Ingredient dictionary
Mechanically separated meat on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
Mechanically separated meat 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 601 products, most often in processed meat.
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Does mechanically separated meat contain an allergen?
It depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts does not link mechanically separated meat 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 vegan?
No. Mechanically separated meat is not vegan: it comes from an animal. It is not vegetarian either.
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What other names does mechanically separated meat have on a label?
On European labels it is “viande séparée mécaniquement” in French, “Separatorenfleisch” in German and “carne separada mecánicamente” in Spanish. The other 11 languages are listed below.
- French
- viande séparée mécaniquement, viandes séparées mécaniquement
- German
- Separatorenfleisch, mechanisch separiertes Fleisch
- Spanish
- carne separada mecánicamente
- Italian
- carne separata meccanicamente
- Dutch
- machinaal gescheiden vlees, separatorvlees
- Portuguese
- carne separada mecanicamente
- Polish
- mięso oddzielone mechanicznie, MOM
- Swedish
- maskinurbenat kött
- Danish
- maskinsepareret kød
- Finnish
- mekaanisesti erotettu liha
- Czech
- strojně oddělené maso
- Hungarian
- gépi úton szétválasztott hús
- Romanian
- carne separată mecanic
- Croatian
- mehanički otkošeno meso
Which foods contain mechanically separated meat?
Open Food Facts lists mechanically separated meat or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 601 products, most often processed meat, ready meals and poultry. Most of them are sold in France, Spain and Belgium.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 408 · Spain 58 · Belgium 44 · Poland 38.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where mechanically separated meat turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is mechanically separated meat?
Mechanically separated meat is a kind of 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
- 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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