Prepared meat cuts substitutes: allergens and what’s inside

Which allergens are in prepared meat cuts substitutes?

Of 221 packs of prepared meat cuts substitutes whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, 42% list gluten, 22% list soy, 15% list egg and 9% list mustard. Another 41% carry a “may contain” line for mustard, 38% for celery and 29% for soy. 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.

Read the gluten guide · Read the soy guide

What are prepared meat cuts substitutes usually made of?

The ingredients most packs of prepared meat cuts substitutes list, with the share of packs that list each: water (97%), salt (94%), rapeseed oil (63%) and e407 carrageenan (61%).

• Water97%
• Salt94%
• Rapeseed oil63%
• E407 carrageenan61%
• Taproot vegetable57%
• E425 konjac52%
• Dextrose43%
• Pea protein43%
• Vegetable fiber41%
• Onion-family vegetable38%
• Spice extract37%
• Sugar35%

Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: Germany 154 · France 58 · Switzerland 26 · United Kingdom 26.

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 prepared meat cuts substitutes.

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 prepared meat cuts substitutes?

In the Open Food Facts categories, prepared meat cuts substitutes are one of the meat analogues.

What else are prepared meat cuts substitutes called?

French

Substituts de charcuterie en tranches

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: Prepared meat cuts substitutes

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