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Frankfurter sausages on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Frankfurter sausages are a kind of prepared meat. They are made to a recipe, so their allergens depend on the recipe. They are not vegan. Open Food Facts finds them in 20 products, most often in ready meals. Per 100 g: about 271 kcal and 14 g protein.

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Do frankfurter sausages contain an allergen?

It depends on how they were made. Open Food Facts does not link frankfurter sausages to an allergen, and Bravoora’s label checker does not read the name as one. The label must name any allergen they carry.

Are frankfurter sausages vegan?

No. Frankfurter sausages are not vegan: they come from an animal. They are not vegetarian either.

VeganNot for youNot vegan: they come from an animal.
VegetarianNot for youThey come 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 do frankfurter sausages have on a label?

On European labels they are “Saucisses de Francfort” in French, “würstel” in Italian and “frankfurtske kobasice” in Croatian.

French
Saucisses de Francfort
Italian
würstel
Croatian
frankfurtske kobasice

Which foods contain frankfurter sausages?

Open Food Facts lists frankfurter sausages in the ingredients of 20 products, most often ready meals, vegetables and processed meat. Most of them are sold in France, Italy and Belgium.

  • Ready meals7
  • Vegetables3
  • Processed meat3
  • Dressings and sauces1
  • Savoury snacks1
  • Pizzas, pies and quiches1

Products with it, by country of sale: France 16 · Italy 5 · Belgium 2.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where frankfurter sausages turn up, not how much of the market they are.

How many calories are in frankfurter sausages?

Frankfurter sausages have about 271 kcal per 100 g, with 14 g protein, 1.2 g carbohydrate and 23 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Frankfurter sausage” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

271kcal per 100 g
14g protein
1.2g carbohydrate
23g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 1 g, saturated fat 9 g, fibre 0.3 g, salt 2 g, energy 1,120 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 30134. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient are frankfurter sausages?

Frankfurter sausages are a kind of prepared 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: Frankfurter sausages
  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. ANSES: CIQUAL French food composition table (CALNUT 2020 edition), Licence Ouverte 2.0

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