Ground steaks: allergens and what’s inside

Which allergens are in ground steaks?

Of 507 packs of ground steaks whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, 3% list soy, 3% list gluten, 1% list egg and 1% list milk. Another 2% carry a “may contain” line for gluten, 1% for soy and 1% for celery. Recipes differ from pack to pack, so the label in your hand is the one that counts.

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.

What are ground steaks usually made of?

The ingredients most packs of ground steaks list, with the share of packs that list each: beef meat (78%) and salt (10%).

• Beef meat78%
• Salt10%

Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: France 1,232 · United Kingdom 67 · Italy 37 · Switzerland 19.

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 ground steaks.

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 ground steaks?

In the Open Food Facts categories, ground steaks are one of the steaks.

What else are ground steaks called?

French

Steaks hachés, Steak haché

German

Hackfleischsteaks, Hacksteaks

Spanish

Filetes picado

Italian

Carne macinata e hamburger

Dutch

Tartaarsteaks

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: Ground steaks

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