Read the gluten guide · Read the milk guide · Read the mustard guide

What are beef hamburgers usually made of?

The ingredients most packs of beef hamburgers list, with the share of packs that list each: salt (89%), beef (82%), water (75%) and sugar (60%).

Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: France 54 · United Kingdom 42 · Ireland 8 · Canada 6.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows what these packs list, not every recipe for beef hamburgers.

Calories and nutrients

Not shown here. Open Food Facts records calories and nutrients per 100 g or per 100 ml without saying which, so a figure for all these packs together could mislead. The pack you buy prints its own, and that is the figure to log.

What kind of food are beef hamburgers?

In the Open Food Facts categories, beef hamburgers are one of the hamburgers.

Bravoora reads every pack for everyone you shop for: an allergy or intolerance, a vegan or vegetarian diet, a calorie or protein goal, and the labels on supplements and skincare too. Build a profile · For dietitians, doctors and trainers

Sources

Every share is counted over the packs whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full. A pack lists an allergen when Open Food Facts’ allergen field names it, or when one of its ingredients stands for it by the same two-of-three checks as the ingredient dictionary (tahini is sesame, a cheese is milk). A “may contain” line counts only for an allergen the pack does not list.

  1. Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
  2. Open Food Facts: categories and ingredients taxonomies (names, kinds, allergens), ODbL
  3. Open Food Facts: Beef hamburgers

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