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Ingredient dictionary

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

Whether collagen carries an allergen depends on how it was made. It is not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 4,984 products, most often in processed meat.

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

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Does collagen contain an allergen?

It depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts does not link collagen to an allergen, and Bravoora’s label checker does not read the name as one. The label must name any allergen it carries.

Is collagen vegan?

No. Collagen 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 collagen have on a label?

On European labels it is “collagène” in French, “Kollagen” in German and “colágeno” in Spanish. The other 13 languages are listed below.

French: collagène
German: Kollagen
Spanish: colágeno
Italian: collagene
Dutch: collageen
Portuguese: colágeno
Polish: Kolagen, kolagenowe
Swedish: Kollagen
Danish: Kollagen
Norwegian: Kollagen
Finnish: Kollageeni
Czech: kolagen
Hungarian: Kollagén
Romanian: Colagen
Croatian: kolagen, kolagena
Turkish: Kollajen

Which foods contain collagen?

Open Food Facts lists collagen or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 4,984 products, most often processed meat, ready meals and offal. Most of them are sold in France, Germany and the United States.

Processed meat2,327
Ready meals461
Offal268
Biscuits and cakes178
Meat41
Poultry36

Products with it, by country of sale: France 2,895 · Germany 635 · United States 456 · Netherlands 279.

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

What kind of ingredient is collagen?

Kinds of collagenPork collagen Hydrolyzed collagen Natural casing Beef casing Beef collagenEdible coating originating from bovine collagen

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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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