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Mechanically separated meat of chicken on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
Mechanically separated meat of chicken is a kind of chicken meat. Whether it carries an allergen depends on how it was made. It is not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 259 products, most often in processed meat.
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Does mechanically separated meat of chicken contain an allergen?
It depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts does not link mechanically separated meat of chicken to an allergen, and Bravoora’s label checker does not read the name as one. The label must name any allergen it carries.
Is mechanically separated meat of chicken vegan?
No. Mechanically separated meat of chicken is not vegan: it comes from an animal. It is not vegetarian either.
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What other names does mechanically separated meat of chicken have on a label?
On European labels it is “viande de poulet séparée mécaniquement” in French, “carne de pollo separada mecanimente” in Spanish and “carne di pollo separata meccanicamente” in Italian. The other 2 languages are listed below.
- French
- viande de poulet séparée mécaniquement, viande séparée mécaniquement de poulet
- Spanish
- carne de pollo separada mecanimente, carne separada mecanicamente de pollo
- Italian
- carne di pollo separata meccanicamente
- Polish
- mięso mechanicznie oddzielone z kurczaka, mięso oddzielone mechanicznie z kurczaka
- Croatian
- mehanički otkošeno pileće meso
Which foods contain mechanically separated meat of chicken?
Open Food Facts lists mechanically separated meat of chicken in the ingredients of 259 products, most often processed meat, poultry and ready meals. Most of them are sold in France, Spain and Belgium.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 130 · Spain 51 · Belgium 36 · Poland 32.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where mechanically separated meat of chicken turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is mechanically separated meat of chicken?
In the Open Food Facts ingredient tree, mechanically separated meat of chicken sits under chicken meat and mechanically separated meat.
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- Open Food Facts: Mechanically separated meat of chicken
- Open Food Facts: ingredients taxonomy (names, family tree, allergen and vegan flags), ODbL
- Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
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