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Ingredient dictionary

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

Liver is a kind of meat. Whether it carries an allergen depends on how it was made. It is not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 232 products, most often in processed meat.

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

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Does liver contain an allergen?

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

Is liver vegan?

No. 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 liver have on a label?

On European labels it is “foie” in French, “Leber” in German and “hígado” in Spanish. The other 3 languages are listed below.

French: foie
German: Leber
Spanish: hígado
Italian: fegato
Polish: wątroba
Croatian: jetra

Which foods contain liver?

Open Food Facts lists liver in the ingredients of 232 products, most often processed meat, salty and fatty foods and ready meals. Most of them are sold in France, Spain and the United States.

Processed meat121
Salty and fatty foods33
Ready meals5
Meat4
Poultry4
Oily fish2

Products with it, by country of sale: France 184 · Spain 17 · United States 15 · Germany 6.

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

What kind of ingredient is liver?

Liver is a kind of meat.

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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.

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