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Light cream on a food label: it contains milk

Light 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 1,392 products, most often in ready meals.

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Light cream=milk

Does light cream contain an allergen?

Yes. Light 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 light cream vegan?

No. Light 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 light cream have on a label?

On European labels it is “crème légère” in French, “leichte Sahne” in German and “Nata ligera” in Spanish. The other 5 languages are listed below.

French
crème légère, Crème fraîche légère
German
leichte Sahne
Spanish
Nata ligera, crema de leche ligera
Italian
crema leggera
Dutch
Lichte room
Finnish
kevytkerma
Hungarian
főzőtejszín
Croatian
svijetla krema

Which foods contain light cream?

Open Food Facts lists light cream in the ingredients of 1,392 products, most often ready meals, milk and yoghurt and pizzas, pies and quiches. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and Spain.

  • Ready meals404
  • Milk and yoghurt222
  • Pizzas, pies and quiches95
  • Dressings and sauces53
  • Pasta, rice and flour44
  • Biscuits and cakes39

Products with it, by country of sale: France 903 · United States 416 · Spain 58 · Belgium 26.

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

What kind of ingredient is light cream?

Light 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: Light 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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