Ingredient dictionary
Fresh cream on a food label: it contains milk
Fresh cream is a kind of cream. It contains milk, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is vegetarian but not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 8,984 products, most often in ready meals. Per 100 g: about 269 kcal and 2.9 g protein.
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Fresh cream=milk
Does fresh cream contain an allergen?
Yes. Fresh 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 |
Is fresh cream vegan?
No. Fresh cream is not vegan: it is made from milk. It is vegetarian.
A pack can differ from the usual recipe: the app reads the label in your hand.
What other names does fresh cream have on a label?
On European labels it is “crème fraîche” in French, “Frische Sahne” in German and “Crema fresca” in Spanish. The other 7 languages are listed below.
- French
- crème fraîche
- German
- Frische Sahne
- Spanish
- Crema fresca, nata fresca
- Italian
- Panna fresca
- Dutch
- verse room
- Polish
- Świeża śmietana, śmietana kremówka
- Swedish
- Färsk grädde
- Danish
- frisk fløde
- Hungarian
- friss tejszín
- Croatian
- svježa krema
Which foods contain fresh cream?
Open Food Facts lists fresh cream in the ingredients of 8,984 products, most often ready meals, ice cream and pizzas, pies and quiches. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and Belgium.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 6,601 · United States 1,894 · Belgium 112 · Italy 109.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where fresh cream turns up, not how much of the market it is.
How many calories are in fresh cream?
Fresh 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.
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 fresh cream?
Fresh cream is a kind of 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.
- Open Food Facts: Fresh cream
- 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
- ANSES: CIQUAL French food composition table (CALNUT 2020 edition), Licence Ouverte 2.0
- 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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