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Cottage cheese on a food label: it contains milk

Cottage cheese is a kind of cheese. It contains milk, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 262 products, most often in cheese.

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Does cottage cheese contain an allergen?

Yes. Cottage cheese 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 cottage cheese vegan?

No. Cottage cheese 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 cottage cheese have on a label?

On European labels it is “fromage cottage” in French, “Hüttenkäse” in German and “queso cottage” in Spanish. The other 5 languages are listed below.

French
fromage cottage
German
Hüttenkäse
Spanish
queso cottage
Italian
fiocchi di latte
Polish
serek wiejski
Finnish
raejuusto
Hungarian
cottage sajt
Croatian
cottage sir

Which foods contain cottage cheese?

Open Food Facts lists cottage cheese in the ingredients of 262 products, most often cheese, ready meals and eggs. Most of them are sold in the United States, Bulgaria and the United Kingdom.

  • Cheese82
  • Ready meals28
  • Eggs13
  • Biscuits and cakes10
  • Bread9
  • Dairy desserts9

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 126 · Bulgaria 45 · United Kingdom 38 · France 16.

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

What kind of ingredient is cottage cheese?

Cottage cheese is a kind of cheese.

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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: Cottage cheese
  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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