Ingredient dictionary

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

Duck meat is a kind of duck. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 1,298 products, most often in poultry.

By Bravoora teamUpdated Sources checked 3 sourcesHow we check

Not for you

for a vegan profile

Does duck meat contain an allergen?

Duck meat 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 meat vegan?

No. Duck meat 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.

A pack can differ from the usual recipe: the app reads the label in your hand.

What other names does duck meat have on a label?

On European labels it is “viande de canard” in French, “Entenfleisch” in German and “Carne de pato” in Spanish. The other 5 languages are listed below.

French
viande de canard
German
Entenfleisch
Spanish
Carne de pato
Italian
Carne d'anatra
Dutch
Eendenvlees
Polish
mięso z kaczki, mięso kacze
Finnish
ankanliha
Croatian
pačje meso

Which foods contain duck meat?

Open Food Facts lists duck meat or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 1,298 products, most often poultry, ready meals and processed meat. Most of them are sold in France, Germany and the United Kingdom.

  • Poultry436
  • Ready meals296
  • Processed meat286
  • Offal49
  • Salty and fatty foods23
  • Meat12

Products with it, by country of sale: France 1,221 · Germany 31 · United Kingdom 17 · United States 17.

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

What kind of ingredient is duck meat?

In the Open Food Facts ingredient tree, duck meat sits under duck and poultry meat.

Kinds of duck meatDuck breastDuck wingDuck legDuck filletDuck gizzardMechanically separated duck meat

Bravoora reads this ingredient for everyone you shop for: an allergy or intolerance, a vegan or vegetarian diet, a calorie or protein goal, and the labels on supplements and skincare too. Build a profile · For dietitians, doctors and trainers

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: Duck meat
  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

Contains information from Open Food Facts, which is made available here under the Open Database License (ODbL). Read the licence · Download this dictionary’s data · How we check

Create a website profile with the things you avoid and the people you check for.

Build my profile

Save and edit your profile on this website. App transfer is not available yet.