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Heavy cream on a food label: it contains milk

Heavy 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 56 products, most often in ready meals.

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Heavy cream=milk

Does heavy cream contain an allergen?

Yes. Heavy cream 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 heavy cream vegan?

No. Heavy cream 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 heavy cream have on a label?

On European labels it is “kremfløte” in Norwegian.

Norwegian
kremfløte

Which foods contain heavy cream?

Open Food Facts lists heavy cream in the ingredients of 56 products, most often ready meals, biscuits and cakes and milk and yoghurt. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Ireland.

  • Ready meals12
  • Biscuits and cakes7
  • Milk and yoghurt3
  • Sweets3
  • Pasta, rice and flour3
  • Plant-based drinks1

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 52 · France 3 · 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 heavy cream turns up, not how much of the market it is.

What kind of ingredient is heavy cream?

Heavy cream is a kind of cream.

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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: Heavy cream
  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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