Ingredient dictionary
Skim milk and pasteurized cream on a food label: it contains milk
Skim milk and pasteurized 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 81 products, most often in dairy desserts.
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Does skim milk and pasteurized cream contain an allergen?
Yes. Skim milk and pasteurized cream 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 |
Is skim milk and pasteurized cream vegan?
No. Skim milk and pasteurized cream is not vegan: it is made from milk. It is vegetarian.
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What other names does skim milk and pasteurized cream have on a label?
On European labels it is “lait écrémé et crème pasteurisés” in French, “Magermilch und pasteurisiertes Sahne” in German and “crema de leche desnatada pasteurizada” in Spanish. The other 3 languages are listed below.
- French
- lait écrémé et crème pasteurisés
- German
- Magermilch und pasteurisiertes Sahne
- Spanish
- crema de leche desnatada pasteurizada, nata desnatada pasteurizada
- Italian
- latte scremato e panna pastorizzata
- Finnish
- rasvaton maito ja pastöroitu kerma
- Croatian
- obrano mlijeko i pasterizirano vrhnje
Which foods contain skim milk and pasteurized cream?
Open Food Facts lists skim milk and pasteurized cream in the ingredients of 81 products, most often dairy desserts, cheese and salty and fatty foods. Most of them are sold in France, Switzerland and Belgium.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 79 · Switzerland 5 · Belgium 1 · United States 1.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where skim milk and pasteurized cream turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is skim milk and pasteurized cream?
In the Open Food Facts ingredient tree, skim milk and pasteurized cream sits under cream and skimmed milk.
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- Open Food Facts: Skim milk and pasteurized cream
- Open Food Facts: ingredients taxonomy (names, family tree, allergen and vegan flags), ODbL
- Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
- European Union: Regulation 1169/2011 on food information to consumers, Annex II
- UK Food Standards Agency: Allergen guidance for food businesses (the 14 allergens)
- US FDA: Questions and Answers Regarding Food Allergen Labeling, Edition 5 (January 2025)
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