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Goat cheese on a food label: it contains milk

Goat cheese is a kind of cheese. It contains milk, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 1,483 products, most often in ready meals.

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Does goat cheese contain an allergen?

Yes. Goat cheese 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 goat cheese vegan?

No. Goat cheese 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.

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What other names does goat cheese have on a label?

In English goat cheese can also read “chèvre cheese”. On European labels it is “fromage de chèvre” in French, “Ziegenkäse” in German and “queso de cabra” in Spanish. The other 12 languages are listed below.

In Englishchèvre cheese
French
fromage de chèvre, fromage de chèvre affiné
German
Ziegenkäse
Spanish
queso de cabra
Italian
formaggio di capra
Dutch
geitenkaas
Portuguese
queijo de cabra
Polish
ser kozi, kozi ser
Danish
gedeost
Norwegian
geitost
Finnish
kutunjuusto, vuohenjuusto
Czech
kozí sýr
Hungarian
kecskesajt
Romanian
Brânză de capră
Croatian
kozji sir
Turkish
keçi peyniri

Which foods contain goat cheese?

Open Food Facts lists goat cheese or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 1,483 products, most often ready meals, pizzas, pies and quiches and cheese. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and Germany.

  • Ready meals293
  • Pizzas, pies and quiches290
  • Cheese163
  • Savoury snacks118
  • Sandwiches80
  • Pasta, rice and flour66

Products with it, by country of sale: France 1,186 · United States 133 · Germany 61 · Spain 55.

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

What kind of ingredient is goat cheese?

Goat cheese is a kind of cheese.

Kinds of goat cheeseSainte Maure cheeseRocamadourCrottin cheesePicodon

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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: Goat cheese
  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)
  7. Wikipedia: Goat cheese

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