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

Duck leg is a kind of duck meat. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 171 products, most often in poultry.

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Does duck leg contain an allergen?

Duck leg 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 leg vegan?

No. Duck leg 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 leg have on a label?

In English duck leg can also read “duck legs”. On European labels it is “cuisses de canard” in French, “Entenkeule” in German and “coscia d'anatra” in Italian. One more language is listed below.

In Englishduck legs
French
cuisses de canard
German
Entenkeule, Entenschenkel
Italian
coscia d'anatra
Croatian
pačji but

Which foods contain duck leg?

Open Food Facts lists duck leg in the ingredients of 171 products, most often poultry, ready meals and processed meat. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and Canada.

  • Poultry115
  • Ready meals32
  • Processed meat1

Products with it, by country of sale: France 159 · United States 6 · Canada 3 · Germany 3.

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

What kind of ingredient is duck leg?

Duck leg is a kind of duck meat.

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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: Duck leg
  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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