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Chicken egg yolk on a food label: it contains egg

Chicken egg yolk is a kind of egg yolk. It contains egg, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is vegetarian but not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 690 products, most often in biscuits and cakes.

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Does chicken egg yolk contain an allergen?

Yes. Chicken egg yolk contains egg: labels in the US, the UK, Europe and the Gulf must declare it.

AllergenUSUK and EuropeGulf
EggsRequiredRequiredRequired

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Is chicken egg yolk vegan?

No. Chicken egg yolk is not vegan: it is made from egg. It is vegetarian.

VeganNot for youNot vegan: it is made from egg.
VegetarianFits youNot meat or fish.
Egg allergyNot for youIt contains egg.

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What other names does chicken egg yolk have on a label?

On European labels it is “jaune d’œuf de poules” in French, “Hühnereieigelb” in German and “yema de huevo de pollo” in Spanish. The other 5 languages are listed below.

French
jaune d’œuf de poules
German
Hühnereieigelb, Hühnereigelb
Spanish
yema de huevo de pollo
Italian
Tuorlo d'uovo di gallina
Dutch
kippe-eigeel, kippenei-eigeel
Polish
żółtko z jaja kurzego, żółtko jaja kurzego
Finnish
kananmunankeltuainen
Croatian
kokošji žumanjak

Which foods contain chicken egg yolk?

Open Food Facts lists chicken egg yolk or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 690 products, most often biscuits and cakes, ready meals and dressings and sauces. Most of them are sold in Germany, Finland and France.

  • Biscuits and cakes148
  • Ready meals121
  • Dressings and sauces79
  • Ice cream64
  • Sandwiches37
  • Oily fish22

Products with it, by country of sale: Germany 520 · Finland 65 · France 50 · Poland 49.

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

What kind of ingredient is chicken egg yolk?

Chicken egg yolk is a kind of egg yolk.

Kinds of chicken egg yolkFree range chicken egg yolkChicken egg yolk powder

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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 egg yolk
  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)

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