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Coffee cream on a food label: it contains milk

Coffee cream is a kind of evaporated milk. It contains milk, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is vegetarian but not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 42 products, most often in milk and yoghurt.

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Coffee cream=milk

Does coffee cream contain an allergen?

Yes. Coffee cream 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 coffee cream vegan?

No. Coffee 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.

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What other names does coffee cream have on a label?

On European labels it is “crème à café” in French, “Kaffeerahm” in German and “crema de café” in Spanish. The other 6 languages are listed below.

French
crème à café
German
Kaffeerahm, Kaffeesahne
Spanish
crema de café
Italian
panna da caffè
Dutch
koffieroom
Danish
kaffefløde
Finnish
kahvikerma
Hungarian
kévékrém, kávétejszín
Croatian
vrhnje za kavu

Which foods contain coffee cream?

Open Food Facts lists coffee cream in the ingredients of 42 products, most often milk and yoghurt, sweets and tea and coffee. Most of them are sold in Germany, Switzerland and France.

  • Milk and yoghurt24
  • Sweets5
  • Tea and coffee4
  • Sweetened drinks3
  • Biscuits and cakes1
  • Ready meals1

Products with it, by country of sale: Germany 20 · Switzerland 15 · France 9 · United States 3.

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

What kind of ingredient is coffee cream?

Coffee cream is a kind of evaporated milk.

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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: Coffee 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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