Ingredient dictionary
White chicken meat on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
White chicken meat is a kind of chicken meat. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 590 products, most often in ready meals.
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Does white chicken meat contain an allergen?
White chicken 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 white chicken meat vegan?
No. White chicken meat is not vegan: it comes from an animal. It is not vegetarian either.
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What other names does white chicken meat have on a label?
On European labels it is “viande blanche de poulet” in French, “carne di pollo bianca” in Italian and “bijelo pileće meso” in Croatian.
- French
- viande blanche de poulet
- Italian
- carne di pollo bianca
- Croatian
- bijelo pileće meso
Which foods contain white chicken meat?
Open Food Facts lists white chicken meat in the ingredients of 590 products, most often ready meals, meat and pizzas, pies and quiches. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Canada.
Products with it, by country of sale: United States 568 · France 12 · Canada 10 · Germany 2.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where white chicken meat turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is white chicken meat?
White chicken meat is a kind of chicken 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.
- Open Food Facts: White chicken meat
- 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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