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Sterilized cream on a food label: it contains milk

Sterilized 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 104 products, most often in sweets.

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Sterilized cream=milk

Does sterilized cream contain an allergen?

Yes. Sterilized 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 sterilized cream vegan?

No. Sterilized 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 sterilized cream have on a label?

On European labels it is “crème stérilisée” in French, “sterilisierte Sahne” in German and “nata esterilizada” in Spanish. The other 4 languages are listed below.

French
crème stérilisée
German
sterilisierte Sahne, sterilisierte Schlagsahne
Spanish
nata esterilizada, crema de leche esterilizada
Italian
panna sterilizzata
Finnish
sterilisoitu kerma
Hungarian
hőkezelt tejszín
Croatian
sterilizirana krema

Which foods contain sterilized cream?

Open Food Facts lists sterilized cream or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 104 products, most often sweets, biscuits and cakes and ready meals. Most of them are sold in France, Morocco and the United States.

  • Sweets22
  • Biscuits and cakes14
  • Ready meals12
  • Milk and yoghurt5
  • Ice cream5
  • Sandwiches4

Products with it, by country of sale: France 98 · Morocco 3 · United States 2 · Canada 1.

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

What kind of ingredient is sterilized cream?

Sterilized cream is a kind of cream.

Kinds of sterilized creamSterilized UHT 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: Sterilized 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)

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