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Ingredient dictionary

Hard cheese on a food label: it contains milk

Hard 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 1,184 products, most often in ready meals. Per 100 g: about 392 kcal and 28 g protein.

By Bravoora teamUpdated 13 October 2026Sources checked 13 October 20267 sourcesHow we check

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Hard cheese=milk

Does hard cheese contain an allergen?

Yes. Hard cheese 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

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Is hard cheese vegan?

No. Hard 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.

A pack can differ from the usual recipe: the app reads the label in your hand.

What other names does hard cheese have on a label?

On European labels it is “fromage à pâte dure” in French, “Hartkäse” in German and “queso duro” in Spanish. The other 8 languages are listed below.

French: fromage à pâte dure
German: Hartkäse
Spanish: queso duro, queso de pasa dura
Italian: formaggio a pasta dura
Dutch: harde kaas
Portuguese: queijo de pasta dura, queijo duro
Polish: ser twardy
Swedish: Hårdost
Finnish: kova juusto
Hungarian: keménysajt
Croatian: tvrdi sirevi

Which foods contain hard cheese?

Open Food Facts lists hard cheese or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 1,184 products, most often ready meals, pizzas, pies and quiches and pasta, rice and flour. Most of them are sold in France, Germany and the United Kingdom.

Ready meals347
Pizzas, pies and quiches179
Pasta, rice and flour152
Dressings and sauces140
Cheese63
Sandwiches32

Products with it, by country of sale: France 360 · Germany 342 · United Kingdom 281 · Switzerland 89.

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

How many calories are in hard cheese?

Hard cheese has about 392 kcal per 100 g, with 28 g protein, 0 g carbohydrate and 31 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Hard cheese -average-” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

392kcal per 100 g

28g protein

0g carbohydrate

31g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 0 g, saturated fat 20 g, fibre 0 g, salt 0.8 g, energy 1,630 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 12100. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is hard cheese?

Hard cheese is a kind of cheese.

Kinds of hard cheeseMedium fat hard cheeseSemi-hard and hard cheeses

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