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Ingredient dictionary

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

Pork fat is a kind of animal fat. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 7,068 products, most often in processed meat. Per 100 g: about 810 kcal and 2.9 g protein.

By Bravoora teamUpdated 13 October 2026Sources checked 13 October 20264 sourcesHow we check

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Does pork fat contain an allergen?

Pork fat is not one of the allergens that food labels must declare in the US, the UK, Europe or the Gulf. Open Food Facts does not link it to an allergen, and Bravoora’s label checker does not read the name as one.

Is pork fat vegan?

No. Pork fat 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 fat have on a label?

On European labels it is “gras de porc” in French, “schweinefett” in German and “grasa de cerdo” in Spanish. The other 10 languages are listed below.

French: gras de porc
German: schweinefett
Spanish: grasa de cerdo, grasa animal de cerdo
Italian: grasso di maiale, grasso di suino
Dutch: varkensvet
Portuguese: gordura de porco, gorduras de porco
Polish: tłuszcz wieprzowy, tłuszcze wieprzowe
Swedish: grisfett, fett från gris
Danish: svinefedt
Czech: vepřový tuk
Hungarian: slanina, sertészsír
Croatian: svinjska mast, svinjsko masno tkivo
Turkish: domuz yağı

Which foods contain pork fat?

Open Food Facts lists pork fat or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 7,068 products, most often processed meat, ready meals and pizzas, pies and quiches. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and the United Kingdom.

Processed meat2,457
Ready meals977
Pizzas, pies and quiches378
Salty and fatty foods285
Offal230
Meat181

Products with it, by country of sale: France 4,290 · United States 796 · United Kingdom 486 · Spain 388.

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

How many calories are in pork fat?

Pork fat has about 810 kcal per 100 g, with 2.9 g protein, 0 g carbohydrate and 89 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Pork fat, raw” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

810kcal per 100 g

2.9g protein

0g carbohydrate

89g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 0 g, saturated fat 32 g, fibre 0 g, salt 0.03 g, energy 3,330 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 16530. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is pork fat?

Pork fat is a kind of animal fat.

Kinds of pork fatLard

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