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Milk coating on a food label: it contains milk

Milk coating is a kind of coating. It contains milk, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 141 products, most often in savoury snacks.

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Does milk coating contain an allergen?

Yes. Milk coating 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 coating vegan?

No. Milk coating 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.

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What other names does milk coating have on a label?

On European labels it is “rivestimento al latte” in Italian and “mliječni preljev” in Croatian.

Italian
rivestimento al latte
Croatian
mliječni preljev

Which foods contain milk coating?

Open Food Facts lists milk coating in the ingredients of 141 products, most often savoury snacks, biscuits and cakes and pasta, rice and flour. Most of them are sold in Canada, the United States and France.

  • Savoury snacks43
  • Biscuits and cakes8
  • Pasta, rice and flour3
  • Ready meals3
  • Bread3
  • Fruit and vegetables3

Products with it, by country of sale: Canada 88 · United States 31 · France 4 · India 4.

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

What kind of ingredient is milk coating?

Milk coating is a kind of coating.

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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 coating
  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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