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Dry-cured ham on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Dry-cured ham is a kind of ham. Whether it carries an allergen depends on how it was made. It is not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 74 products, most often in processed meat.

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Does dry-cured ham contain an allergen?

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

Is dry-cured ham vegan?

No. Dry-cured ham 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 dry-cured ham have on a label?

On European labels it is “jambon sec” in French and “pršut” in Croatian.

French
jambon sec
Croatian
pršut

Which foods contain dry-cured ham?

Open Food Facts lists dry-cured ham or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 74 products, most often processed meat, ready meals and pizzas, pies and quiches. Most of them are sold in France, Belgium and the United Kingdom.

  • Processed meat22
  • Ready meals21
  • Pizzas, pies and quiches7
  • Offal4
  • Pasta, rice and flour4
  • Savoury snacks2

Products with it, by country of sale: France 70 · Belgium 3 · United Kingdom 2 · Luxembourg 1.

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

What kind of ingredient is dry-cured ham?

Dry-cured ham is a kind of ham.

Kinds of dry-cured hamDry-cured Serrano hamDry-cured Parma ham

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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: Dry-cured ham
  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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