Ingredient dictionary
Animal protein on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
Animal protein is a kind of protein. Some kinds of animal protein carry an allergen (milk). It is not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 50,516 products, most often in biscuits and cakes.
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Does animal protein contain an allergen?
It depends on the kind. Some kinds of animal protein carry an allergen: milk proteins, whey protein and milk protein concentrate contain milk. A label must name the allergen, so check which kind it says.
Is animal protein vegan?
No. Animal protein is not vegan: it comes from an animal. Whether it is vegetarian depends on the make too.
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What other names does animal protein have on a label?
On European labels it is “Protéine animale” in French, “tierisches Eiweiß” in German and “proteína animal” in Spanish. The other 11 languages are listed below.
- French
- Protéine animale
- German
- tierisches Eiweiß
- Spanish
- proteína animal
- Italian
- proteina animale
- Dutch
- dierlijk proteine
- Portuguese
- Proteína animal
- Polish
- białko zwierzęce, białka zwierzęce
- Swedish
- animaliskt nötprotein
- Danish
- animalsk protein
- Finnish
- eläinproteiini
- Czech
- Živočišné bílkoviny
- Hungarian
- állati fehérje, állati fehérjék
- Romanian
- Proteina animala
- Croatian
- životinjske bjelančevine
Which foods contain animal protein?
Open Food Facts lists animal protein or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 50,516 products, most often biscuits and cakes, milk and yoghurt and ready meals. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and Germany.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 18,145 · United States 14,769 · Germany 4,674 · Switzerland 2,316.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where animal protein turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is animal protein?
Animal protein is a kind of protein.
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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.
- Open Food Facts: Animal protein
- 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
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