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Ingredient dictionary

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

Meatball is a kind of meat. It is made to a recipe, so its allergens depend on the recipe. It is not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 515 products, most often in ready meals.

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

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Does meatball contain an allergen?

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

Is meatball vegan?

No. Meatball 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.

A pack can differ from the usual recipe: the app reads the label in your hand.

What other names does meatball have on a label?

In English meatball can also read “meatballs”. On European labels it is “boulette de viande” in French, “fleischklößchen” in German and “albóndiga” in Spanish. The other 8 languages are listed below.

In Englishmeatballs

French: boulette de viande
German: fleischklößchen, Frikadelle
Spanish: albóndiga
Italian: polpetta
Dutch: gehaktbal
Portuguese: almôndega
Swedish: köttbulle, köttbullar
Finnish: lihapulla, lihapullat
Czech: masové koule
Romanian: pârjoală
Croatian: jetrene okruglice

Which foods contain meatball?

Open Food Facts lists meatball or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 515 products, most often ready meals, pasta, rice and flour and meat. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Belgium.

Ready meals218
Pasta, rice and flour37
Meat26
Pizzas, pies and quiches8
Processed meat8
Soups8

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 255 · France 92 · Belgium 62 · Germany 51.

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

What kind of ingredient is meatball?

Meatball is a kind of meat.

Kinds of meatballBeef meatball Chicken meatball

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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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