Ingredient dictionary
Beef protein on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
Beef protein is a kind of animal protein. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 61 products, most often in processed meat.
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Does beef protein contain an allergen?
Beef protein 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 beef protein vegan?
No. Beef protein is not vegan: it comes from an animal. It is not vegetarian either.
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What other names does beef protein have on a label?
On European labels it is “Protéine de bœuf” in French, “Rindeiweiß” in German and “proteine del manzo” in Italian. The other 4 languages are listed below.
- French
- Protéine de bœuf
- German
- Rindeiweiß
- Italian
- proteine del manzo, proteine di manzo
- Polish
- białko wołowe
- Finnish
- naudanlihaproteiini, naudan proteiini
- Hungarian
- marhafehérje
- Croatian
- goveđi protein
Which foods contain beef protein?
Open Food Facts lists beef protein or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 61 products, most often processed meat, ready meals and meat. Most of them are sold in France, Bulgaria and the United Kingdom.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 14 · Bulgaria 14 · United Kingdom 13 · Poland 5.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where beef protein turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is beef protein?
Beef protein is a kind of animal protein.
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- Open Food Facts: Beef 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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