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Camembert: allergens and what’s inside

Of 497 packs of Camembert whose ingredients Open Food Facts reads in full, 99% list milk and 2% list gluten. Most list milk, salt and ferment.

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for a milk allergy profile, on 99% of these packs

Which allergens are in Camembert?

Of 497 packs of Camembert whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, 99% list milk and 2% list gluten. Recipes differ from pack to pack, so the label in your hand is the one that counts.

Milk allergyNot for you99% list milk.
Coeliac or gluten-freeHeads up2% list gluten.

Not for you when most of these packs list the allergen, Heads up when fewer do or only a “may contain” line names it. In the app, a profile gets Not for you on a pack that lists the allergen and Heads up on one whose “may contain” line names it: it reads the pack in your hand, not these counts.

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What is Camembert usually made of?

The ingredients most packs of Camembert list, with the share of packs that list each: milk (91%), salt (84%), ferment (79%) and cow's milk (62%).

Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: France 854 · Germany 197 · Algeria 45 · Switzerland 34.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows what these packs list, not every recipe for Camembert.

Calories and nutrients

Not shown here. Open Food Facts records calories and nutrients per 100 g or per 100 ml without saying which, so a figure for all these packs together could mislead. The pack you buy prints its own, and that is the figure to log.

What kind of food is Camembert?

In the Open Food Facts categories, Camembert is a kind of cow cheese.

Kinds of CamembertCow camembert

What else is Camembert called?

French
Camemberts
German
Camembert
Spanish
Camemberts
Italian
Camembert
Dutch
Camemberts

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Sources

Every share is counted over the packs whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full. A pack lists an allergen when Open Food Facts’ allergen field names it, or when one of its ingredients stands for it by the same two-of-three checks as the ingredient dictionary (tahini is sesame, a cheese is milk). A “may contain” line counts only for an allergen the pack does not list.

  1. Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
  2. Open Food Facts: categories and ingredients taxonomies (names, kinds, allergens), ODbL
  3. Open Food Facts: Camembert

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