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Crayfish on a food label: it contains crustaceans

Crayfish is a kind of crustacean. It contains crustaceans, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 124 products, most often in ready meals.

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Does crayfish contain an allergen?

Yes. Crayfish contains crustaceans: labels in the US, the UK, Europe and the Gulf must declare it.

AllergenUSUK and EuropeGulf
CrustaceansRequiredAs “crustacean shellfish”RequiredRequired

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Is crayfish vegan?

No. Crayfish 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 fish or shellfish.
Shellfish allergyNot for youIt contains crustaceans.

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What other names does crayfish have on a label?

On European labels it is “écrevisse” in French, “Krebs” in German and “cangrejo de río” in Spanish. The other 9 languages are listed below.

French
écrevisse, écrevisses
German
Krebs
Spanish
cangrejo de río, cancrej
Dutch
rivierkreeft
Portuguese
lagostim
Polish
rak, raki
Swedish
Kräftor
Norwegian
ferskvannskreps
Finnish
Ravut
Czech
rak
Croatian
račići
Turkish
Kerevit

Which foods contain crayfish?

Open Food Facts lists crayfish or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 124 products, most often ready meals, fish and seafood and dressings and sauces. Most of them are sold in France, Italy and Germany.

  • Ready meals40
  • Fish and seafood22
  • Dressings and sauces15
  • Salty and fatty foods3
  • Pasta, rice and flour2
  • Poultry2

Products with it, by country of sale: France 68 · Italy 26 · Germany 10 · Belgium 9.

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

What kind of ingredient is crayfish?

Crayfish is a kind of crustacean.

Kinds of crayfishCrayfish or shrimpRed swamp crayfish

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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: Crayfish
  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
  4. European Union: Regulation 1169/2011 on food information to consumers, Annex II
  5. UK Food Standards Agency: Allergen guidance for food businesses (the 14 allergens)
  6. US FDA: Questions and Answers Regarding Food Allergen Labeling, Edition 5 (January 2025)
  7. Wikipedia: Crayfish

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