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

Chicken wing is a kind of chicken. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 184 products, most often in poultry.

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Does chicken wing contain an allergen?

Chicken wing 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 wing vegan?

No. Chicken wing 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 wing have on a label?

On European labels it is “aile de poulet” in French, “Hähnchenflügel” in German and “ala de pollo” in Spanish. The other 3 languages are listed below.

French
aile de poulet
German
Hähnchenflügel
Spanish
ala de pollo, alas de pollo
Italian
ala di pollo
Polish
skrzydełko z kurczaka, skrzydełko kurczaka
Croatian
pileće krilo

Which foods contain chicken wing?

Open Food Facts lists chicken wing in the ingredients of 184 products, most often poultry, ready meals and meat. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and the United Kingdom.

  • Poultry112
  • Ready meals10
  • Meat2

Products with it, by country of sale: France 51 · United States 34 · United Kingdom 33 · Germany 23.

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

What kind of ingredient is chicken wing?

Chicken wing is a kind of chicken.

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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 wing
  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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