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Milk jam: allergens and what’s inside

Of 99 packs of milk jam whose ingredients Open Food Facts reads in full, 99% list milk and 9% list tree nuts. Another 6% carry a “may contain” line for tree nuts. Most list sugar and milk.

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

Which allergens are in milk jam?

Of 99 packs of milk jam whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, 99% list milk, 9% list tree nuts, 3% list egg and 3% list soy. Another 6% carry a “may contain” line for tree nuts, 2% for soy and 1% for egg. Recipes differ from pack to pack, so the label in your hand is the one that counts.

Milk allergyNot for you99% list milk.
Tree nut allergyHeads up9% list tree nuts; 6% more carry a “may contain” line for them.
Egg allergyHeads up3% list egg; 1% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Soy allergyHeads up3% list soy; 2% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Sulphite sensitivityHeads up3% list sulphites; 1% more carry a “may contain” line for them.
Coeliac or gluten-freeHeads up1% carry a “may contain” line for 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 milk jam usually made of?

The ingredients most packs of milk jam list, with the share of packs that list each: sugar (98%), milk (91%), whole milk (44%) and skimmed milk powder (28%).

Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: France 274 · Spain 132 · Argentina 65 · Brazil 35.

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 milk jam.

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 milk jam?

In the Open Food Facts categories, milk jam is a kind of sweet spread.

What else is milk jam called?

In EnglishDulce de leche
French
Confitures de lait, Confiture de lait
German
Dulce de leche
Spanish
Dulce de leche
Italian
Marmellate di latte
Dutch
Dulce de leche
Portuguese
Doces de leite

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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: Milk jam

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