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Goat milk on a food label: it contains milk

Goat milk is a kind of milk. It contains milk, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is vegetarian but not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 3,617 products, most often in cheese.

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Goat milk=milk

Does goat milk contain an allergen?

Yes. Goat 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 goat milk vegan?

No. Goat milk is not vegan: it is made from milk. It is vegetarian.

VeganNot for youNot vegan: it is made from milk.
VegetarianFits youNot meat or fish.
Milk allergyNot for youIt contains milk.

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What other names does goat milk have on a label?

In English goat milk can also read “goat's milk” or “goats' milk”. On European labels it is “lait de chèvre” in French, “Ziegenmilch” in German and “leche de cabra” in Spanish. The other 13 languages are listed below.

In Englishgoat's milkgoats' milk
French
lait de chèvre
German
Ziegenmilch
Spanish
leche de cabra
Italian
latte di capra, latte caprino
Dutch
geitenmelk
Portuguese
leite de cabra
Polish
kozie mleko, mleko kozie
Swedish
getmjölk
Danish
gedemælk
Norwegian
geitemelk
Finnish
vuohenmaito
Czech
kozí mléko
Hungarian
kecsketej
Romanian
lapte de capră, lapte de capra
Croatian
kozje mlijeko
Turkish
keçi sütü

Which foods contain goat milk?

Open Food Facts lists goat milk or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 3,617 products, most often cheese, milk and yoghurt and ready meals. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and Germany.

  • Cheese2,207
  • Milk and yoghurt300
  • Ready meals134
  • Pizzas, pies and quiches73
  • Sweets44
  • Dairy desserts41

Products with it, by country of sale: France 1,578 · United States 632 · Germany 388 · Spain 344.

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

What kind of ingredient is goat milk?

Goat milk is a kind of milk.

Kinds of goat milkPasteurised goat milkWhole goat milkSemi-skimmed goat milkSkimmed goat milkSheeps or goat milk

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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 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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