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Ingredient dictionary

Dairy on a food label: it contains milk

Dairy contains milk, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 344,002 products, most often in biscuits and cakes.

By Bravoora teamUpdated 13 October 2026Sources checked 13 October 20267 sourcesHow we check

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Dairy=milk

Does dairy contain an allergen?

Yes. Dairy 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

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Is dairy vegan?

No. Dairy 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.

A pack can differ from the usual recipe: the app reads the label in your hand.

What other names does dairy have on a label?

In English dairy can also read “dairy product”, “dairy products” or “dairy food”. On European labels it is “produits laitiers et dérivées” in French, “Milcherzeugnisse” in German and “productos lácteos” in Spanish. The other 13 languages are listed below.

In Englishdairy productdairy productsdairy fooddairy foodsmilk productmilk productsmilk based product

French: produits laitiers et dérivées, laits et dérivés y compris lactose
German: Milcherzeugnisse, Milchprodukte
Spanish: productos lácteos, leche y sus derivados
Italian: Latticini, derivati del latte
Dutch: Zuivel
Portuguese: Lacticínios
Polish: Przetwory mleczne
Swedish: Mejeriprodukt, mjölkprodukt
Danish: Mejeriprodukter
Norwegian: meieriprodukter
Finnish: maitotuote, maitotuotteet
Czech: Mléčný výrobek
Hungarian: tejtermék, tejtermékek
Romanian: Produse lactate
Croatian: mliječni proizvodi
Turkish: Mandıra ürünü

Which foods contain dairy?

Open Food Facts lists dairy or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 344,002 products, most often biscuits and cakes, cheese and milk and yoghurt. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Germany.

Biscuits and cakes44,539
Cheese34,428
Milk and yoghurt27,967
Sweets19,656
Ready meals18,442
Chocolate12,027

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 119,236 · France 107,040 · Germany 32,633 · United Kingdom 15,403.

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

What kind of ingredient is dairy?

Kinds of dairyMilk Milk powder Cream Whey Cheese Butter Milkfat Buttermilk Yogurt Caseinate Soured milk Kefir Fermented milk products SkyrFilmjölk

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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.

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