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Single cream on a food label: it contains milk

Single cream is a kind of cream. It contains milk, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is vegetarian but not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 1,745 products, most often in ready meals.

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Single cream=milk

Does single cream contain an allergen?

Yes. Single cream 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 single cream vegan?

No. Single cream 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 single cream have on a label?

On European labels it is “crème liquide” in French, “Halbrahm” in German and “panna liquida” in Italian. The other 5 languages are listed below.

French
crème liquide, demi-crème
German
Halbrahm, Haldsahne
Italian
panna liquida
Dutch
vloeibare room
Swedish
flytande grädde, matgrädde
Finnish
ruokakerma
Hungarian
habtejszín
Croatian
jedno vrhnje

Which foods contain single cream?

Open Food Facts lists single cream in the ingredients of 1,745 products, most often ready meals, biscuits and cakes and pizzas, pies and quiches. Most of them are sold in France, the United Kingdom and Switzerland.

  • Ready meals481
  • Biscuits and cakes184
  • Pizzas, pies and quiches92
  • Dressings and sauces86
  • Ice cream55
  • Savoury snacks54

Products with it, by country of sale: France 1,040 · United Kingdom 637 · Switzerland 63 · Germany 21.

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

What kind of ingredient is single cream?

Single cream is a kind of cream.

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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: Single cream
  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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