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Meat pies: allergens and what’s inside

Of 160 packs of meat pies whose ingredients Open Food Facts reads in full, 98% list gluten and 69% list egg. Another 8% carry a “may contain” line for tree nuts. Most list salt, water and wheat flour.

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for a gluten-free profile, on 98% of these packs

Which allergens are in meat pies?

Of 160 packs of meat pies whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, 98% list gluten, 69% list egg, 53% list milk and 11% list soy. Another 8% carry a “may contain” line for tree nuts, 6% for mustard and 6% for soy. Recipes differ from pack to pack, so the label in your hand is the one that counts.

Coeliac or gluten-freeNot for you98% list gluten.
Egg allergyNot for you69% list egg; 3% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Milk allergyNot for you53% list milk.
Soy allergyHeads up11% list soy; 6% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Sulphite sensitivityHeads up8% list sulphites; 3% more carry a “may contain” line for them.
Celery allergyHeads up8% list celery; 5% 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.

Read the gluten guide · Read the eggs guide · Read the milk guide

What are meat pies usually made of?

The ingredients most packs of meat pies list, with the share of packs that list each: salt (97%), water (93%), wheat flour (92%) and pepper (78%).

Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: United Kingdom 163 · France 55 · United States 10 · 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 meat pies.

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 pies?

In the Open Food Facts categories, meat pies are one of the double crust pies.

Kinds of meat piesPork pies

What else are meat pies called?

French
Tourtes 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 pies

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