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

Chicken protein is a kind of animal protein. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 714 products, most often in ready meals.

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Does chicken protein contain an allergen?

Chicken protein 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 protein vegan?

No. Chicken protein 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 protein have on a label?

On European labels it is “proteina de pollo” in Spanish, “proteine di pollo” in Italian and “białko z kurczaka” in Polish. One more language is listed below.

Spanish
proteina de pollo
Italian
proteine di pollo
Polish
białko z kurczaka
Croatian
pileći protein

Which foods contain chicken protein?

Open Food Facts lists chicken protein or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 714 products, most often ready meals, biscuits and cakes and sweets. Most of them are sold in Germany, France and Austria.

  • Ready meals233
  • Biscuits and cakes130
  • Sweets39
  • Pasta, rice and flour20
  • Processed meat13
  • Dairy desserts12

Products with it, by country of sale: Germany 603 · France 65 · Austria 46 · United States 26.

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

What kind of ingredient is chicken protein?

In the Open Food Facts ingredient tree, chicken protein sits under animal protein and chicken.

Kinds of chicken proteinChick egg white or protein

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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 protein
  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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