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Turkey meat on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Turkey meat is a kind of turkey. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 5,840 products, most often in processed meat.

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Does turkey meat contain an allergen?

Turkey meat 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 turkey meat vegan?

No. Turkey meat 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 turkey meat have on a label?

On European labels it is “viande de dinde” in French, “Trutenfleisch” in German and “carne de pavo” in Spanish. The other 10 languages are listed below.

French
viande de dinde
German
Trutenfleisch, Truthahnfleisch
Spanish
carne de pavo
Italian
carne di tacchino
Dutch
kalkoenvlees
Portuguese
carne de peru
Polish
Mięso indyka, mięso z indyka
Swedish
Kalkonkött
Danish
kalkunkød
Finnish
kalkkunanliha
Romanian
carne de curcan
Croatian
pureće meso
Turkish
hindi eti

Which foods contain turkey meat?

Open Food Facts lists turkey meat or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 5,840 products, most often processed meat, poultry and ready meals. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and Germany.

  • Processed meat1,745
  • Poultry1,436
  • Ready meals453
  • Sandwiches298
  • Meat134
  • Baby foods49

Products with it, by country of sale: France 2,480 · United States 1,799 · Germany 507 · Spain 391.

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

What kind of ingredient is turkey meat?

Turkey meat is a kind of turkey.

Kinds of turkey meatTurkey breastTurkey thighMechanically separated meat of turkeyTurkey thigh meat

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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: Turkey meat
  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: Turkey as food

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