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

Turkey skin is a kind of poultry skin. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 159 products, most often in poultry.

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Does turkey skin contain an allergen?

Turkey skin 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 skin vegan?

No. Turkey skin 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 skin have on a label?

On European labels it is “peau de dinde” in French, “Truthahn-Haut” in German and “pelle di tacchino” in Italian. The other 4 languages are listed below.

French
peau de dinde
German
Truthahn-Haut
Italian
pelle di tacchino
Dutch
kalkoenvel
Polish
skórki z indyka, skórki indycze
Finnish
kalkkunan nahka
Croatian
pureća koža

Which foods contain turkey skin?

Open Food Facts lists turkey skin in the ingredients of 159 products, most often poultry, processed meat and ready meals. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and Poland.

  • Poultry51
  • Processed meat27
  • Ready meals24
  • Sandwiches4
  • Meat2
  • Pasta, rice and flour2

Products with it, by country of sale: France 134 · United States 14 · Poland 5 · Canada 3.

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

What kind of ingredient is turkey skin?

In the Open Food Facts ingredient tree, turkey skin sits under poultry skin and turkey.

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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 skin
  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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