Ingredient dictionary
Skipjack tuna on a food label: it contains fish
Skipjack tuna is a kind of tuna. It contains fish, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 1,682 products, most often in oily fish.
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Does skipjack tuna contain an allergen?
Yes. Skipjack tuna contains fish: labels in the US, the UK, Europe and the Gulf must declare it.
| Allergen | US | UK and Europe | Gulf |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fish | Required | Required | Required |
Is skipjack tuna vegan?
No. Skipjack tuna is not vegan: it comes from an animal. It is not vegetarian either.
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What other names does skipjack tuna have on a label?
In English skipjack tuna can also read “skip jack tuna”. On European labels it is “thon listao” in French, “Echter Bonito” in German and “Bonito de altura” in Spanish. The other 12 languages are listed below.
- French
- thon listao, bonite à ventre rayé
- German
- Echter Bonito
- Spanish
- Bonito de altura, listado
- Italian
- Tonnetto striato
- Dutch
- gestreepte tonijn
- Portuguese
- bonito
- Polish
- Bonito
- Swedish
- Skipjack-tonfisk, Bonit
- Norwegian
- Bukstripet bonitt
- Finnish
- Boniitti
- Czech
- tuňák pruhovaný
- Hungarian
- Csíkoshasú tonhal
- Romanian
- ton dungat
- Croatian
- prugasta tuna, katsuwonus pelamis
- Turkish
- Yazılı orkinos
Which foods contain skipjack tuna?
Open Food Facts lists skipjack tuna or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 1,682 products, most often oily fish, ready meals and fish and seafood. Most of them are sold in France, Germany and the United States.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 848 · Germany 159 · United States 125 · United Kingdom 113.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where skipjack tuna turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is skipjack tuna?
Skipjack tuna is a kind of tuna.
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- Open Food Facts: Skipjack tuna
- Open Food Facts: ingredients taxonomy (names, family tree, allergen and vegan flags), ODbL
- Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
- European Union: Regulation 1169/2011 on food information to consumers, Annex II
- UK Food Standards Agency: Allergen guidance for food businesses (the 14 allergens)
- US FDA: Questions and Answers Regarding Food Allergen Labeling, Edition 5 (January 2025)
- Wikipedia: Skipjack tuna
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