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Herring fillet on a food label: it contains fish

Herring fillet is a kind of herring. It contains fish, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 498 products, most often in oily fish.

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Does herring fillet contain an allergen?

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

AllergenUSUK and EuropeGulf
FishRequiredRequiredRequired

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Is herring fillet vegan?

No. Herring fillet 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 herring fillet have on a label?

In English herring fillet can also read “herring fillets”. On European labels it is “filets de harengs” in French, “Heringfilet” in German and “filetti di aringa” in Italian. The other 5 languages are listed below.

In Englishherring fillets
French
filets de harengs
German
Heringfilet, Heringsfilets
Italian
filetti di aringa
Dutch
haringfilet
Polish
filety śledziowe, filety ze śledzia
Danish
sildefileter
Finnish
sillifilee
Croatian
file haringe

Which foods contain herring fillet?

Open Food Facts lists herring fillet in the ingredients of 498 products, most often oily fish, fish and seafood and ready meals. Most of them are sold in Germany, France and the United States.

  • Oily fish290
  • Fish and seafood156
  • Ready meals11
  • Dressings and sauces3
  • Nuts1
  • Savoury snacks1

Products with it, by country of sale: Germany 295 · France 124 · United States 51 · Belgium 24.

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

What kind of ingredient is herring fillet?

Herring fillet is a kind of herring.

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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: Herring fillet
  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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