Ingredient dictionary
Sweetened condensed milk on a food label: it contains milk
Sweetened condensed 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 5,369 products, most often in sweets.
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Sweetened condensed milk=milk
Does sweetened condensed milk contain an allergen?
Yes. Sweetened condensed milk contains milk: labels in the US, the UK, Europe and the Gulf must declare it.
| Allergen | US | UK and Europe | Gulf |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milk | Required | RequiredLactose included | RequiredLactose included |
Is sweetened condensed milk vegan?
No. Sweetened condensed milk is not vegan: it is made from milk. It is vegetarian.
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What other names does sweetened condensed milk have on a label?
In English sweetened condensed milk can also read “condensed milk with sugar”. On European labels it is “lait concentré sucré” in French, “gezuckerte Kondensmilch” in German and “leche condensada azucarada” in Spanish. The other 11 languages are listed below.
- French
- lait concentré sucré, lait condensé sucré
- German
- gezuckerte Kondensmilch, gezuckerte eingedickte Milch
- Spanish
- leche condensada azucarada, leche azucarada condensada
- Italian
- latte concentrato zuccherato
- Dutch
- gecondenseerde gesuikerde melk, gesuikerde gecondenseerde melk
- Polish
- mleko zagęszczone słodzone
- Swedish
- sockrad kondenserad mjölk, söt kondenserad mjölk
- Danish
- sukret kondenseret mælk
- Norwegian
- sukkerholdig kondensert melk, sukret kondensert skummet melk
- Finnish
- makeutettu kondensoitu maito, makeutettu maitotiiviste
- Czech
- slazené kondenzované mléko
- Hungarian
- édesített sűrített tej, cukrozott sűrített tej
- Romanian
- lapte condensat indulcit
- Croatian
- ugušćeno zaslađeno mlijeko, kondenzirano zaslađeno mlijeko
Which foods contain sweetened condensed milk?
Open Food Facts lists sweetened condensed milk or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 5,369 products, most often sweets, biscuits and cakes and ice cream. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and the United Kingdom.
Products with it, by country of sale: United States 1,974 · France 1,874 · United Kingdom 461 · Germany 344.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where sweetened condensed milk turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is sweetened condensed milk?
Sweetened condensed milk is a kind of milk.
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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.
- Open Food Facts: Sweetened condensed milk
- Open Food Facts: ingredients taxonomy (names, family tree, allergen and vegan flags), ODbL
- Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
- European Union: Regulation 1169/2011 on food information to consumers, Annex II
- UK Food Standards Agency: Allergen guidance for food businesses (the 14 allergens)
- US FDA: Questions and Answers Regarding Food Allergen Labeling, Edition 5 (January 2025)
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