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Ingredient dictionary

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

Chicken thigh 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 542 products, most often in poultry. Per 100 g: about 171 kcal and 25 g protein.

By Bravoora teamUpdated 13 October 2026Sources checked 13 October 20264 sourcesHow we check

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Does chicken thigh contain an allergen?

Chicken thigh 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 thigh vegan?

No. Chicken thigh 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 thigh have on a label?

In English chicken thigh can also read “chicken drumstick”. On European labels it is “cuisse de poulet” in French, “Hähnchenschenkel” in German and “muslo de pollo” in Spanish. The other 5 languages are listed below.

In Englishchicken drumstick

French: cuisse de poulet, cuisses de poulet
German: Hähnchenschenkel, Hähnchenkeule
Spanish: muslo de pollo
Polish: udko z kurczaka, udko kurczaka
Swedish: kyckling lårkött
Norwegian: kyllinglår
Finnish: kanankoipi
Croatian: pileći batak

Which foods contain chicken thigh?

Open Food Facts lists chicken thigh in the ingredients of 542 products, most often poultry, ready meals and processed meat. Most of them are sold in France, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Poultry218
Ready meals128
Processed meat12
Pasta, rice and flour11
Sandwiches10
Pizzas, pies and quiches9

Products with it, by country of sale: France 269 · United Kingdom 114 · United States 93 · Germany 14.

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

How many calories are in chicken thigh?

Chicken thigh has about 171 kcal per 100 g, with 25 g protein, 0 g carbohydrate and 8 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Chicken, leg, meat only, raw” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

171kcal per 100 g

25g protein

0g carbohydrate

8g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 0 g, saturated fat 2.2 g, fibre 0 g, salt 0.26 g, energy 718 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 36006. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is chicken thigh?

Chicken thigh is a kind of chicken meat.

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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.

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