Ingredient dictionary
Fresh butter on a food label: it contains milk
Fresh butter is a kind of butter. It contains milk, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is vegetarian but not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 544 products, most often in biscuits and cakes.
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Fresh butter=milk
Does fresh butter contain an allergen?
Yes. Fresh butter 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 |
Is fresh butter vegan?
No. Fresh butter is not vegan: it is made from milk. It is vegetarian.
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What other names does fresh butter have on a label?
On European labels it is “beurre frais” in French, “frische Butter” in German and “mantequilla fresca” in Spanish. The other 6 languages are listed below.
- French
- beurre frais
- German
- frische Butter
- Spanish
- mantequilla fresca
- Italian
- burro fresco
- Dutch
- verse boter
- Portuguese
- manteiga fresca
- Finnish
- tuore voi
- Hungarian
- friss vaj
- Croatian
- svježi maslac
Which foods contain fresh butter?
Open Food Facts lists fresh butter in the ingredients of 544 products, most often biscuits and cakes, pastries and sweets. Most of them are sold in France, Switzerland and Italy.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 524 · Switzerland 16 · Italy 13 · Spain 4.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where fresh butter turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is fresh butter?
Fresh butter is a kind of butter.
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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: Fresh butter
- 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
- 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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