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Milk chocolate on a food label: it contains milk

Milk chocolate is a kind of chocolate. It contains milk, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is vegetarian but not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 16,714 products, most often in sweets. Per 100 g: about 537 kcal and 7.5 g protein.

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Does milk chocolate contain an allergen?

Yes. Milk chocolate 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.

AllergenUSUK and EuropeGulf
MilkRequiredRequiredLactose includedRequiredLactose included

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Is milk chocolate vegan?

No. Milk chocolate 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.

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

What other names does milk chocolate have on a label?

In English milk chocolate can also read “Milk chocolate bar”. On European labels it is “chocolat au lait” in French, “Milchschokolade” in German and “chocolate con leche” in Spanish. The other 13 languages are listed below.

In EnglishMilk chocolate bar
French
chocolat au lait, Chocolat au lait extra fin
German
Milchschokolade, Vollmilch-Schokolade
Spanish
chocolate con leche, chocolate con leche extrafino
Italian
cioccolato al latte
Dutch
Melkchocola, melkchocolade
Portuguese
chocolate de leite, chocolate ao leite
Polish
Czekolada mleczna, mleczna czekolada
Swedish
mjölkchoklad
Danish
mælkechokolade
Norwegian
melkesjokolade
Finnish
maitosuklaa
Czech
Mléčná čokoláda
Hungarian
tejcsokoládé
Romanian
ciocolată cu lapte
Croatian
mliječna čokolada, mliječne čokolade
Turkish
Sütlü çikolata

Which foods contain milk chocolate?

Open Food Facts lists milk chocolate or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 16,714 products, most often sweets, biscuits and cakes and chocolate. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Germany.

  • Sweets4,631
  • Biscuits and cakes3,833
  • Chocolate1,510
  • Breakfast cereals460
  • Ice cream412
  • Dairy desserts232

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 6,753 · France 5,377 · Germany 1,462 · United Kingdom 1,156.

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

How many calories are in milk chocolate?

Milk chocolate has about 537 kcal per 100 g, with 7.5 g protein, 56 g carbohydrate and 31 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Milk chocolate bar” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

537kcal per 100 g
7.5g protein
56g carbohydrate
31g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 53 g, saturated fat 19 g, fibre 2.9 g, salt 0.2 g, energy 2,240 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 31004. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is milk chocolate?

Milk chocolate is a kind of chocolate.

Kinds of milk chocolateMilk chocolate coatingBelgian milk chocolateMilk chocolate with sweetenerWhole milk chocolateCookie dough with milk chocolate

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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: Milk chocolate
  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. ANSES: CIQUAL French food composition table (CALNUT 2020 edition), Licence Ouverte 2.0
  5. European Union: Regulation 1169/2011 on food information to consumers, Annex II
  6. UK Food Standards Agency: Allergen guidance for food businesses (the 14 allergens)
  7. US FDA: Questions and Answers Regarding Food Allergen Labeling, Edition 5 (January 2025)

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