We’re updating Bravoora, so forms and sign-in are paused for now. Nothing you saved is lost. Please try again later.

Ingredient dictionary

Cream on a food label: it contains milk

Cream is a kind of dairy. It contains milk, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is vegetarian but not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 83,442 products, most often in ready meals. Per 100 g: about 269 kcal and 2.9 g protein.

By Bravoora teamUpdated 13 October 2026Sources checked 13 October 20268 sourcesHow we check

Not for you

for a milk allergy profile

Cream=milk

Does cream contain an allergen?

Yes. Cream contains milk: labels in the US, the UK, Europe and the Gulf must declare it.

Allergen	US	UK and Europe	Gulf
Milk	Required	RequiredLactose included	RequiredLactose included

Read the milk guide

Is cream vegan?

No. 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 cream have on a label?

In English cream can also read “milk cream”. On European labels it is “Crème” in French, “Rahm” in German and “crema de leche” in Spanish. The other 13 languages are listed below.

In Englishmilk cream

French: Crème, crème de lait
German: Rahm, Sahne
Spanish: crema de leche, nata
Italian: panna, crema di latte
Dutch: room, melkroom
Portuguese: nata, creme de leite
Polish: Śmietanka
Swedish: grädde, grädd
Danish: Fløde
Norwegian: Fløte
Finnish: Kerma
Czech: Smetana
Hungarian: tejszín
Romanian: smântâna
Croatian: vrhnje, mliječni krem proizvod
Turkish: Krema

Which foods contain cream?

Open Food Facts lists cream or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 83,442 products, most often ready meals, milk and yoghurt and biscuits and cakes. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Germany.

Ready meals9,059
Milk and yoghurt6,540
Biscuits and cakes6,268
Cheese4,804
Ice cream4,319
Dairy desserts4,191

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 35,151 · France 26,850 · Germany 6,595 · United Kingdom 3,079.

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

How many calories are in cream?

Cream has about 269 kcal per 100 g, with 2.9 g protein, 2.9 g carbohydrate and 26 g fat. The figures are for food 19402 in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

269kcal per 100 g

2.9g protein

2.9g carbohydrate

26g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 2.8 g, saturated fat 18 g, fibre 1.4 g, salt 0.08 g, energy 1,110 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 19402. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is cream?

Cream is a kind of dairy.

Kinds of creamFresh cream Sour cream Pasteurized milk and cream Single cream Light cream Whipped cream Whipping cream Double cream UHT cream Whole cream Grade a cream Sterilized cream Cream from Normandy Skim milk and pasteurized cream Heavy cream Clotted cream

Bravoora reads this ingredient for everyone you shop for: an allergy or intolerance, a vegan or vegetarian diet, a calorie or protein goal, and the labels on supplements and skincare too. Build a profile · For dietitians, doctors and trainers

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.

Contains information from Open Food Facts, which is made available here under the Open Database License (ODbL). Read the licence · Download this dictionary’s data · How we check

Create a website profile with the things you avoid and the people you check for.

Build my profile

Save and edit your profile on this website. App transfer is not available yet.