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Blue grenadier on a food label: it contains fish

Blue grenadier is a kind of grenadier. It contains fish, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 24 products, most often in fish and seafood.

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Blue grenadier=fish

Does blue grenadier contain an allergen?

Yes. Blue grenadier contains fish: labels in the US, the UK, Europe and the Gulf must declare it.

AllergenUSUK and EuropeGulf
FishRequiredRequiredRequired

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Is blue grenadier vegan?

No. Blue grenadier 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 fish or shellfish.
Fish allergyNot for youIt contains fish.

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What other names does blue grenadier have on a label?

On European labels it is “Hoki de Nouvelle-Zélande” in French, “Blauer Seehecht” in German and “Merluza neozelandesa” in Spanish. The other 4 languages are listed below.

French
Hoki de Nouvelle-Zélande, Grenadier bleu
German
Blauer Seehecht
Spanish
Merluza neozelandesa
Italian
nasello azzurro
Polish
Miruna
Czech
treskovník novozélandský
Croatian
plavi grenadir

Which foods contain blue grenadier?

Open Food Facts lists blue grenadier in the ingredients of 24 products, most often fish and seafood, ready meals and salty and fatty foods. Most of them are sold in France, Switzerland and Australia.

  • Fish and seafood11
  • Ready meals5
  • Salty and fatty foods2
  • Oily fish2

Products with it, by country of sale: France 14 · Switzerland 3 · Australia 3 · Italy 2.

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

What kind of ingredient is blue grenadier?

In the Open Food Facts ingredient tree, blue grenadier sits under grenadier and white fish.

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Sources

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.

  1. Open Food Facts: Blue grenadier
  2. Open Food Facts: ingredients taxonomy (names, family tree, allergen and vegan flags), ODbL
  3. Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
  4. European Union: Regulation 1169/2011 on food information to consumers, Annex II
  5. UK Food Standards Agency: Allergen guidance for food businesses (the 14 allergens)
  6. US FDA: Questions and Answers Regarding Food Allergen Labeling, Edition 5 (January 2025)
  7. Wikipedia: Blue grenadier

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