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Wild boar on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Wild boar is a kind of game animal. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 140 products, most often in processed meat.

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Does wild boar contain an allergen?

Wild boar 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 wild boar vegan?

No. Wild boar 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 wild boar have on a label?

In English wild boar can also read “boar”. On European labels it is “sanglier” in French, “Wildschwein” in German and “cinghiale” in Italian. The other 2 languages are listed below.

In Englishboar
French
sanglier
German
Wildschwein
Italian
cinghiale
Polish
dzik, dzika
Croatian
divlji vepar

Which foods contain wild boar?

Open Food Facts lists wild boar or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 140 products, most often processed meat, meat and ready meals. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and Italy.

  • Processed meat79
  • Meat9
  • Ready meals5
  • Dressings and sauces4
  • Salty and fatty foods3
  • Poultry2

Products with it, by country of sale: France 101 · United States 9 · Italy 7 · Belgium 7.

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

What kind of ingredient is wild boar?

Wild boar is a kind of game animal.

Kinds of wild boarWild boar 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.

  1. Open Food Facts: Wild boar
  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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