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Cultured sour cream on a food label: it contains milk

Cultured sour cream is a kind of sour cream. It contains milk, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is vegetarian but not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 84 products, most often in biscuits and cakes.

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Cultured sour cream=milk

Does cultured sour cream contain an allergen?

Yes. Cultured sour 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 cultured sour cream vegan?

No. Cultured sour 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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Which foods contain cultured sour cream?

Open Food Facts lists cultured sour cream in the ingredients of 84 products, most often biscuits and cakes, dressings and sauces and milk and yoghurt. Most of them are sold in the United States.

  • Biscuits and cakes26
  • Dressings and sauces20
  • Milk and yoghurt7
  • Ready meals3
  • Ice cream1
  • Vegetables1

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 82.

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

What kind of ingredient is cultured sour cream?

Cultured sour cream is a kind of sour cream.

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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.

  1. Open Food Facts: Cultured sour 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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