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Ingredient dictionary

Butter on a food label: it contains milk

Butter is a kind of dairy. It contains milk, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is vegetarian but not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 56,364 products, most often in biscuits and cakes. Per 100 g: about 753 kcal and 0.7 g protein.

By Bravoora teamUpdated 13 October 2026Sources checked 13 October 20268 sourcesHow we check

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Butter=milk

Does butter contain an allergen?

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

Allergen	US	UK and Europe	Gulf
Milk	Required	RequiredLactose included	RequiredLactose included

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Is butter vegan?

No. Butter 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 butter have on a label?

On European labels it is “beurre” in French, “Butterfett” in German and “mantequilla” in Spanish. The other 13 languages are listed below.

French: beurre
German: Butterfett
Spanish: mantequilla, grasa láctica
Italian: burro
Dutch: boter, roomboter
Portuguese: manteiga
Polish: masło, masła
Swedish: smör
Danish: smør
Norwegian: smør
Finnish: voi, voita
Czech: máslo
Hungarian: vaj
Romanian: unt
Croatian: maslac
Turkish: tereyağı

Which foods contain butter?

Open Food Facts lists butter or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 56,364 products, most often biscuits and cakes, ready meals and sweets. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and Germany.

Biscuits and cakes14,048
Ready meals4,980
Sweets3,211
Pastries2,240
Ice cream1,615
Fats and spreads1,401

Products with it, by country of sale: France 22,406 · United States 19,392 · Germany 3,687 · United Kingdom 3,164.

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

How many calories are in butter?

Butter has about 753 kcal per 100 g, with 0.7 g protein, 0.9 g carbohydrate and 83 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Butter, 82% fat, unsalted” (the closest food in the table) in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

753kcal per 100 g

0.7g protein

0.9g carbohydrate

83g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 0.8 g, saturated fat 55 g, fibre 0 g, salt 0.06 g, energy 3,100 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 16400 (the closest food in the table). A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is butter?

Butter is a kind of dairy.

Kinds of butterUnsalted butter Salted butter Fresh butter Lightly salted butter Churned butter Sweet cream butter Pasteurized butter Reconstituted butter Charentes butter PDOGoat butterIrish butter mildly acidified

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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.

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