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Salted butter caramel sauce on a food label: it contains milk

Salted butter caramel sauce is a kind of caramel sauce. It contains milk, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is not vegan.

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Does salted butter caramel sauce contain an allergen?

Yes. Salted butter caramel sauce contains milk: labels in the US, the UK, Europe and the Gulf must declare it. It is made to a recipe, so any other allergen in it must be named on the label too.

AllergenUSUK and EuropeGulf
MilkRequiredRequiredLactose includedRequiredLactose included

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Is salted butter caramel sauce vegan?

No. Salted butter caramel sauce 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.

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What other names does salted butter caramel sauce have on a label?

On European labels it is “sauce au caramel au beurre salé” in French, “gesalzebe Karamellbuttersauce” in German and “salsa al caramello al burro salato” in Italian. One more language is listed below.

French
sauce au caramel au beurre salé
German
gesalzebe Karamellbuttersauce, gesalzene Butter-Karamell-Sauce
Italian
salsa al caramello al burro salato
Croatian
slani maslac karamel umak

Which foods contain salted butter caramel sauce?

Open Food Facts lists salted butter caramel sauce in the ingredients of 13 products, most often ice cream, dairy desserts and biscuits and cakes. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and the United Kingdom.

  • Ice cream5
  • Dairy desserts2
  • Biscuits and cakes1

Products with it, by country of sale: France 9 · United States 2 · United Kingdom 2.

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

What kind of ingredient is salted butter caramel sauce?

Salted butter caramel sauce is a kind of caramel sauce.

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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: Salted butter caramel sauce
  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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