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Milk minerals on a food label: they contain milk

Milk minerals contain milk, so the allergen labelling rules apply. They are vegetarian but not vegan. Open Food Facts finds them in 1,721 products, most often in milk and yoghurt.

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Milk minerals=milk

Do milk minerals contain an allergen?

Yes. Milk minerals contain milk: labels in the US, the UK, Europe and the Gulf must declare them.

AllergenUSUK and EuropeGulf
MilkRequiredRequiredLactose includedRequiredLactose included

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Are milk minerals vegan?

No. Milk minerals are not vegan: they are made from milk. They are vegetarian.

VeganNot for youNot vegan: they are made from milk.
VegetarianFits youNot meat or fish.
Milk allergyNot for youThey contain milk.

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What other names do milk minerals have on a label?

On European labels they are “minéraux du lait” in French, “Milchmineralien” in German and “minerales de la leche” in Spanish. The other 6 languages are listed below.

French
minéraux du lait
German
Milchmineralien
Spanish
minerales de la leche
Italian
minerali del latte
Dutch
melkmineralen
Finnish
maidon kivennäisaine, maidon kivennäisaineet
Hungarian
tejből kivont ásványi anyagok, ásványi anyagok tejből
Romanian
minerale din lapte
Croatian
minerali mlijeka

Which foods contain milk minerals?

Open Food Facts lists milk minerals or a more specific kind of them in the ingredients of 1,721 products, most often milk and yoghurt, dairy desserts and sweetened drinks. Most of them are sold in France, the United Kingdom and Belgium.

  • Milk and yoghurt520
  • Dairy desserts386
  • Sweetened drinks254
  • Cheese132
  • Baby foods42
  • Biscuits and cakes33

Products with it, by country of sale: France 1,413 · United Kingdom 88 · Belgium 85 · Switzerland 59.

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

What kind of ingredient are milk minerals?

Kinds of milk mineralsMilk mineral concentrate

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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 minerals
  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)
  7. Wikipedia: Milk#Salts, minerals, and vitamins

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