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Fermented milk drink: allergens and what’s inside

Of 1,265 packs of fermented milk drink whose ingredients Open Food Facts reads in full, 97% list milk and 2% list gluten. Most list milk, lactic ferments and sugar.

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for a milk allergy profile, on 97% of these packs

Which allergens are in fermented milk drink?

Of 1,265 packs of fermented milk drink whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, 97% list milk and 2% list gluten. Another 2% carry a “may contain” line for gluten and 1% for tree nuts. Recipes differ from pack to pack, so the label in your hand is the one that counts.

Milk allergyNot for you97% list milk.
Coeliac or gluten-freeHeads up2% list gluten; 2% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Tree nut allergyHeads up1% carry a “may contain” line for tree nuts.

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 fermented milk drink usually made of?

The ingredients most packs of fermented milk drink list, with the share of packs that list each: milk (75%), lactic ferments (63%), sugar (58%) and skimmed milk (22%).

Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: France 1,451 · Spain 675 · Germany 374 · Portugal 314.

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 fermented milk drink.

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 fermented milk drink?

In the Open Food Facts categories, fermented milk drink is a kind of dairy drink.

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What else is fermented milk drink called?

French
Boissons lactées fermentées
German
Fermentierte Milchgetränke
Spanish
Bebidas de leche fermentada
Italian
Bevande al latte fermentate
Dutch
Gefermenteerde zuiveldranken
Portuguese
Bebidas lácteas fermentadas

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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: Fermented milk drink

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