Ingredient dictionary

Rockfish on a food label: it contains fish

Rockfish is a kind of fish. It contains fish, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 88 products, most often in ready meals.

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Does rockfish contain an allergen?

Yes. Rockfish contains fish: labels in the US, the UK, Europe and the Gulf must declare it.

AllergenUSUK and EuropeGulf
FishRequiredRequiredRequired

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Is rockfish vegan?

No. Rockfish 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 fish or shellfish.
Fish allergyNot for youIt contains fish.

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What other names does rockfish have on a label?

On European labels it is “poissons de roche” in French, “Rotbarsch” in German and “pesce di scoglio” in Italian. The other 2 languages are listed below.

French
poissons de roche
German
Rotbarsch
Italian
pesce di scoglio, scorfano
Danish
rødfisk
Croatian
kamenjar

Which foods contain rockfish?

Open Food Facts lists rockfish or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 88 products, most often ready meals, fish and seafood and white fish. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and Spain.

  • Ready meals71
  • Fish and seafood4
  • White fish1

Products with it, by country of sale: France 81 · United States 4 · Spain 2 · Germany 1.

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

What kind of ingredient is rockfish?

Rockfish is a kind of fish.

Kinds of rockfishEuropean congerGurnardSpiny scorpionfish

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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: Rockfish
  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: Rockfish

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