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Venison on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Venison is a kind of deer. Whether it carries an allergen depends on how it was made. It is not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 212 products, most often in meat.

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Does venison contain an allergen?

It depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts does not link venison to an allergen, and Bravoora’s label checker does not read the name as one. The label must name any allergen it carries.

Is venison vegan?

No. Venison 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 venison have on a label?

In English venison can also read “deer meat”. On European labels it is “viande de cerf” in French, “Hirschfleisch” in German and “Carne de venado” in Spanish. The other 8 languages are listed below.

In Englishdeer meat
French
viande de cerf, viande de chevreuil
German
Hirschfleisch
Spanish
Carne de venado
Italian
carne di cervo
Dutch
hertevlees
Polish
mięso z jelenia, mięso z jeleniowatych
Danish
hjortekød
Finnish
hirvieläinten liha
Czech
zvěřina
Hungarian
szarvashús
Croatian
divljač

Which foods contain venison?

Open Food Facts lists venison or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 212 products, most often meat, processed meat and ready meals. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and the United Kingdom.

  • Meat66
  • Processed meat63
  • Ready meals11
  • Pasta, rice and flour2
  • Dressings and sauces2
  • Pizzas, pies and quiches1

Products with it, by country of sale: France 119 · United States 27 · United Kingdom 21 · Germany 20.

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

What kind of ingredient is venison?

In the Open Food Facts ingredient tree, venison sits under deer and meat.

Kinds of venisonReindeer meatRaw venison

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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: Venison
  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: Venison

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