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Cured sausage on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Cured sausage is a kind of meat. It is made to a recipe, so its allergens depend on the recipe. It is not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 141 products, most often in ready meals.

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Does cured sausage contain an allergen?

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

Is cured sausage vegan?

No. Cured sausage 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 cured sausage have on a label?

On European labels it is “Saucisson” in French, “Embutido curado” in Spanish and “salsiccia stagionata” in Italian. One more language is listed below.

French
Saucisson
Spanish
Embutido curado
Italian
salsiccia stagionata
Croatian
sušena kobasica

Which foods contain cured sausage?

Open Food Facts lists cured sausage or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 141 products, most often ready meals, processed meat and vegetables. Most of them are sold in France, Belgium and Italy.

  • Ready meals107
  • Processed meat14
  • Vegetables4
  • Sandwiches2
  • Meat1
  • Pastries1

Products with it, by country of sale: France 137 · Belgium 6 · Italy 3 · Guadeloupe 2.

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

What kind of ingredient is cured sausage?

Cured sausage is a kind of meat.

Kinds of cured sausageSmoked cured sausage

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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.

  1. Open Food Facts: Cured sausage
  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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