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Sheeps fat on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Sheeps fat is a kind of animal fat. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 161 products, most often in ready meals.

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Does sheeps fat contain an allergen?

Sheeps fat 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 sheeps fat vegan?

No. Sheeps fat 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 sheeps fat have on a label?

On European labels it is “gras de mouton” in French, “Schafsfett” in German and “grasso di pecora” in Italian. The other 4 languages are listed below.

French
gras de mouton, gras d'ovin
German
Schafsfett
Italian
grasso di pecora
Dutch
schaapsvet
Finnish
lampaanrasva
Hungarian
juhzsír, birkazsír
Croatian
ovčja mast

Which foods contain sheeps fat?

Open Food Facts lists sheeps fat in the ingredients of 161 products, most often ready meals, processed meat and meat. Most of them are sold in France, Belgium and the United Kingdom.

  • Ready meals76
  • Processed meat56
  • Meat5
  • Pizzas, pies and quiches2
  • Sandwiches1
  • Pasta, rice and flour1

Products with it, by country of sale: France 158 · Belgium 3 · United Kingdom 1 · Germany 1.

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

What kind of ingredient is sheeps fat?

Sheeps fat is a kind of animal fat.

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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.

  1. Open Food Facts: Sheeps fat
  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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