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Ingredient dictionary

Buttermilk on a food label: it contains milk

Buttermilk 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 15,095 products, most often in biscuits and cakes. Per 100 g: about 34 kcal and 3.5 g protein.

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

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Buttermilk=milk

Does buttermilk contain an allergen?

Yes. Buttermilk 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 buttermilk vegan?

No. Buttermilk 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 buttermilk have on a label?

In English buttermilk can also read “butter milk” or “sweet cream buttermilk”. On European labels it is “babeurre” in French, “Buttermilch” in German and “suero de mantequilla” in Spanish. The other 12 languages are listed below.

In Englishbutter milksweet cream buttermilk

French: babeurre, bas-beurre
German: Buttermilch, reine Buttermilch
Spanish: suero de mantequilla, leche mazada
Italian: latticello
Dutch: karnemelk
Portuguese: leitelho
Polish: maślanka, maślanki
Swedish: kärnmjölk
Danish: kærnemælk
Norwegian: kjernemelk
Finnish: kirnupiimä, kirnumaito
Czech: podmáslí
Hungarian: író
Romanian: babeurre
Croatian: mlaćenica, mlačenica

Which foods contain buttermilk?

Open Food Facts lists buttermilk or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 15,095 products, most often biscuits and cakes, savoury snacks and dressings and sauces. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Germany.

Biscuits and cakes1,359
Savoury snacks983
Dressings and sauces953
Ready meals715
Bread334
Ice cream296

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 11,145 · France 1,313 · Germany 889 · United Kingdom 583.

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

How many calories are in buttermilk?

Buttermilk has about 34 kcal per 100 g, with 3.5 g protein, 2.2 g carbohydrate and 0.6 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Fermented milk drink, plain, skimmed milk” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

34kcal per 100 g

3.5g protein

2.2g carbohydrate

0.6g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 2.2 g, saturated fat 0.4 g, fibre 1.5 g, salt 0.09 g, energy 143 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 19801. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is buttermilk?

Buttermilk is a kind of dairy.

Kinds of buttermilkButtermilk solids

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