Ingredient dictionary
Cream sauce on a food label: it contains milk
Cream sauce is a kind of sauce. It contains milk, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 97 products, most often in ready meals. Per 100 g: about 78 kcal and 1.1 g protein.
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Does cream sauce contain an allergen?
Yes. Cream sauce 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.
| Allergen | US | UK and Europe | Gulf |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milk | Required | RequiredLactose included | RequiredLactose included |
Is cream sauce vegan?
No. Cream sauce is not vegan: it is made from milk. Whether it is vegetarian depends on the make too.
A pack can differ from the usual recipe: the app reads the label in your hand.
What other names does cream sauce have on a label?
On European labels it is “sauce à la crème” in French, “rahmsauce” in German and “salsa de crema” in Spanish. The other 8 languages are listed below.
- French
- sauce à la crème
- German
- rahmsauce
- Spanish
- salsa de crema
- Italian
- salsa di panna
- Dutch
- crèmesaus
- Polish
- sos śmietanowy
- Swedish
- gräddsås
- Danish
- flødesauce
- Finnish
- kermakastike
- Czech
- smetanová omáčka
- Croatian
- umak od vrhnja
Which foods contain cream sauce?
Open Food Facts lists cream sauce in the ingredients of 97 products, most often ready meals, pizzas, pies and quiches and vegetables. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Belgium.
Products with it, by country of sale: United States 42 · France 34 · Belgium 4 · Sweden 3.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where cream sauce turns up, not how much of the market it is.
How many calories are in cream sauce?
Cream sauce has about 78 kcal per 100 g, with 1.1 g protein, 5.9 g carbohydrate and 5.6 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Cream sauce” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.
Also per 100 g: sugars 0.7 g, saturated fat 3 g, fibre 0.2 g, salt 1.38 g, energy 325 kJ.
ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 11159. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.
What kind of ingredient is cream sauce?
Cream sauce is a kind of sauce.
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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.
- Open Food Facts: Cream sauce
- Open Food Facts: ingredients taxonomy (names, family tree, allergen and vegan flags), ODbL
- Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
- ANSES: CIQUAL French food composition table (CALNUT 2020 edition), Licence Ouverte 2.0
- European Union: Regulation 1169/2011 on food information to consumers, Annex II
- UK Food Standards Agency: Allergen guidance for food businesses (the 14 allergens)
- US FDA: Questions and Answers Regarding Food Allergen Labeling, Edition 5 (January 2025)
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