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Ingredient dictionary

Beef heart on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Beef heart is a kind of beef meat. Whether it carries an allergen depends on how it was made. It is not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 178 products, most often in processed meat. Per 100 g: about 133 kcal and 23 g protein.

By Bravoora teamUpdated 13 October 2026Sources checked 13 October 20264 sourcesHow we check

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Does beef heart contain an allergen?

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

Is beef heart vegan?

No. Beef heart 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 beef heart have on a label?

On European labels it is “Cœur de bœuf” in French, “Rinderherz” in German and “corazón de res” in Spanish. The other 5 languages are listed below.

French: Cœur de bœuf, coeur de boeuf
German: Rinderherz
Spanish: corazón de res, corazón de ternera
Italian: cuore di manzo
Polish: serca wołowe, serce wołowe
Finnish: naudan sydän
Hungarian: marhaszív
Croatian: goveđe srce

Which foods contain beef heart?

Open Food Facts lists beef heart in the ingredients of 178 products, most often processed meat, meat and sandwiches. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and the United Kingdom.

Processed meat78
Meat30
Sandwiches6
Ready meals4
Pizzas, pies and quiches1
Offal1

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 139 · France 24 · United Kingdom 5 · Belgium 3.

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

How many calories are in beef heart?

Beef heart has about 133 kcal per 100 g, with 23 g protein, 0.2 g carbohydrate and 4.5 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Heart, beef, cooked” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

133kcal per 100 g

23g protein

0.2g carbohydrate

4.5g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 0 g, saturated fat 1.8 g, fibre 0 g, salt 0.15 g, energy 560 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 40053. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is beef heart?

Beef heart is a kind of beef meat.

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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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