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Ingredient dictionary

Pork belly on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Pork belly is a kind of pork meat. Whether it carries an allergen depends on how it was made. It is not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 594 products, most often in ready meals. Per 100 g: about 253 kcal and 17 g protein.

By Bravoora teamUpdated 13 October 2026Sources checked 13 October 20265 sourcesHow we check

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Does pork belly contain an allergen?

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

Is pork belly vegan?

No. Pork belly 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.

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What other names does pork belly have on a label?

In English pork belly can also read “pork bellies”. On European labels it is “ventre de porc” in French, “Schweinebauch” in German and “panza de cerdo” in Spanish. The other 7 languages are listed below.

In Englishpork bellies

French: ventre de porc
German: Schweinebauch
Spanish: panza de cerdo
Italian: pancetta di maiale
Dutch: varkensbuik, buikspek
Swedish: sidfläsk
Danish: Slag
Finnish: porsaankylki
Hungarian: császárszalonna
Croatian: svinjska potrbušina

Which foods contain pork belly?

Open Food Facts lists pork belly or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 594 products, most often ready meals, meat and processed meat. Most of them are sold in the United Kingdom, Germany and France.

Ready meals124
Meat102
Processed meat60
Sandwiches49
Pizzas, pies and quiches36
Pasta, rice and flour16

Products with it, by country of sale: United Kingdom 176 · Germany 163 · France 142 · United States 67.

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

How many calories are in pork belly?

Pork belly has about 253 kcal per 100 g, with 17 g protein, 0 g carbohydrate and 21 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Pork, belly, raw” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

253kcal per 100 g

17g protein

0g carbohydrate

21g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 0 g, saturated fat 7.9 g, fibre 0 g, salt 0.14 g, energy 1,050 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 28002. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is pork belly?

Pork belly is a kind of pork meat.

Kinds of pork bellySmoked pork bellyBritish pork belly

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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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