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Follow-on milk on a food label: it contains milk

Follow-on milk contains milk, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 49 products, most often in baby foods.

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Follow-on milk=milk

Does follow-on milk contain an allergen?

Yes. Follow-on milk 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 follow-on milk vegan?

No. Follow-on milk is not vegan: it is made from milk.

VeganNot for youNot vegan: it is made from milk.
Milk allergyNot for youIt contains milk.

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What other names does follow-on milk have on a label?

On European labels it is “lait de suite” in French, “Folgemilch” in German and “leche de seguimiento” in Spanish. The other 3 languages are listed below.

French
lait de suite
German
Folgemilch
Spanish
leche de seguimiento
Italian
latte di proseguimento
Finnish
vieroitusvalmiste
Croatian
naknadno mlijeko

Which foods contain follow-on milk?

Open Food Facts lists follow-on milk in the ingredients of 49 products, most often baby foods, baby milks and sweetened drinks. Most of them are sold in France, Switzerland and Germany.

  • Baby foods18
  • Baby milks9
  • Sweetened drinks4
  • Milk and yoghurt3
  • Unsweetened drinks1

Products with it, by country of sale: France 30 · Switzerland 15 · Germany 3 · Belgium 2.

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

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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: Follow-on milk
  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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