Ingredient dictionary
Whole milk on a food label: it contains milk
Whole 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 19,402 products, most often in milk and yoghurt. Per 100 g: about 65 kcal and 3.3 g protein.
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Does whole milk contain an allergen?
Yes. Whole 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 whole milk vegan?
No. Whole milk is not vegan: it is made from milk. It is vegetarian.
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What other names does whole milk have on a label?
In English whole milk can also read “full cream milk”. On European labels it is “lait entier” in French, “Vollmilch” in German and “leche entera” in Spanish. The other 12 languages are listed below.
- French
- lait entier
- German
- Vollmilch
- Spanish
- leche entera
- Italian
- latte intero
- Dutch
- volle melk
- Portuguese
- leite enteiro, leite integral
- Polish
- mleko pełne, pełne mleko
- Swedish
- Helmjölk, sötmjölk
- Danish
- sødmælk, sødmaelk
- Norwegian
- helmelk
- Finnish
- täysmaito
- Czech
- plnotučné mléko
- Hungarian
- teljes tej
- Romanian
- lapte integral
- Croatian
- mlijeko trajno, punomasno mlijeko
Which foods contain whole milk?
Open Food Facts lists whole milk or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 19,402 products, most often milk and yoghurt, dairy desserts and biscuits and cakes. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and Germany.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 7,964 · United States 5,136 · Germany 1,880 · Switzerland 829.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where whole milk turns up, not how much of the market it is.
How many calories are in whole milk?
Whole milk has about 65 kcal per 100 g, with 3.3 g protein, 4.9 g carbohydrate and 3.6 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Milk, whole, UHT” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.
Also per 100 g: sugars 4.2 g, saturated fat 2.4 g, fibre 0 g, salt 0.11 g, energy 273 kJ.
ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 19023. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.
What kind of ingredient is whole milk?
Whole 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: Whole 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
- 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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