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Ingredient dictionary

Poultry on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Poultry is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 41,986 products, most often in ready meals.

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

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Does poultry contain an allergen?

Poultry 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 poultry vegan?

No. Poultry 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 poultry have on a label?

On European labels it is “volaille” in French, “Geflügel” in German and “ave de corral” in Spanish. The other 13 languages are listed below.

French: volaille
German: Geflügel
Spanish: ave de corral
Italian: pollame
Dutch: pluimvee
Portuguese: ave de capoeira
Polish: drób, drobiowy
Swedish: fjäderfä
Danish: Fjerkræ
Norwegian: fjærkre
Finnish: siipikarja
Czech: domácí drůbež
Hungarian: Baromfi
Romanian: păsări de casă
Croatian: perad
Turkish: kümes hayvanları

Which foods contain poultry?

Open Food Facts lists poultry or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 41,986 products, most often ready meals, poultry and processed meat. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and Germany.

Ready meals8,199
Poultry7,829
Processed meat5,314
Salty and fatty foods2,081
Sandwiches1,355
Meat960

Products with it, by country of sale: France 16,214 · United States 14,004 · Germany 2,935 · United Kingdom 2,690.

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

What kind of ingredient is poultry?

Kinds of poultryChicken Turkey Poultry broth Duck Poultry meat Poultry skin Poultry liver GoosePoultry extractEmuQuailOstrichPoultry proteinPheasantGuinea hen

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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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