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Roast chicken on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Roast chicken is a kind of chicken meat. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 153 products, most often in ready meals.

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Does roast chicken contain an allergen?

Roast chicken 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 roast chicken vegan?

No. Roast chicken 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 roast chicken have on a label?

On European labels it is “poulet rôti” in French, “Brathähnchen” in German and “pollo arrosto” in Italian. The other 2 languages are listed below.

French
poulet rôti
German
Brathähnchen
Italian
pollo arrosto
Polish
kurczak pieczony
Croatian
pečeno pile

Which foods contain roast chicken?

Open Food Facts lists roast chicken in the ingredients of 153 products, most often ready meals, sandwiches and poultry. Most of them are sold in France, the United Kingdom and the United States.

  • Ready meals64
  • Sandwiches28
  • Poultry9
  • Pizzas, pies and quiches9
  • Savoury snacks3
  • Vegetables1

Products with it, by country of sale: France 99 · United Kingdom 27 · United States 13 · Italy 6.

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

What kind of ingredient is roast chicken?

Roast chicken is a kind of chicken 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: Roast chicken
  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

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