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

Quail is a kind of poultry. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 34 products, most often in poultry.

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Does quail contain an allergen?

Quail 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 quail vegan?

No. Quail 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 quail have on a label?

On European labels it is “caille” in French, “Wachtel” in German and “quaglia” in Italian. The other 3 languages are listed below.

French
caille, cailles
German
Wachtel
Italian
quaglia
Dutch
kwartel, kwartels
Polish
przepiórka, przepiórki
Croatian
prepelica

Which foods contain quail?

Open Food Facts lists quail or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 34 products, most often poultry, processed meat and cheese. Most of them are sold in France, Belgium and the United States.

  • Poultry13
  • Processed meat8
  • Cheese4
  • Pasta, rice and flour1
  • Dressings and sauces1

Products with it, by country of sale: France 27 · Belgium 4 · United States 1 · Poland 1.

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

What kind of ingredient is quail?

Quail is a kind of poultry.

Kinds of quailRaw quail meat and skinRaw quail meat

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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
  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. Wikipedia: Quail

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