Ingredient dictionary

Meat patty on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Meat patty 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 111 products, most often in sandwiches.

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Does meat patty contain an allergen?

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

Is meat patty vegan?

No. Meat patty 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 meat patty have on a label?

On European labels it is “steak haché” in French, “hacksteak” in German and “filete picado stick tartar” in Spanish. The other 4 languages are listed below.

French
steak haché
German
hacksteak
Spanish
filete picado stick tartar
Italian
polpetta di carne
Dutch
runderhamburger
Finnish
jauhelihapihvi
Croatian
mesna pljeskavica

Which foods contain meat patty?

Open Food Facts lists meat patty in the ingredients of 111 products, most often sandwiches, meat and ready meals. Most of them are sold in France, Germany and Finland.

  • Sandwiches39
  • Meat31
  • Ready meals19
  • Bread1

Products with it, by country of sale: France 90 · Germany 9 · Finland 6 · Sweden 5.

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

What kind of ingredient is meat patty?

In the Open Food Facts ingredient tree, meat patty sits under meat and patty.

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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: Meat patty
  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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