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Animal fat on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Animal fat is a kind of fat. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 17,772 products, most often in ready meals.

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Does animal fat contain an allergen?

Animal fat is not one of the allergens that food labels must declare in the US, the UK, Europe or the Gulf. Open Food Facts does not link it to an allergen, and Bravoora’s label checker does not read the name as one.

Is animal fat vegan?

No. Animal fat is not vegan: it comes from an animal. It is not vegetarian either.

VeganNot for youNot vegan: it comes from an animal.
VegetarianNot for youIt comes from meat or another slaughter product.

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What other names does animal fat have on a label?

On European labels it is “Graisse animale” in French, “Tierfett” in German and “Grasa animal” in Spanish. The other 10 languages are listed below.

French
Graisse animale
German
Tierfett, tierisches Fett
Spanish
Grasa animal
Italian
grassi animali, grasso animale
Dutch
dierlijk vet
Portuguese
Gordura animal, gorduras animal
Polish
tłuszcz zwierzęcy, tłuszcze zwierzęce
Swedish
Animaliskt fett
Danish
Animalsk fedt
Finnish
Eläinrasva
Hungarian
állati zsiradék, állati zsír
Croatian
masno tkivo
Turkish
Hayvansal yağ

Which foods contain animal fat?

Open Food Facts lists animal fat or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 17,772 products, most often ready meals, processed meat and poultry. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and the United Kingdom.

  • Ready meals4,431
  • Processed meat3,233
  • Poultry729
  • Dressings and sauces595
  • Pizzas, pies and quiches504
  • Meat429

Products with it, by country of sale: France 8,225 · United States 5,438 · United Kingdom 1,118 · Germany 765.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where animal fat turns up, not how much of the market it is.

What kind of ingredient is animal fat?

Animal fat is a kind of fat.

Kinds of animal fatPoultry fatPork fatBeef fatCalf fatSheeps fatSuetBacon grease

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Sources

An allergen is stated only when two of three checks agree: the Open Food Facts record, Bravoora’s label checker, and the ingredient’s own name or family (oat flour is oats, a cheese is milk). Every name where they disagree waits for a person to review it.

  1. Open Food Facts: Animal fat
  2. Open Food Facts: ingredients taxonomy (names, family tree, allergen and vegan flags), ODbL
  3. Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
  4. Wikipedia: Animal fat

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