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Coating on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Some kinds of coating carry an allergen (milk). Whether it is vegan depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts finds it in 27,200 products, most often in ready meals.

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Does coating contain an allergen?

It depends on the kind. Some kinds of coating carry an allergen: yogurt coating, milk chocolate coating and milk coating contain milk. A label must name the allergen, so check which kind it says.

Is coating vegan?

It depends on the make. Some kinds of coating are made with an animal product and a label rarely says which, so a vegan profile gets Heads up. Whether it is vegetarian depends on the make too.

VeganHeads upSome kinds are made with an animal product, and a label rarely says which.
VegetarianHeads upSome kinds are made with an animal product vegetarians avoid, and a label rarely says which.
Milk allergyHeads upSome kinds contain milk, for example yogurt coating.

A pack can differ from the usual recipe: the app reads the label in your hand.

What other names does coating have on a label?

In English coating can also read “seasoning”. On European labels it is “enrobage” in French, “Beschichtung” in German and “envolviendo” in Spanish. The other 10 languages are listed below.

In Englishseasoning
French
enrobage, enrobant
German
Beschichtung, Überzug
Spanish
envolviendo, sobrimiento
Italian
rivestimento
Polish
panierka
Swedish
överdrag
Norwegian
belegg
Finnish
päällyste
Czech
ochucující
Hungarian
bevonat, fűszerezés
Romanian
inveliş
Croatian
preljev
Turkish
kaplama

Which foods contain coating?

Open Food Facts lists coating or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 27,200 products, most often ready meals, pasta, rice and flour and biscuits and cakes. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Germany.

  • Ready meals3,425
  • Pasta, rice and flour2,044
  • Biscuits and cakes1,193
  • Poultry1,176
  • Savoury snacks1,080
  • Pizzas, pies and quiches951

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 11,680 · France 8,305 · Germany 1,503 · United Kingdom 1,052.

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

What kind of ingredient is coating?

Kinds of coatingBreadcrumbsChocolate coatingSugar coatingYogurt coatingMilk coatingCocoa coatingBerry coatingHazelnut coatingNougat coatingTenkasuMilk and hazelnut coatingEdible coating originating from bovine collagenSour cream & Chive flavour Seasoning

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: Coating
  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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