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Lardon on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Lardon is a kind of bacon. Whether it carries an allergen depends on how it was made. It is not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 1,245 products, most often in ready meals.

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Does lardon contain an allergen?

It depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts does not link lardon to an allergen, and Bravoora’s label checker does not read the name as one. The label must name any allergen it carries.

Is lardon vegan?

No. Lardon 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 lardon have on a label?

In English lardon can also read “lardoon”. On European labels it is “lardons” in French, “Speckwürfel” in German and “mechar” in Spanish. The other 3 languages are listed below.

In Englishlardoon
French
lardons, lardons supérieurs
German
Speckwürfel, Speckstreifen
Spanish
mechar, mechas de tocino
Italian
Lardo
Dutch
spekjes, spekreepjes
Croatian
šunka kockice

Which foods contain lardon?

Open Food Facts lists lardon or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 1,245 products, most often ready meals, pizzas, pies and quiches and savoury snacks. Most of them are sold in France, Belgium and Switzerland.

  • Ready meals501
  • Pizzas, pies and quiches379
  • Savoury snacks31
  • Vegetables29
  • Meat24
  • Pasta, rice and flour19

Products with it, by country of sale: France 1,172 · Belgium 49 · Switzerland 26 · Italy 19.

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

What kind of ingredient is lardon?

Lardon is a kind of bacon.

Kinds of lardonSmoked lardoonsCooked lardoons

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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: Lardon
  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. Wikipedia: Lardon

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