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Skimmed milk on a food label: it contains milk

Skimmed milk is a kind of milk. It contains milk, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is vegetarian but not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 56,595 products, most often in milk and yoghurt. Per 100 g: about 35 kcal and 3.3 g protein.

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Does skimmed milk contain an allergen?

Yes. Skimmed milk 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 vegan?

No. Skimmed milk 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 skimmed milk have on a label?

In English skimmed milk can also read “skim milk”, “non-fat milk” or “nonfat milk”. On European labels it is “lait écrémé” in French, “Magermilch” in German and “Leche descremada” in Spanish. The other 11 languages are listed below.

In Englishskim milknon-fat milknonfat milkfat-free milklow-fat milk1% fat milklowfat milk
French
lait écrémé, lait maigre
German
Magermilch, entrahmte Milch
Spanish
Leche descremada, Leche desnatada
Italian
Latte scremato, latte senza grassi
Dutch
Magere melk, Taptemelk
Portuguese
Leite desnatado, leite magro
Polish
odtłuszczone mleko, mleko odtłuszczone
Swedish
Skummjölk, lättmjölk
Danish
skummetmælk
Norwegian
Skummet melk, skummetmelk
Finnish
rasvaton maito, Vähärasvainen maito
Czech
Odstředěné mléko
Hungarian
sovány tej, fölözött tej
Croatian
obrano mlijeko, obrane mlijeko

Which foods contain skimmed milk?

Open Food Facts lists skimmed milk or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 56,595 products, most often milk and yoghurt, biscuits and cakes and ice cream. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Germany.

  • Milk and yoghurt6,851
  • Biscuits and cakes5,490
  • Ice cream4,891
  • Sweets3,418
  • Dairy desserts2,874
  • Cheese2,064

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 32,977 · France 11,091 · Germany 3,453 · United Kingdom 2,028.

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

How many calories are in skimmed milk?

Skimmed milk has about 35 kcal per 100 g, with 3.3 g protein, 5 g carbohydrate and 0.2 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Milk, skimmed, pasteurised” (the closest food in the table) in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

35kcal per 100 g
3.3g protein
5g carbohydrate
0.2g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 4.9 g, saturated fat 0.1 g, fibre 0 g, salt 0.11 g, energy 148 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 19051 (the closest food in the table). A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is skimmed milk?

Skimmed milk is a kind of milk.

Kinds of skimmed milkPasteurized skimmed milkGrade a nonfat milkSkim milk and pasteurized creamUHT sterilised skimmed milkSkimmed sheeps milkVitamin enriched skimmed milkVitamin enriched lowfat milk

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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: Skimmed milk
  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. ANSES: CIQUAL French food composition table (CALNUT 2020 edition), Licence Ouverte 2.0
  5. European Union: Regulation 1169/2011 on food information to consumers, Annex II
  6. UK Food Standards Agency: Allergen guidance for food businesses (the 14 allergens)
  7. US FDA: Questions and Answers Regarding Food Allergen Labeling, Edition 5 (January 2025)
  8. Wikipedia: Skimmed milk

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