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Mechanically separated meat of pork on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
Mechanically separated meat of pork is a kind of mechanically separated meat. Whether it carries an allergen depends on how it was made. It is not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 79 products, most often in processed meat.
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Does mechanically separated meat of pork contain an allergen?
It depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts does not link mechanically separated meat of pork 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 pork vegan?
No. Mechanically separated meat of pork 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 pork have on a label?
On European labels it is “viande de porc séparée mécaniquement” in French, “mechanisch separiertes Schweinefleisch” in German and “carne de cerdo separada mecánicamente” in Spanish. The other 4 languages are listed below.
- French
- viande de porc séparée mécaniquement, viande séparée mécaniquement de porc
- German
- mechanisch separiertes Schweinefleisch
- Spanish
- carne de cerdo separada mecánicamente
- Italian
- carne di maiale separata meccanicamente
- Dutch
- mechanisch gescheiden varkensvlees
- Polish
- mięso oddzielone mechanicznie wieprzowe, wieprzowina oddzialona mechanicznie
- Croatian
- strojno otkošteno svinjsko meso, mehanički odvojena svinjetina
Which foods contain mechanically separated meat of pork?
Open Food Facts lists mechanically separated meat of pork in the ingredients of 79 products, most often processed meat, ready meals and meat. Most of them are sold in France, Belgium and Spain.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 59 · Belgium 10 · Spain 5 · United States 4.
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 pork turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is mechanically separated meat of pork?
In the Open Food Facts ingredient tree, mechanically separated meat of pork sits under mechanically separated meat and pork 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.
- Open Food Facts: Mechanically separated meat of pork
- 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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