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Blood proteins on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
Blood proteins are a kind of animal protein. They are not one of the allergens that labels must declare. They are not vegan. Open Food Facts finds them in 122 products, most often in sandwiches.
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Do blood proteins contain an allergen?
Blood proteins are 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.
Are blood proteins vegan?
No. Blood proteins are not vegan: they come from an animal. They are not vegetarian either.
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What other names do blood proteins have on a label?
On European labels they are “protéines de sang” in French, “Bluteiweiß” in German and “proteínas de sangre” in Spanish. The other 4 languages are listed below.
- French
- protéines de sang
- German
- Bluteiweiß, Bluteiweißstoffe
- Spanish
- proteínas de sangre, proteínas sanguíneas
- Italian
- proteine del sangue
- Finnish
- veriproteiinit
- Hungarian
- vérfehérjék
- Croatian
- proteini krvi
Which foods contain blood proteins?
Open Food Facts lists blood proteins in the ingredients of 122 products, most often sandwiches, processed meat and pizzas, pies and quiches. Most of them are sold in France, Saint Martin and European Union.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 121 · Saint Martin 1 · European Union 1.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where blood proteins turn up, not how much of the market they are.
What kind of ingredient are blood proteins?
Blood proteins are a kind of animal 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: Blood proteins
- 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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