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Milk powder on a food label: it contains milk

Milk powder is a kind of dairy. It contains milk, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is vegetarian but not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 95,164 products, most often in biscuits and cakes. Per 100 g: about 461 kcal and 32 g protein.

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Does milk powder contain an allergen?

Yes. Milk powder 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 milk powder vegan?

No. Milk powder 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 milk powder have on a label?

In English milk powder can also read “powdered milk” or “dry milk”. On European labels it is “lait en poudre” in French, “Milchpulver” in German and “Leche en polvo” in Spanish. The other 13 languages are listed below.

In Englishpowdered milkdry milk
French
lait en poudre, poudre de lait
German
Milchpulver
Spanish
Leche en polvo
Italian
latte in polvere
Dutch
melkpoeder
Portuguese
leite em pó
Polish
mleko w proszku
Swedish
mjölkpulver
Danish
mælkepulver
Norwegian
melkepulver, pulvermelk
Finnish
maitojauhe
Czech
sušené mléko
Hungarian
tejpor
Romanian
lapte praf
Croatian
mlijeko u prahu
Turkish
Süt tozu

Which foods contain milk powder?

Open Food Facts lists milk powder or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 95,164 products, most often biscuits and cakes, sweets and chocolate. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and Germany.

  • Biscuits and cakes19,920
  • Sweets10,720
  • Chocolate9,389
  • Milk and yoghurt4,000
  • Ice cream3,777
  • Ready meals3,765

Products with it, by country of sale: France 37,210 · United States 20,937 · Germany 11,875 · United Kingdom 4,451.

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

How many calories are in milk powder?

Milk powder has about 461 kcal per 100 g, with 32 g protein, 43 g carbohydrate and 18 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Milk, powder, semi-skimmed” (the closest food in the table) in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

461kcal per 100 g
32g protein
43g carbohydrate
18g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 43 g, saturated fat 12 g, fibre 0 g, salt 0.78 g, energy 1,940 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 19044 (the closest food in the table). A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is milk powder?

Milk powder is a kind of dairy.

Kinds of milk powderSkimmed milk powderWhole milk powderSemi-skimmed milk powder

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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 powder
  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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