Poultry skewers: allergens and what’s inside

Which allergens are in poultry skewers?

Of 119 packs of poultry skewers whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, 44% list gluten, 38% list soy, 16% list milk and 11% list mustard. Another 28% carry a “may contain” line for milk, 24% for egg and 23% for mustard. 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.

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What are poultry skewers usually made of?

The ingredients most packs of poultry skewers list, with the share of packs that list each: salt (92%), water (79%), chicken meat (61%) and sugar (55%).

• Salt92%
• Water79%
• Chicken meat61%
• Sugar55%
• Onion-family vegetable40%
• Modified starch36%
• Sauce36%
• Wheat34%
• Vinegar33%
• Garlic32%
• Dextrose31%
• Soy sauce29%

Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: France 228 · Belgium 26 · United Kingdom 21 · Spain 16.

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 poultry skewers.

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 poultry skewers?

In the Open Food Facts categories, poultry skewers are one of the meat skewers.

What else are poultry skewers called?

French

Brochettes de volailles, brochette de volaille

German

Geflügelspieße

Dutch

Gevogeltespiesjes

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: Poultry skewers

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