Ingredient dictionary
Veal on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
Veal is a kind of beef. Whether it carries an allergen depends on how it was made. It is not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 1,421 products, most often in ready meals.
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Does veal contain an allergen?
It depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts does not link veal to an allergen, and Bravoora’s label checker does not read the name as one. The label must name any allergen it carries.
Is veal vegan?
No. Veal is not vegan: it comes from an animal. It is not vegetarian either.
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What other names does veal have on a label?
On European labels it is “veau” in French, “Kalb” in German and “ternera” in Spanish. The other 5 languages are listed below.
- French
- veau
- German
- Kalb
- Spanish
- ternera
- Italian
- vitello
- Dutch
- kalf
- Finnish
- vasikka
- Hungarian
- borjú
- Croatian
- teletina
Which foods contain veal?
Open Food Facts lists veal or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 1,421 products, most often ready meals, meat and processed meat. Most of them are sold in France, Belgium and Germany.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 936 · Belgium 105 · Germany 99 · Switzerland 98.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where veal turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is veal?
Veal is a kind of beef.
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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: Veal
- 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
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