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Whole cream on a food label: it contains milk

Whole 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 193 products, most often in milk and yoghurt.

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Whole cream=milk

Does whole cream contain an allergen?

Yes. Whole 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 whole cream vegan?

No. Whole 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 whole cream have on a label?

In English whole cream can also read “full cream”. On European labels it is “crème entière” in French, “Vollrahm” in German and “crema de leche entera” in Spanish. The other 5 languages are listed below.

In Englishfull cream
French
crème entière
German
Vollrahm, ganze Sahne
Spanish
crema de leche entera, nata entera
Italian
panna intera
Dutch
volle room
Finnish
täyskerma, täysrasvainen kerma
Hungarian
teljes tejszín
Croatian
cijela krema

Which foods contain whole cream?

Open Food Facts lists whole cream in the ingredients of 193 products, most often milk and yoghurt, dairy desserts and ready meals. Most of them are sold in Switzerland, France and Germany.

  • Milk and yoghurt38
  • Dairy desserts17
  • Ready meals16
  • Biscuits and cakes15
  • Pizzas, pies and quiches10
  • Sweets8

Products with it, by country of sale: Switzerland 95 · France 82 · Germany 20 · Belgium 17.

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

What kind of ingredient is whole cream?

Whole cream is a kind of 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: Whole 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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