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

Goose liver is a kind of goose. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 76 products, most often in salty and fatty foods.

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Does goose liver contain an allergen?

Goose liver 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 liver vegan?

No. Goose liver 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 liver have on a label?

On European labels it is “foie d'oie” in French, “Gänseleber” in German and “hígado de ganso” in Spanish. The other 4 languages are listed below.

French
foie d'oie
German
Gänseleber
Spanish
hígado de ganso
Italian
fegato d'oca
Dutch
ganzenlever
Swedish
gåslever
Croatian
guščja jetra

Which foods contain goose liver?

Open Food Facts lists goose liver or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 76 products, most often salty and fatty foods, processed meat and savoury snacks. Most of them are sold in France, Belgium and Germany.

  • Salty and fatty foods63
  • Processed meat5
  • Savoury snacks1

Products with it, by country of sale: France 66 · Belgium 6 · Germany 5 · Switzerland 3.

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

What kind of ingredient is goose liver?

Goose liver is a kind of goose.

Kinds of goose liverRaw goose liver

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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: Goose liver
  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

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