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Ingredient dictionary

Duck fat on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Duck fat is a kind of poultry fat. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 1,735 products, most often in ready meals. Per 100 g: about 898 kcal and 0 g protein.

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

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Does duck fat contain an allergen?

Duck fat is not one of the allergens that food labels must declare in the US, the UK, Europe or the Gulf. Open Food Facts does not link it to an allergen, and Bravoora’s label checker does not read the name as one.

Is duck fat vegan?

No. Duck fat 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 duck fat have on a label?

On European labels it is “graisse de canard” in French, “Entenfett” in German and “grasa de pato” in Spanish. The other 8 languages are listed below.

French: graisse de canard
German: Entenfett
Spanish: grasa de pato
Italian: grasso d'anatra, grassi di anatra
Dutch: eendenvet
Portuguese: gordura de pato, lípido de pato
Swedish: ankfett
Danish: andefedt
Finnish: ankanrasva
Hungarian: kacsazsír
Croatian: pačja mast

Which foods contain duck fat?

Open Food Facts lists duck fat in the ingredients of 1,735 products, most often ready meals, processed meat and poultry. Most of them are sold in France, Spain and the United States.

Ready meals543
Processed meat304
Poultry260
Salty and fatty foods135
Offal120
Fats and spreads37

Products with it, by country of sale: France 1,653 · Spain 26 · United States 21 · Germany 18.

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

How many calories are in duck fat?

Duck fat has about 898 kcal per 100 g, with 0 g protein, 0 g carbohydrate and 100 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Duck fat” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

898kcal per 100 g

0g protein

0g carbohydrate

100g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 0 g, saturated fat 33 g, fibre 0 g, salt 0 g, energy 3,690 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 16550. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is duck fat?

Duck fat is a kind of poultry fat.

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