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Anchovy filets on a food label: they contain fish
Anchovy filets are a kind of anchovy. They contain fish, so the allergen labelling rules apply. They are not vegan. Open Food Facts finds them in 251 products, most often in oily fish.
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Do anchovy filets contain an allergen?
Yes. Anchovy filets contain fish: labels in the US, the UK, Europe and the Gulf must declare them.
| Allergen | US | UK and Europe | Gulf |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fish | Required | Required | Required |
Are anchovy filets vegan?
No. Anchovy filets are not vegan: they come from an animal. They are not vegetarian either.
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What other names do anchovy filets have on a label?
On European labels they are “filets d'anchois” in French, “Sardellenfilets” in German and “filetes de anchoas” in Spanish. The other 3 languages are listed below.
- French
- filets d'anchois
- German
- Sardellenfilets
- Spanish
- filetes de anchoas
- Italian
- Filetti d'acciuga
- Finnish
- anjovisfilee
- Croatian
- filet inćuna, fileti inćuna
Which foods contain anchovy filets?
Open Food Facts lists anchovy filets or a more specific kind of them in the ingredients of 251 products, most often oily fish, fish and seafood and salty and fatty foods. Most of them are sold in France, Germany and Spain.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 184 · Germany 36 · Spain 26 · Belgium 18.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where anchovy filets turn up, not how much of the market they are.
What kind of ingredient are anchovy filets?
Anchovy filets are a kind of anchovy.
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- Open Food Facts: Anchovy filets
- Open Food Facts: ingredients taxonomy (names, family tree, allergen and vegan flags), ODbL
- Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
- European Union: Regulation 1169/2011 on food information to consumers, Annex II
- UK Food Standards Agency: Allergen guidance for food businesses (the 14 allergens)
- US FDA: Questions and Answers Regarding Food Allergen Labeling, Edition 5 (January 2025)
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