Ingredient dictionary

Grade a nonfat milk on a food label: it contains milk

Grade a nonfat milk is a kind of grade a milk. It contains milk, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is vegetarian but not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 81 products, most often in milk and yoghurt.

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Grade a nonfat milk=milk

Does grade a nonfat milk contain an allergen?

Yes. Grade a nonfat 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 grade a nonfat milk vegan?

No. Grade a nonfat 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 grade a nonfat milk have on a label?

In English grade a nonfat milk can also read “grade a non fat milk”, “grade a skim milk” or “grade a skimmed milk”.

In Englishgrade a non fat milkgrade a skim milkgrade a skimmed milkgrade a fat free milkgrade a lowfat milkgrade a low fat milk

Which foods contain grade a nonfat milk?

Open Food Facts lists grade a nonfat milk in the ingredients of 81 products, most often milk and yoghurt, cheese and sweetened drinks. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Ireland.

  • Milk and yoghurt50
  • Cheese8
  • Sweetened drinks1

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 79 · France 1 · Ireland 1 · Germany 1.

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

What kind of ingredient is grade a nonfat milk?

In the Open Food Facts ingredient tree, grade a nonfat milk sits under grade a milk and skimmed 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: Grade a nonfat 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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