Ingredient dictionary
Ice cream on a food label: it contains milk
Ice cream contains milk, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 1,131 products, most often in ice cream.
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Ice cream=milk
Does ice cream contain an allergen?
Yes. Ice cream contains milk: labels in the US, the UK, Europe and the Gulf must declare it. It is made to a recipe, so any other allergen in it must be named on the label too.
| Allergen | US | UK and Europe | Gulf |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milk | Required | RequiredLactose included | RequiredLactose included |
Is ice cream vegan?
No. Ice cream is not vegan: it is made from milk.
A pack can differ from the usual recipe: the app reads the label in your hand.
What other names does ice cream have on a label?
In English ice cream can also read “ice creams”. On European labels it is “crème glacée” in French, “Speiseeis” in German and “helado” in Spanish. The other 13 languages are listed below.
- French
- crème glacée
- German
- Speiseeis, Eiscreme
- Spanish
- helado, helados
- Italian
- gelato
- Dutch
- roomijs
- Portuguese
- gelado, sorvete
- Polish
- Lody
- Swedish
- glass, gräddglass
- Danish
- flødeis
- Norwegian
- iskrem
- Finnish
- jäätelö
- Czech
- zmrzlina
- Hungarian
- Jégkrémek, fagylalt
- Romanian
- înghețată
- Croatian
- sladoled
- Turkish
- Dondurma
Which foods contain ice cream?
Open Food Facts lists ice cream or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 1,131 products, most often ice cream, biscuits and cakes and sweets. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Germany.
Products with it, by country of sale: United States 718 · France 138 · Germany 43 · Canada 37.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where ice cream turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is ice cream?
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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.
- Open Food Facts: Ice cream
- Open Food Facts: ingredients taxonomy (names, family tree, allergen and vegan flags), ODbL
- Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
- European Union: Regulation 1169/2011 on food information to consumers, Annex II
- UK Food Standards Agency: Allergen guidance for food businesses (the 14 allergens)
- US FDA: Questions and Answers Regarding Food Allergen Labeling, Edition 5 (January 2025)
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