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Fish gelatine on a food label: it contains fish

Fish gelatine is a kind of gelatin. It contains fish, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 289 products, most often in sweets.

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Does fish gelatine contain an allergen?

Yes. Fish gelatine contains fish: labels in the US, the UK, Europe and the Gulf must declare it.

AllergenUSUK and EuropeGulf
FishRequiredRequiredRequired

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Is fish gelatine vegan?

No. Fish gelatine 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 fish or shellfish.
Fish allergyNot for youIt contains fish.

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What other names does fish gelatine have on a label?

On European labels it is “gélatine de poisson” in French, “Fisch-Gelatine” in German and “gelatina de pescado” in Spanish. The other 4 languages are listed below.

French
gélatine de poisson
German
Fisch-Gelatine
Spanish
gelatina de pescado
Italian
gelatina di pesce
Dutch
visgelatine
Finnish
kalaliivate, kalagelatiini
Croatian
riblja želatina

Which foods contain fish gelatine?

Open Food Facts lists fish gelatine in the ingredients of 289 products, most often sweets, ready meals and fish and seafood. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and the United Kingdom.

  • Sweets43
  • Ready meals41
  • Fish and seafood18
  • Biscuits and cakes17
  • Milk and yoghurt9
  • Savoury snacks9

Products with it, by country of sale: France 176 · United States 74 · United Kingdom 28 · Belgium 17.

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

What kind of ingredient is fish gelatine?

Fish gelatine is a kind of gelatin.

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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: Fish gelatine
  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
  4. European Union: Regulation 1169/2011 on food information to consumers, Annex II
  5. UK Food Standards Agency: Allergen guidance for food businesses (the 14 allergens)
  6. US FDA: Questions and Answers Regarding Food Allergen Labeling, Edition 5 (January 2025)

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