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Calf liver on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Calf liver is a kind of beef liver. Whether it carries an allergen depends on how it was made. It is not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 23 products, most often in meat.

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Does calf liver contain an allergen?

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

Is calf liver vegan?

No. Calf liver 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 calf liver have on a label?

In English calf liver can also read “calf's liver” or “Raw young cow liver”. On European labels it is “foie de veau” in French, “kalbsleber” in German and “higado de ternera” in Spanish. The other 4 languages are listed below.

In Englishcalf's liverRaw young cow liver
French
foie de veau, Foie de génisse cru
German
kalbsleber
Spanish
higado de ternera, foie de ternera
Italian
fegato di vitello
Finnish
vasikanmaksa
Hungarian
borjúmáj
Croatian
teleća jetra

Which foods contain calf liver?

Open Food Facts lists calf liver or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 23 products, most often meat, processed meat and offal. Most of them are sold in France, Germany and the United States.

  • Meat10
  • Processed meat4
  • Offal2
  • Meat, fish and eggs2

Products with it, by country of sale: France 14 · Germany 5 · United States 1 · Italy 1.

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

What kind of ingredient is calf liver?

Calf liver is a kind of beef liver.

Kinds of calf liverCooked calf liver

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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.

  1. Open Food Facts: Calf liver
  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

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