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Chocolate cream on a food label: it contains milk

Chocolate cream is a kind of chocolate. It contains milk, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is vegetarian but not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 146 products, most often in biscuits and cakes.

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Chocolate cream=milk

Does chocolate cream contain an allergen?

Yes. Chocolate cream 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

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Is chocolate cream vegan?

No. Chocolate cream 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.

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

What other names does chocolate cream have on a label?

On European labels it is “Crème de chocolat” in French, “Schokoladencreme” in German and “crema de chocolate” in Spanish. The other 3 languages are listed below.

French
Crème de chocolat
German
Schokoladencreme, Schokoladen-Crème
Spanish
crema de chocolate
Italian
crema al cioccolato
Polish
krem czekoladowy
Croatian
čokoladna krema

Which foods contain chocolate cream?

Open Food Facts lists chocolate cream in the ingredients of 146 products, most often biscuits and cakes, pastries and dairy desserts. Most of them are sold in France, Spain and Italy.

  • Biscuits and cakes80
  • Pastries21
  • Dairy desserts10
  • Ice cream3
  • Sweets2
  • Ready meals2

Products with it, by country of sale: France 55 · Spain 34 · Italy 26 · Germany 17.

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

What kind of ingredient is chocolate cream?

Chocolate cream is a kind of chocolate.

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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: Chocolate cream
  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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