Build my profileBuild my profile

Ingredient dictionary

Butter biscuit on a food label: it contains milk

Butter biscuit is a kind of biscuit. It contains milk, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 24 products, most often in biscuits and cakes.

By Bravoora teamUpdated Sources checked 6 sourcesHow we check

Not for you

for a milk allergy profile

Butter biscuit=milk

Does butter biscuit contain an allergen?

Yes. Butter biscuit contains milk: labels in the US, the UK, Europe and the Gulf must declare it. It is made to a recipe, so any other allergen in it must be named on the label too.

AllergenUSUK and EuropeGulf
MilkRequiredRequiredLactose includedRequiredLactose included

Read the milk guide

Is butter biscuit vegan?

No. Butter biscuit is not vegan: it is made from milk.

VeganNot for youNot vegan: it is made from milk.
Milk allergyNot for youIt contains milk.

A pack can differ from the usual recipe: the app reads the label in your hand.

What other names does butter biscuit have on a label?

On European labels it is “Biscuits au beurre” in French, “biscotto al burro” in Italian and “boterkoekje” in Dutch. The other 2 languages are listed below.

French
Biscuits au beurre
Italian
biscotto al burro
Dutch
boterkoekje
Portuguese
biscoitos de manteiga
Croatian
biskvit s maslacem

Which foods contain butter biscuit?

Open Food Facts lists butter biscuit in the ingredients of 24 products, most often biscuits and cakes, chocolate and milk and yoghurt. Most of them are sold in France, Italy and Spain.

  • Biscuits and cakes8
  • Chocolate6
  • Milk and yoghurt1
  • Sweets1

Products with it, by country of sale: France 11 · Italy 4 · Spain 3 · Australia 2.

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

What kind of ingredient is butter biscuit?

Butter biscuit is a kind of biscuit.

Bravoora reads this ingredient for everyone you shop for: an allergy or intolerance, a vegan or vegetarian diet, a calorie or protein goal, and the labels on supplements and skincare too. Build a profile · For dietitians, doctors and trainers

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: Butter biscuit
  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)

Contains information from Open Food Facts, which is made available here under the Open Database License (ODbL). Read the licence · Download this dictionary’s data · How we check

Create a website profile with the things you avoid and the people you check for.

Build my profile

Save and edit your profile on this website. App transfer is not available yet.