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Ingredient dictionary

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

Pork knuckle 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 145 products, most often in ready meals. Per 100 g: about 187 kcal and 20 g protein.

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

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Does pork knuckle contain an allergen?

It depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts does not link pork knuckle 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 knuckle vegan?

No. Pork knuckle 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 knuckle have on a label?

In English pork knuckle can also read “Pork shank”. On European labels it is “jarret de porc” in French, “stinco di maiale” in Italian and “golonka wieprzowa” in Polish. One more language is listed below.

In EnglishPork shank

French: jarret de porc, jarrets de porc
Italian: stinco di maiale
Polish: golonka wieprzowa
Croatian: svinjska koljenica

Which foods contain pork knuckle?

Open Food Facts lists pork knuckle in the ingredients of 145 products, most often ready meals, processed meat and meat. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and Poland.

Ready meals53
Processed meat51
Meat21
Offal1

Products with it, by country of sale: France 141 · United States 3 · Poland 3 · Italy 3.

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

How many calories are in pork knuckle?

Pork knuckle has about 187 kcal per 100 g, with 20 g protein, 0 g carbohydrate and 12 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Pork, knuckle or shank, raw” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

187kcal per 100 g

20g protein

0g carbohydrate

12g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 0 g, saturated fat 3.9 g, fibre 0 g, salt 0.21 g, energy 780 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 28004. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is pork knuckle?

Pork knuckle is a kind of pork meat.

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