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Quail eggs on a food label: they contain egg

Quail eggs are a kind of egg. They contain egg, so the allergen labelling rules apply. They are vegetarian but not vegan. Open Food Facts finds them in 59 products, most often in eggs.

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Do quail eggs contain an allergen?

Yes. Quail eggs contain egg: labels in the US, the UK, Europe and the Gulf must declare them.

AllergenUSUK and EuropeGulf
EggsRequiredRequiredRequired

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Are quail eggs vegan?

No. Quail eggs are not vegan: they are made from egg. They are vegetarian.

VeganNot for youNot vegan: they are made from egg.
VegetarianFits youNot meat or fish.
Egg allergyNot for youThey contain egg.

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What other names do quail eggs have on a label?

In English quail eggs can also read “Quail egg”. On European labels they are “œufs de caille” in French, “Wachteleier” in German and “uova di quaglia” in Italian. The other 3 languages are listed below.

In EnglishQuail egg
French
œufs de caille, oeufs de cailles
German
Wachteleier, Wachtelei
Italian
uova di quaglia
Dutch
kwartelei, kwarteleieren
Finnish
viiriäisenmuna
Croatian
prepeličja jaja

Which foods contain quail eggs?

Open Food Facts lists quail eggs in the ingredients of 59 products, most often eggs. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and Belgium.

  • Eggs52

Products with it, by country of sale: France 37 · United States 9 · Belgium 3 · Canada 2.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where quail eggs turn up, not how much of the market they are.

What kind of ingredient are quail eggs?

Quail eggs are a kind of egg.

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Sources

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.

  1. Open Food Facts: Quail eggs
  2. Open Food Facts: ingredients taxonomy (names, family tree, allergen and vegan flags), ODbL
  3. Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
  4. European Union: Regulation 1169/2011 on food information to consumers, Annex II
  5. UK Food Standards Agency: Allergen guidance for food businesses (the 14 allergens)
  6. US FDA: Questions and Answers Regarding Food Allergen Labeling, Edition 5 (January 2025)
  7. Wikipedia: Quail eggs

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