Ingredient dictionary
Pork bone on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
Pork bone is a kind of pork by-product. Whether it carries an allergen depends on how it was made. It is not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 696 products, most often in processed meat.
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Does pork bone contain an allergen?
It depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts does not link pork bone 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 bone vegan?
No. Pork bone is not vegan: it comes from an animal. It is not vegetarian either.
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What other names does pork bone have on a label?
On European labels it is “os de porc” in French, “Schweineknochen” in German and “hueso de cerdo” in Spanish. The other 2 languages are listed below.
- French
- os de porc
- German
- Schweineknochen
- Spanish
- hueso de cerdo
- Italian
- osso di maiale
- Croatian
- svinjska kost
Which foods contain pork bone?
Open Food Facts lists pork bone in the ingredients of 696 products, most often processed meat, ready meals and meat. Most of them are sold in France, Belgium and the United Kingdom.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 661 · Belgium 19 · United Kingdom 15 · United States 7.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where pork bone turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is pork bone?
Pork bone is a kind of pork by-product.
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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: Pork bone
- 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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