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Ingredient dictionary

Prepared meat on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Prepared meat is a kind of meat. Whether it carries an allergen depends on how it was made. It is not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 221 products, most often in ready meals. Per 100 g: about 238 kcal and 20 g protein.

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

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Does prepared meat contain an allergen?

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

Is prepared meat vegan?

No. Prepared meat 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.

A pack can differ from the usual recipe: the app reads the label in your hand.

What other names does prepared meat have on a label?

In English prepared meat can also read “processed meat” or “cured meat”. On European labels it is “charcuterie” in French, “carne preparata” in Italian and “pripremljeno meso” in Croatian.

In Englishprocessed meatcured meat

French: charcuterie
Italian: carne preparata
Croatian: pripremljeno meso

Which foods contain prepared meat?

Open Food Facts lists prepared meat or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 221 products, most often ready meals, pasta, rice and flour and processed meat. Most of them are sold in France, Italy and Germany.

Ready meals111
Pasta, rice and flour59
Processed meat12
Alcoholic drinks4
Meat4
Vegetables3

Products with it, by country of sale: France 125 · Italy 64 · Germany 20 · Belgium 7.

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

How many calories are in prepared meat?

Prepared meat has about 238 kcal per 100 g, with 20 g protein, 1.5 g carbohydrate and 17 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Cured meat and sausages -average-” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

238kcal per 100 g

20g protein

1.5g carbohydrate

17g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 0.9 g, saturated fat 6.6 g, fibre 0.3 g, salt 2.47 g, energy 991 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 30900. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is prepared meat?

Prepared meat is a kind of meat.

Kinds of prepared meatMortadella Frankfurter sausages

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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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