Ingredient dictionary
Unsalted butter on a food label: it contains milk
Unsalted butter is a kind of butter. It contains milk, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is vegetarian but not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 2,458 products, most often in biscuits and cakes. Per 100 g: about 753 kcal and 0.7 g protein.
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Does unsalted butter contain an allergen?
Yes. Unsalted butter 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 unsalted butter vegan?
No. Unsalted butter is not vegan: it is made from milk. It is vegetarian.
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What other names does unsalted butter have on a label?
On European labels it is “beurre doux” in French, “ungesalzene Butter” in German and “Mantequilla sin sal” in Spanish. The other 6 languages are listed below.
- French
- beurre doux
- German
- ungesalzene Butter
- Spanish
- Mantequilla sin sal
- Italian
- Burro non salato, Burro non-salato
- Dutch
- ongezouten boter
- Portuguese
- Manteiga sem sal
- Finnish
- suolaamaton voi, suolaton voi
- Hungarian
- sózatlan vaj, sótlan vaj
- Croatian
- neslani maslac
Which foods contain unsalted butter?
Open Food Facts lists unsalted butter in the ingredients of 2,458 products, most often biscuits and cakes, ready meals and pasta, rice and flour. Most of them are sold in the United States, the United Kingdom and France.
Products with it, by country of sale: United States 1,483 · United Kingdom 456 · France 434 · Australia 24.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where unsalted butter turns up, not how much of the market it is.
How many calories are in unsalted butter?
Unsalted butter has about 753 kcal per 100 g, with 0.7 g protein, 0.9 g carbohydrate and 83 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Butter, 82% fat, unsalted” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.
Also per 100 g: sugars 0.8 g, saturated fat 55 g, fibre 0 g, salt 0.06 g, energy 3,100 kJ.
ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 16400. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.
What kind of ingredient is unsalted butter?
Unsalted butter is a kind of butter.
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- Open Food Facts: Unsalted butter
- 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
- ANSES: CIQUAL French food composition table (CALNUT 2020 edition), Licence Ouverte 2.0
- 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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