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Meat patties: allergens and what’s inside

Of 321 packs of meat patties whose ingredients Open Food Facts reads in full, 21% list gluten and 17% list soy. Another 11% carry a “may contain” line for milk. Most list salt, beef meat and water.

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for a gluten-free profile, on 21% of these packs

Which allergens are in meat patties?

Of 321 packs of meat patties whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, 21% list gluten, 17% list soy, 10% list milk and 7% list sulphites. Another 11% carry a “may contain” line for milk, 7% for celery and 6% for egg. Recipes differ from pack to pack, so the label in your hand is the one that counts.

Coeliac or gluten-freeHeads up21% list gluten; 3% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Soy allergyHeads up17% list soy; 5% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Milk allergyHeads up10% list milk; 11% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Sulphite sensitivityHeads up7% list sulphites; 1% more carry a “may contain” line for them.
Egg allergyHeads up5% list egg; 6% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Celery allergyHeads up4% list celery; 7% more carry a “may contain” line for it.

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.

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What are meat patties usually made of?

The ingredients most packs of meat patties list, with the share of packs that list each: salt (71%), beef meat (56%), water (54%) and e301 sodium ascorbate (22%).

Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: Italy 308 · France 276 · Spain 87 · Switzerland 48.

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 meat patties.

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 meat patties?

In the Open Food Facts categories, meat patties are one of the meat preparations.

Kinds of meat pattiesBeef pattiesChicken patties

What else are meat patties called?

French
Galettes à la viande

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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: Meat patties

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