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White chocolate on a food label: it contains milk

White chocolate is a kind of chocolate. It contains milk, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is vegetarian but not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 4,591 products, most often in biscuits and cakes. Per 100 g: about 562 kcal and 6.2 g protein.

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Does white chocolate contain an allergen?

Yes. White chocolate contains milk: labels in the US, the UK, Europe and the Gulf must declare it. It is made to a recipe, so any other allergen in it must be named on the label too.

AllergenUSUK and EuropeGulf
MilkRequiredRequiredLactose includedRequiredLactose included

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Is white chocolate vegan?

No. White chocolate 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.

A pack can differ from the usual recipe: the app reads the label in your hand.

What other names does white chocolate have on a label?

In English white chocolate can also read “White chocolate bar”. On European labels it is “chocolat blanc” in French, “Weiße Schokolade” in German and “chocolate blanco” in Spanish. The other 13 languages are listed below.

In EnglishWhite chocolate bar
French
chocolat blanc, Chocolat blanc en tablette
German
Weiße Schokolade, weisse Schokolade
Spanish
chocolate blanco
Italian
cioccolato bianco
Dutch
witte chocolade
Portuguese
chocolate branco
Polish
biała czekolada, czekolada biała
Swedish
vit choklad
Danish
hvid chokolade
Norwegian
hvit sjokolade
Finnish
valkoinen suklaa, valkosuklaa
Czech
bílá čokoláda
Hungarian
Fehér csokoládé
Romanian
ciocolată albă
Croatian
bijela čokolada, bijele čokolade
Turkish
Beyaz çikolata

Which foods contain white chocolate?

Open Food Facts lists white chocolate or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 4,591 products, most often biscuits and cakes, sweets and chocolate. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and Germany.

  • Biscuits and cakes1,174
  • Sweets1,035
  • Chocolate408
  • Ice cream190
  • Breakfast cereals118
  • Dairy desserts92

Products with it, by country of sale: France 1,749 · United States 1,463 · Germany 441 · United Kingdom 204.

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

How many calories are in white chocolate?

White chocolate has about 562 kcal per 100 g, with 6.2 g protein, 57 g carbohydrate and 34 g fat. The figures are for the entry “White chocolate bar” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

562kcal per 100 g
6.2g protein
57g carbohydrate
34g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 56 g, saturated fat 21 g, fibre 1 g, salt 0.22 g, energy 2,350 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 31010. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is white chocolate?

White chocolate is a kind of chocolate.

Kinds of white chocolateWhite chocolate coatingChocolate and white chocolate

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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: White chocolate
  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. ANSES: CIQUAL French food composition table (CALNUT 2020 edition), Licence Ouverte 2.0
  5. European Union: Regulation 1169/2011 on food information to consumers, Annex II
  6. UK Food Standards Agency: Allergen guidance for food businesses (the 14 allergens)
  7. US FDA: Questions and Answers Regarding Food Allergen Labeling, Edition 5 (January 2025)

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