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

Chicken meatball is a kind of meatball. It is made to a recipe, so its allergens depend on the recipe. It is not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 51 products, most often in ready meals.

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Does chicken meatball contain an allergen?

It depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts does not link chicken meatball 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 meatball vegan?

No. Chicken meatball 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 meatball have on a label?

On European labels it is “boulettes de poulet” in French, “albóndigas de pollo” in Spanish and “polpette di pollo” in Italian. The other 2 languages are listed below.

French
boulettes de poulet
Spanish
albóndigas de pollo
Italian
polpette di pollo
Finnish
broileripyörykkä, broileripyörykät
Croatian
pileća polpeta

Which foods contain chicken meatball?

Open Food Facts lists chicken meatball in the ingredients of 51 products, most often ready meals, pasta, rice and flour and poultry. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Belgium.

  • Ready meals18
  • Pasta, rice and flour6
  • Poultry3
  • Processed meat1
  • Dressings and sauces1
  • Soups1

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 22 · France 10 · Belgium 8 · United Kingdom 8.

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

What kind of ingredient is chicken meatball?

Chicken meatball is a kind of meatball.

Bravoora reads this ingredient for everyone you shop for: an allergy or intolerance, a vegan or vegetarian diet, a calorie or protein goal, and the labels on supplements and skincare too. Build a profile · For dietitians, doctors and trainers

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 meatball
  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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