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

Chicken broth is a kind of poultry broth. It is made to a recipe, so its allergens depend on the recipe. It is not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 6,048 products, most often in ready meals.

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Does chicken broth contain an allergen?

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

Is chicken broth vegan?

No. Chicken broth 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.

A pack can differ from the usual recipe: the app reads the label in your hand.

What other names does chicken broth have on a label?

In English chicken broth can also read “chicken stock”. On European labels it is “Bouillon de poulet” in French, “Hühnerbrühe” in German and “Caldo de pollo” in Spanish. The other 7 languages are listed below.

In Englishchicken stock
French
Bouillon de poulet
German
Hühnerbrühe
Spanish
Caldo de pollo
Italian
brodo di pollo
Dutch
Kippenbouillon
Polish
Rosół z kurczaka
Swedish
kycklingbuljong, kycklingfond
Danish
Kyllingebouillon
Finnish
kanaliemi
Croatian
pileća juha

Which foods contain chicken broth?

Open Food Facts lists chicken broth in the ingredients of 6,048 products, most often ready meals, poultry and dressings and sauces. Most of them are sold in the United States, the United Kingdom and France.

  • Ready meals2,329
  • Poultry271
  • Dressings and sauces229
  • Meat145
  • Processed meat139
  • Pasta, rice and flour117

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 4,914 · United Kingdom 311 · France 290 · Canada 155.

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

What kind of ingredient is chicken broth?

Chicken broth is a kind of poultry broth.

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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: Chicken broth
  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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