Ingredient dictionary
Turkey on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
Turkey is a kind of poultry. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 8,228 products, most often in processed meat.
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Does turkey contain an allergen?
Turkey 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 vegan?
No. Turkey is not vegan: it comes from an animal. It is not vegetarian either.
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What other names does turkey have on a label?
On European labels it is “dinde” in French, “Truthahn” in German and “pavo” in Spanish. The other 13 languages are listed below.
- French
- dinde
- German
- Truthahn, Truthühner
- Spanish
- pavo
- Italian
- tacchino
- Dutch
- kalkoen
- Portuguese
- peru
- Polish
- indyk, indyka
- Swedish
- Kalkoner
- Danish
- kalkun
- Norwegian
- Kalkuner
- Finnish
- kalkkuna, kalkkunat
- Czech
- krocan
- Hungarian
- Pulyka
- Romanian
- curcan
- Croatian
- puran
- Turkish
- Hindi
Which foods contain turkey?
Open Food Facts lists turkey or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 8,228 products, most often processed meat, poultry and ready meals. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Germany.
Products with it, by country of sale: United States 3,273 · France 2,990 · Germany 677 · Spain 422.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where turkey turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is turkey?
Turkey is a kind of poultry.
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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.
- Open Food Facts: Turkey
- 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
- Wikipedia: Turkey (bird)
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