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Milk protein concentrate on a food label: it contains milk

Milk protein concentrate is one of the milk proteins. It contains milk, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is vegetarian but not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 4,181 products, most often in milk and yoghurt.

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Does milk protein concentrate contain an allergen?

Yes. Milk protein concentrate 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 protein concentrate vegan?

No. Milk protein concentrate 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 protein concentrate have on a label?

On European labels it is “Protéine de lait concentré” in French, “Milcheiweißkonzentrat” in German and “Proteina de leche concentrada” in Spanish. The other 6 languages are listed below.

French
Protéine de lait concentré
German
Milcheiweißkonzentrat
Spanish
Proteina de leche concentrada
Italian
Proteine del latte concentrate
Dutch
melkeiwitconcentraat
Polish
koncentrat białek mleka
Finnish
maitoproteiinitiiviste
Hungarian
tejfehérje koncentrátum
Croatian
koncentrat mliječnih proteina

Which foods contain milk protein concentrate?

Open Food Facts lists milk protein concentrate in the ingredients of 4,181 products, most often milk and yoghurt, cheese and biscuits and cakes. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and the United Kingdom.

  • Milk and yoghurt411
  • Cheese350
  • Biscuits and cakes288
  • Sweetened drinks239
  • Ready meals170
  • Drinks with sweeteners136

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 3,612 · France 103 · United Kingdom 100 · Canada 94.

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

What kind of ingredient is milk protein concentrate?

Milk protein concentrate is one of the milk proteins.

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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 protein concentrate
  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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