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Cheese powder on a food label: it contains milk

Cheese powder is a kind of cheese. It contains milk, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 1,336 products, most often in savoury snacks.

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Cheese powder=milk

Does cheese powder contain an allergen?

Yes. Cheese powder 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 cheese powder vegan?

No. Cheese powder is not vegan: it is made from milk. Whether it is vegetarian depends on the make too.

VeganNot for youNot vegan: it is made from milk.
VegetarianHeads upSome kinds are made with an animal product vegetarians avoid, and a label rarely says which.
Milk allergyNot for youIt contains milk.

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What other names does cheese powder have on a label?

On European labels it is “poudre de fromage” in French, “formaggio in polvere” in Italian and “ostpulver” in Swedish. The other 2 languages are listed below.

French
poudre de fromage
Italian
formaggio in polvere
Swedish
ostpulver
Danish
ostepulver, ostpulver
Norwegian
ostepulver

Which foods contain cheese powder?

Open Food Facts lists cheese powder or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 1,336 products, most often savoury snacks, ready meals and biscuits and cakes. Most of them are sold in the United Kingdom, the United States and France.

  • Savoury snacks368
  • Ready meals115
  • Biscuits and cakes78
  • Pasta, rice and flour73
  • Dressings and sauces41
  • Potatoes26

Products with it, by country of sale: United Kingdom 387 · United States 323 · France 118 · Australia 107.

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

What kind of ingredient is cheese powder?

Cheese powder is a kind of cheese.

Kinds of cheese powderMixture of melted cheeses and powdered cheeses

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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: Cheese powder
  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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