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Buffalo milk on a food label: it contains milk

Buffalo milk is a kind of milk. It contains milk, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is vegetarian but not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 453 products, most often in cheese.

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Buffalo milk=milk

Does buffalo milk contain an allergen?

Yes. Buffalo milk contains milk: labels in the US, the UK, Europe and the Gulf must declare it.

AllergenUSUK and EuropeGulf
MilkRequiredRequiredLactose includedRequiredLactose included

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Is buffalo milk vegan?

No. Buffalo milk is not vegan: it is made from milk. It is vegetarian.

VeganNot for youNot vegan: it is made from milk.
VegetarianFits youNot meat or fish.
Milk allergyNot for youIt contains milk.

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What other names does buffalo milk have on a label?

In English buffalo milk can also read “buffalo's milk”. On European labels it is “lait de buffle” in French, “Büffelmilch” in German and “leche de búfala” in Spanish. The other 5 languages are listed below.

In Englishbuffalo's milk
French
lait de buffle, lait de bufflonne
German
Büffelmilch
Spanish
leche de búfala
Italian
Latte bufalino, latte di bufala
Dutch
buffelmelk
Finnish
puhvelinmaito
Hungarian
bivalytej
Croatian
bivolje mlijeko

Which foods contain buffalo milk?

Open Food Facts lists buffalo milk in the ingredients of 453 products, most often cheese, pizzas, pies and quiches and milk and yoghurt. Most of them are sold in France, Italy and Germany.

  • Cheese359
  • Pizzas, pies and quiches20
  • Milk and yoghurt15
  • Pasta, rice and flour6
  • Dairy desserts6
  • Ice cream4

Products with it, by country of sale: France 238 · Italy 120 · Germany 44 · United States 26.

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

What kind of ingredient is buffalo milk?

Buffalo milk is a kind of milk.

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Sources

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: Buffalo milk
  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
  4. European Union: Regulation 1169/2011 on food information to consumers, Annex II
  5. UK Food Standards Agency: Allergen guidance for food businesses (the 14 allergens)
  6. US FDA: Questions and Answers Regarding Food Allergen Labeling, Edition 5 (January 2025)

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