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Milkcap on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Milkcap is a kind of mushroom. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 117 products, most often in vegetables.

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Does milkcap contain an allergen?

Milkcap is not one of the allergens that food labels must declare in the US, the UK, Europe or the Gulf. Open Food Facts does not link it to an allergen, and Bravoora’s label checker does not read the name as one.

Is milkcap vegan?

Yes. Milkcap is vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in it.

VeganFits youNothing from an animal, by the Open Food Facts record.
VegetarianFits youNothing from an animal, by the Open Food Facts record.

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What other names does milkcap have on a label?

On European labels it is “lactaire” in French, “Milchlinge” in German and “lattario” in Italian. The other 8 languages are listed below.

French
lactaire, lactaires
German
Milchlinge
Italian
lattario
Dutch
melkzwam
Polish
mleczaj
Swedish
Riskor
Danish
Mælkehat
Norwegian
Risker
Finnish
Rouskut
Czech
ryzec
Croatian
mliječna kapica

Which foods contain milkcap?

Open Food Facts lists milkcap or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 117 products, most often vegetables, ready meals and pizzas, pies and quiches. Most of them are sold in France, Spain and Switzerland.

  • Vegetables32
  • Ready meals26
  • Pizzas, pies and quiches9
  • Poultry7
  • Salty and fatty foods5
  • Savoury snacks1

Products with it, by country of sale: France 100 · Spain 17 · Switzerland 2 · United States 1.

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

What kind of ingredient is milkcap?

Milkcap is a kind of mushroom.

Kinds of milkcapSaffron milk capBloody milk cap

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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: Milkcap
  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. Wikipedia: Lactarius

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