Ingredient dictionary
Pigs blood on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
Pigs blood is a kind of animal protein. Whether it carries an allergen depends on how it was made. It is not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 99 products, most often in processed meat.
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Does pigs blood contain an allergen?
It depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts does not link pigs blood to an allergen, and Bravoora’s label checker does not read the name as one. The label must name any allergen it carries.
Is pigs blood vegan?
No. Pigs blood is not vegan: it comes from an animal. It is not vegetarian either.
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What other names does pigs blood have on a label?
On European labels it is “sang de porc” in French, “Schweineblut” in German and “sangre de cerdo” in Spanish. The other 4 languages are listed below.
- French
- sang de porc
- German
- Schweineblut
- Spanish
- sangre de cerdo
- Italian
- sangue di maiale
- Swedish
- svin blod, blod av svin
- Finnish
- sian veri
- Croatian
- svinjska krv
Which foods contain pigs blood?
Open Food Facts lists pigs blood in the ingredients of 99 products, most often processed meat, offal and ready meals. Most of them are sold in Germany, Spain and France.
Products with it, by country of sale: Germany 50 · Spain 40 · France 5 · United Kingdom 3.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where pigs blood turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is pigs blood?
In the Open Food Facts ingredient tree, pigs blood sits under animal protein and pork.
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- Open Food Facts: Pigs blood
- 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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