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Ingredient dictionary

Goose fat on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Goose fat is a kind of poultry fat. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 180 products, most often in ready meals. Per 100 g: about 898 kcal and 0 g protein.

By Bravoora teamUpdated 13 October 2026Sources checked 13 October 20264 sourcesHow we check

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Does goose fat contain an allergen?

Goose fat 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 goose fat vegan?

No. Goose fat 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 goose fat have on a label?

On European labels it is “graisse d'oie” in French, “Gänsefett” in German and “grasa de ganso” in Spanish. The other 6 languages are listed below.

French: graisse d'oie
German: Gänsefett
Spanish: grasa de ganso
Italian: grasso d'oca
Dutch: ganzenvet
Polish: tłuszcz gęsi
Finnish: hanhenrasva
Hungarian: libazsír
Croatian: guščija mast

Which foods contain goose fat?

Open Food Facts lists goose fat in the ingredients of 180 products, most often ready meals, processed meat and fats and spreads. Most of them are sold in France, the United Kingdom and Germany.

Ready meals75
Processed meat33
Fats and spreads18
Beans and pulses10
Vegetables9
Salty and fatty foods5

Products with it, by country of sale: France 159 · United Kingdom 9 · Germany 4 · Belgium 4.

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

How many calories are in goose fat?

Goose fat has about 898 kcal per 100 g, with 0 g protein, 0 g carbohydrate and 100 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Goose fat” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

898kcal per 100 g

0g protein

0g carbohydrate

100g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 0 g, saturated fat 28 g, fibre 0 g, salt 0 g, energy 3,690 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 16560. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is goose fat?

Goose fat is a kind of poultry fat.

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