Ingredient dictionary

Trout on a food label: it contains fish

Trout is a kind of fish. It contains fish, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 645 products, most often in oily fish. Per 100 g: about 111 kcal and 20 g protein.

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Does trout contain an allergen?

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

AllergenUSUK and EuropeGulf
FishRequiredRequiredRequired

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Is trout vegan?

No. Trout 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 trout have on a label?

On European labels it is “truite” in French, “Forellen” in German and “Trucha” in Spanish. The other 11 languages are listed below.

French
truite
German
Forellen, Forelle
Spanish
Trucha, trucha de cria
Italian
trota
Dutch
forel
Portuguese
truta
Polish
Pstrąg
Swedish
Öring
Finnish
taimen
Czech
pstruh
Hungarian
Pisztráng
Romanian
Păstrăv
Croatian
pastrve
Turkish
Alabalık

Which foods contain trout?

Open Food Facts lists trout or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 645 products, most often oily fish, fish and seafood and ready meals. Most of them are sold in France, Germany and the United States.

  • Oily fish409
  • Fish and seafood83
  • Ready meals18
  • Meat, fish and eggs15
  • Savoury snacks7
  • Dressings and sauces3

Products with it, by country of sale: France 482 · Germany 42 · United States 28 · Belgium 23.

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

How many calories are in trout?

Trout has about 111 kcal per 100 g, with 20 g protein, 0 g carbohydrate and 3.6 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Sea trout, raw” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

111kcal per 100 g
20g protein
0g carbohydrate
3.6g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 0 g, saturated fat 0.6 g, fibre 0 g, salt 0.14 g, energy 467 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 26092. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is trout?

In the Open Food Facts ingredient tree, trout sits under fish and oily fish.

Kinds of troutRainbow troutSea troutFarmed trout

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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: Trout
  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. ANSES: CIQUAL French food composition table (CALNUT 2020 edition), Licence Ouverte 2.0
  5. European Union: Regulation 1169/2011 on food information to consumers, Annex II
  6. UK Food Standards Agency: Allergen guidance for food businesses (the 14 allergens)
  7. US FDA: Questions and Answers Regarding Food Allergen Labeling, Edition 5 (January 2025)
  8. Wikipedia: Trout

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