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

Suet 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 52 products, most often in ready meals.

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Does suet contain an allergen?

Suet 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 suet vegan?

No. Suet 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 suet have on a label?

On European labels it is “Nierenfett” in German, “grasso di rognone” in Italian and “loj” in Croatian.

German
Nierenfett
Italian
grasso di rognone
Croatian
loj

Which foods contain suet?

Open Food Facts lists suet or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 52 products, most often ready meals, offal and pizzas, pies and quiches. Most of them are sold in the United States, the United Kingdom and Croatia.

  • Ready meals5
  • Offal3
  • Pizzas, pies and quiches2
  • Dressings and sauces2
  • Biscuits and cakes1
  • Pasta, rice and flour1

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 31 · United Kingdom 13 · Croatia 3 · Germany 3.

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

What kind of ingredient is suet?

Suet is a kind of animal fat.

Kinds of suetBeef suet

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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: Suet
  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: Suet

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