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Free range chicken eggs on a food label: they contain egg
Free range chicken eggs are a kind of chicken egg. They contain egg, so the allergen labelling rules apply. They are vegetarian but not vegan. Open Food Facts finds them in 1,017 products, most often in biscuits and cakes.
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Do free range chicken eggs contain an allergen?
Yes. Free range chicken eggs contain egg: labels in the US, the UK, Europe and the Gulf must declare them.
| Allergen | US | UK and Europe | Gulf |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eggs | Required | Required | Required |
Are free range chicken eggs vegan?
No. Free range chicken eggs are not vegan: they are made from egg. They are vegetarian.
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What other names do free range chicken eggs have on a label?
On European labels they are “œuf de poules élevées en plein air” in French, “Hühnereier aus Freilandhaltung” in German and “huevos de gallinas camperas” in Spanish. The other 8 languages are listed below.
- French
- œuf de poules élevées en plein air, œufs de poules élevées en plein air
- German
- Hühnereier aus Freilandhaltung
- Spanish
- huevos de gallinas camperas
- Italian
- uova di gallina allevate all'aperto
- Dutch
- ei van hennen met vrije uitloop, scharrelkipheelei
- Polish
- kurze jaja z wolnego wybiegu
- Swedish
- ägg från frigående höns
- Danish
- æg fra fritgående høns
- Norwegian
- egg fra frittgående høner
- Finnish
- ulkokanan munat, ulkokanan munia
- Croatian
- jaja iz podnog uzgoja
Which foods contain free range chicken eggs?
Open Food Facts lists free range chicken eggs or a more specific kind of them in the ingredients of 1,017 products, most often biscuits and cakes, eggs and ready meals. Most of them are sold in France, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 865 · United Kingdom 83 · Netherlands 57 · Belgium 42.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where free range chicken eggs turn up, not how much of the market they are.
What kind of ingredient are free range chicken eggs?
In the Open Food Facts ingredient tree, free range chicken eggs sit under chicken egg and free range eggs.
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- Open Food Facts: Free range chicken eggs
- Open Food Facts: ingredients taxonomy (names, family tree, allergen and vegan flags), ODbL
- Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
- European Union: Regulation 1169/2011 on food information to consumers, Annex II
- UK Food Standards Agency: Allergen guidance for food businesses (the 14 allergens)
- US FDA: Questions and Answers Regarding Food Allergen Labeling, Edition 5 (January 2025)
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