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Chicken breast on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Chicken breast is a kind of chicken meat. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 4,068 products, most often in ready meals.

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Does chicken breast contain an allergen?

Chicken breast 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 chicken breast vegan?

No. Chicken breast 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 chicken breast have on a label?

In English chicken breast can also read “chicken breast meat”. On European labels it is “blanc de poulet” in French, “Hähnchenbrust” in German and “pechuga de pollo” in Spanish. The other 8 languages are listed below.

In Englishchicken breast meat
French
blanc de poulet, blancs de poulet
German
Hähnchenbrust, Hähnchenbrustfleisch
Spanish
pechuga de pollo, carne de pechuga de pollo
Italian
Petto di pollo
Dutch
kippenborst
Portuguese
peito de frango
Polish
pierś z kurczaka, pierś kurczaka
Swedish
kycklingbröst
Romanian
piept de pui
Croatian
meso pilećih prsa, pileće meso grudi
Turkish
tavuk göğsü

Which foods contain chicken breast?

Open Food Facts lists chicken breast or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 4,068 products, most often ready meals, poultry and processed meat. Most of them are sold in the United States, the United Kingdom and Germany.

  • Ready meals931
  • Poultry680
  • Processed meat325
  • Sandwiches273
  • Pizzas, pies and quiches117
  • Meat77

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 1,391 · United Kingdom 1,277 · Germany 383 · France 372.

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

What kind of ingredient is chicken breast?

Chicken breast is a kind of chicken meat.

Kinds of chicken breastBritish chicken breast

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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: Chicken breast
  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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