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Ingredient dictionary

Ricotta on a food label: it contains milk

Ricotta is a kind of cheese. It contains milk, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 3,948 products, most often in pasta, rice and flour. Per 100 g: about 165 kcal and 8.8 g protein.

By Bravoora teamUpdated 13 October 2026Sources checked 13 October 20268 sourcesHow we check

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Ricotta=milk

Does ricotta contain an allergen?

Yes. Ricotta contains milk: labels in the US, the UK, Europe and the Gulf must declare it.

Allergen	US	UK and Europe	Gulf
Milk	Required	RequiredLactose included	RequiredLactose included

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Is ricotta vegan?

No. Ricotta 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.

A pack can differ from the usual recipe: the app reads the label in your hand.

What other names does ricotta have on a label?

In English ricotta can also read “ricotta cheese”. On European labels it is “fromage ricotta” in French, “Requesón” in Spanish and “requeijão” in Portuguese. The other 5 languages are listed below.

In Englishricotta cheese

French: fromage ricotta
Spanish: Requesón
Portuguese: requeijão
Polish: ser ricotta
Swedish: ricottaost
Finnish: ricottajuusto
Hungarian: ricotta sajt, ricotta savósajt
Croatian: sir ricotta

Which foods contain ricotta?

Open Food Facts lists ricotta in the ingredients of 3,948 products, most often pasta, rice and flour, ready meals and dressings and sauces. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Italy.

Pasta, rice and flour1,522
Ready meals882
Dressings and sauces241
Pizzas, pies and quiches137
Potatoes70
Biscuits and cakes35

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 1,580 · France 1,406 · Italy 279 · Germany 265.

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

How many calories are in ricotta?

Ricotta has about 165 kcal per 100 g, with 8.8 g protein, 4 g carbohydrate and 12 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Ricotta cheese” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

165kcal per 100 g

8.8g protein

4g carbohydrate

12g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 2.3 g, saturated fat 8.1 g, fibre 0 g, salt 0.3 g, energy 686 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 19585. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is ricotta?

Ricotta is a kind of cheese.

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