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Ingredient dictionary

Bacon on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Bacon is a kind of pork meat. Whether it carries an allergen depends on how it was made. It is not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 7,312 products, most often in processed meat. Per 100 g: about 342 kcal and 20 g protein.

By Bravoora teamUpdated 13 October 2026Sources checked 13 October 20265 sourcesHow we check

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Does bacon contain an allergen?

It depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts does not link bacon to an allergen, and Bravoora’s label checker does not read the name as one. The label must name any allergen it carries.

Is bacon vegan?

No. Bacon 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.

A pack can differ from the usual recipe: the app reads the label in your hand.

What other names does bacon have on a label?

On European labels it is “lard” in French, “Speck” in German and “panceta” in Spanish. The other 11 languages are listed below.

French: lard
German: Speck, Schweinespeck
Spanish: panceta, tocineta
Italian: pancetta, speck
Dutch: spek, varkensspek
Portuguese: toucinho
Polish: Boczek, boczek wieprzowy
Swedish: späck
Norwegian: spekk
Finnish: Pekoni
Czech: slanina
Hungarian: szalonna, bacon szalonna
Croatian: slanina
Turkish: Domuz pastırması

Which foods contain bacon?

Open Food Facts lists bacon or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 7,312 products, most often processed meat, ready meals and pizzas, pies and quiches. Most of them are sold in Germany, France and the United States.

Processed meat1,571
Ready meals1,419
Pizzas, pies and quiches848
Meat314
Sandwiches261
Dressings and sauces260

Products with it, by country of sale: Germany 2,030 · France 1,920 · United States 1,816 · Switzerland 594.

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

How many calories are in bacon?

Bacon has about 342 kcal per 100 g, with 20 g protein, 0.8 g carbohydrate and 29 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Pancetta, dried” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

342kcal per 100 g

20g protein

0.8g carbohydrate

29g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 0.4 g, saturated fat 13 g, fibre 0 g, salt 4.14 g, energy 1,420 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 28858. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is bacon?

Bacon is a kind of pork meat.

Kinds of baconLardon Smoked baconUnprepared canadian bacon

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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.

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