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Lobster on a food label: it contains crustaceans

Lobster is a kind of crustacean. It contains crustaceans, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 828 products, most often in fish and seafood.

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Does lobster contain an allergen?

Yes. Lobster contains crustaceans: labels in the US, the UK, Europe and the Gulf must declare it.

AllergenUSUK and EuropeGulf
CrustaceansRequiredAs “crustacean shellfish”RequiredRequired

Read the crustaceans and molluscs guide

Is lobster vegan?

No. Lobster 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.
Shellfish allergyNot for youIt contains crustaceans.

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What other names does lobster have on a label?

In English lobster can also read “lobster meat”. On European labels it is “homard” in French, “Hummer” in German and “langosta” in Spanish. The other 12 languages are listed below.

In Englishlobster meat
French
homard, homards
German
Hummer
Spanish
langosta, bogavante
Italian
Omaro
Dutch
zeekreeften
Portuguese
Lavagante
Polish
homary, homar
Swedish
hummer
Danish
hummer
Norwegian
Hummere
Finnish
hummeri, hummerit
Czech
humrovití
Romanian
Homar
Croatian
hlap
Turkish
Istakoz

Which foods contain lobster?

Open Food Facts lists lobster or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 828 products, most often fish and seafood, ready meals and salty and fatty foods. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and Belgium.

  • Fish and seafood297
  • Ready meals242
  • Salty and fatty foods22
  • Dressings and sauces19
  • Pasta, rice and flour15
  • Bread6

Products with it, by country of sale: France 406 · United States 338 · Belgium 39 · Spain 25.

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

What kind of ingredient is lobster?

Lobster is a kind of crustacean.

Kinds of lobsterSpiny lobsterAmerican lobsterCaribbean spiny lobsterEuropean lobster

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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: Lobster
  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)
  7. Wikipedia: Lobster

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