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Skimmed milk soft cheese on a food label: it contains milk

Skimmed milk soft cheese is a kind of soft cheese. It contains milk, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 104 products, most often in biscuits and cakes.

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Does skimmed milk soft cheese contain an allergen?

Yes. Skimmed milk soft cheese 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 skimmed milk soft cheese vegan?

No. Skimmed milk soft cheese 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 skimmed milk soft cheese have on a label?

In English skimmed milk soft cheese can also read “reduced fat soft cheese” or “low fat soft cheese”. On European labels it is “fromage à pâte molle allégé” in French, “Frischkäse Magerstufe” in German and “formaggio a pasta molle a base di latte scremato” in Italian. One more language is listed below.

In Englishreduced fat soft cheeselow fat soft cheese
French
fromage à pâte molle allégé, fromage à pâte molle au lait écrémé
German
Frischkäse Magerstufe, Frischkäse aus entrahmter Milch
Italian
formaggio a pasta molle a base di latte scremato
Croatian
obrano mlijeko meki sir

Which foods contain skimmed milk soft cheese?

Open Food Facts lists skimmed milk soft cheese in the ingredients of 104 products, most often biscuits and cakes, cheese and ready meals. Most of them are sold in the United Kingdom, Germany and Ireland.

  • Biscuits and cakes22
  • Cheese17
  • Ready meals15
  • Dairy desserts8
  • Milk and yoghurt7
  • Sandwiches5

Products with it, by country of sale: United Kingdom 66 · Germany 29 · Ireland 10 · France 8.

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

What kind of ingredient is skimmed milk soft cheese?

Skimmed milk soft cheese is a kind of soft cheese.

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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: Skimmed milk soft cheese
  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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