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Sour cream on a food label: it contains milk

Sour 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 6,188 products, most often in ready meals.

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Does sour cream contain an allergen?

Yes. Sour 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 sour cream vegan?

No. Sour 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 sour cream have on a label?

In English sour cream can also read “soured cream”, “grade a cultured cream” or “cultured cream”. On European labels it is “Crème aigre” in French, “saure Sahne” in German and “Crema agria” in Spanish. The other 9 languages are listed below.

In Englishsoured creamgrade a cultured creamcultured cream
French
Crème aigre, crème sure
German
saure Sahne, Sauerrahm
Spanish
Crema agria, nata agria
Italian
Panna acida
Dutch
Zure room
Portuguese
Creme azedo, nata ácida
Polish
Kwaśna śmietana
Swedish
Gräddfil
Danish
syrnet fløde
Finnish
Hapankerma
Hungarian
Tejföl
Croatian
kiselo vrhnje

Which foods contain sour cream?

Open Food Facts lists sour cream or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 6,188 products, most often ready meals, dressings and sauces and biscuits and cakes. Most of them are sold in the United States, Germany and France.

  • Ready meals616
  • Dressings and sauces614
  • Biscuits and cakes606
  • Savoury snacks434
  • Pizzas, pies and quiches311
  • Milk and yoghurt310

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 3,869 · Germany 659 · France 495 · United Kingdom 380.

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

What kind of ingredient is sour cream?

Sour cream is a kind of cream.

Kinds of sour creamCrème fraîcheSmetanaCultured sour creamReduced fat sour creamFat free sour 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: Sour 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)
  7. Wikipedia: Sour cream

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