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Beef preparations: allergens and what’s inside

Of 1,018 packs of beef preparations whose ingredients Open Food Facts reads in full, 24% list gluten and 20% list soy. Another 14% carry a “may contain” line for milk. Most list salt and beef meat.

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for a gluten-free profile, on 24% of these packs

Which allergens are in beef preparations?

Of 1,018 packs of beef preparations whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, 24% list gluten, 20% list soy, 11% list milk and 7% list mustard. Another 14% carry a “may contain” line for milk, 12% for celery and 10% for egg. Recipes differ from pack to pack, so the label in your hand is the one that counts.

Coeliac or gluten-freeHeads up24% list gluten; 5% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Soy allergyHeads up20% list soy; 8% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Milk allergyHeads up11% list milk; 14% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Mustard allergyHeads up7% list mustard; 6% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Egg allergyHeads up6% list egg; 10% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Sulphite sensitivityHeads up6% list sulphites; 1% more carry a “may contain” line for them.

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 soy guide

What are beef preparations usually made of?

The ingredients most packs of beef preparations list, with the share of packs that list each: salt (84%), beef meat (77%), water (49%) and dextrose (33%).

Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: France 1,123 · Italy 479 · Switzerland 204 · Germany 150.

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 preparations.

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 preparations?

In the Open Food Facts categories, beef preparations are a kind of beef and its products.

Kinds of beef preparationsGround beef preparationsBeef pattiesBeef meat ballsBeef carpaccio

What else are beef preparations called?

French
Préparations de viande bovine, préparation de viande de bœuf
German
Rindfleischzubereitungen
Italian
Preparazioni a base di manzo
Dutch
Rundvleesproducten
Portuguese
Preparados de bife

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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 preparations

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