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Soft cheese on a food label: it contains milk

Soft cheese is a kind of cheese. It contains milk, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 689 products, most often in cheese.

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Soft cheese=milk

Does soft cheese contain an allergen?

Yes. 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 soft cheese vegan?

No. 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 soft cheese have on a label?

On European labels it is “Fromage à pâte molle” in French, “Weichkäse” in German and “zachte kaas” in Dutch. One more language is listed below.

French
Fromage à pâte molle
German
Weichkäse
Dutch
zachte kaas
Croatian
meki sirevi

Which foods contain soft cheese?

Open Food Facts lists soft cheese or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 689 products, most often cheese, biscuits and cakes and ready meals. Most of them are sold in the United Kingdom, France and Germany.

  • Cheese160
  • Biscuits and cakes91
  • Ready meals84
  • Sandwiches23
  • Pizzas, pies and quiches23
  • Dressings and sauces13

Products with it, by country of sale: United Kingdom 486 · France 83 · Germany 75 · United States 39.

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

What kind of ingredient is soft cheese?

Soft cheese is a kind of cheese.

Kinds of soft cheeseFull fat soft cheeseMedium fat soft cheeseSkimmed milk soft cheeseSoft cheese made from pasteurized 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: 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)

Contains information from Open Food Facts, which is made available here under the Open Database License (ODbL). Read the licence · Download this dictionary’s data · How we check

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