Dairy Ingredients in Food
Milk-derived ingredients include milk, cream, cheese, whey and casein. Milk is one of the 14 allergens that must be emphasised in the ingredient list on UK food labels.
Skimmed milk powder
Skimmed milk powder is produced by removing water from pasteurised skimmed milk. This is typically achieved through spray-drying, where milk …
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Milk
Milk is a nutrient-rich liquid food produced by the mammary glands of mammals. In the UK, the vast majority of …
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Whey powder
Whey powder is a by-product of cheesemaking, derived from milk. It is produced by drying liquid whey, which separates from …
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Butter
Butter is a dairy product made by churning fresh or fermented cream or milk. The process separates the butterfat from …
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Skimmed milk
Skimmed milk is cow's milk from which most of the fat has been removed. This is typically achieved through a …
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Whole milk powder
Whole milk powder is produced by removing water from pasteurised whole milk. The resulting powder retains the fat and protein …
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Lactose
Lactose is a disaccharide sugar found naturally in milk and dairy products. It is composed of glucose and galactose. In …
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Cream
Cream is the fatty layer skimmed from the top of milk before homogenisation. It is produced from cow's milk, though …
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Cow's milk
Cow's milk is a nutrient-rich liquid produced by the mammary glands of female cows. It is a white, opaque fluid …
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Butterfat
Butterfat is the fat component of butter. It is produced by churning cream or milk, separating the fat from the …
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Milkfat
Milkfat is the fat component of milk. It is primarily composed of triglycerides, which are esters formed from glycerol and …
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Whole milk
Whole milk is the milk of cows, goats, or other mammals, typically from cows in the UK. It contains all …
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Single cream
Single cream is a dairy product made from the higher-fat layer skimmed from the top of milk. It contains between …
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Mozzarella
Mozzarella is a fresh, soft, white cheese traditionally made from Italian buffalo milk or cow's milk. It is produced by …
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Whey
Whey is the liquid remaining after milk has been curdled and strained, typically during the production of cheese or casein. …
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Yogurt
Yogurt is a dairy product made by the bacterial fermentation of milk. The bacteria used to make yogurt are typically …
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Buttermilk
Buttermilk is the liquid left behind after churning butter from cream. Traditionally, it was a sour, tangy liquid, but modern …
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Double cream
Double cream is a high-fat dairy product made by adding extra cream to single cream, or by skimming the fat …
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Mature cheddar
Mature cheddar is a hard, yellow-orange cheese made from cow's milk. It is aged for at least 12 months, developing …
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Cheddar
Cheddar is a hard, pale yellow to orange cheese originating from the English village of Cheddar in Somerset. It is …
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Whipping cream
Whipping cream is a dairy product made from the high-fat layer skimmed from the top of milk. It has a …
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Unsalted butter
Unsalted butter is a dairy product made by churning cream or milk. The churning process separates the butterfat from the …
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Salted butter
Salted butter is a dairy product made by churning cream, to which salt has been added. The salt acts as …
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Cheese powder
Cheese powder is made from real cheese that has been dehydrated. The process typically involves spray-drying or freeze-drying to remove …
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Cheese
Cheese is a food produced from milk, typically from cows, goats, or sheep. It is made by coagulating the milk's …
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Full fat soft cheese
Full fat soft cheese is a dairy product made from cow's milk, cream, and starter cultures. It is a fresh …
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Buttermilk Powder
Buttermilk powder is made by drying liquid buttermilk, a by-product of butter production. The liquid is pasteurised, then spray-dried to …
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Whey permeate
Whey permeate is a by-product of cheese and whey protein concentrate production. It is produced by removing most of the …
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Sweetened condensed milk
Sweetened condensed milk is whole or skimmed cow's milk from which water has been removed, with sugar added. The removal …
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Milk powder
Milk powder is produced by removing water from liquid milk. This is typically done through spray-drying or vacuum-drying. The resulting …
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Semi-skimmed milk
Semi-skimmed milk is cow's milk from which approximately half the fat has been removed. It is a common dairy product …
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Sour cream
Sour cream is a dairy product made by fermenting regular cream with certain kinds of lactic acid bacteria. This bacterial …
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Medium fat hard cheese
Medium fat hard cheese is a type of cheese with a fat content typically between 25% and 40% of the …
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Streptococcus thermophilus
Streptococcus thermophilus is a bacterium commonly found in the human gut and used as a starter culture in the production …
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Skimmed yogurt
Skimmed yogurt is a dairy product made by fermenting skimmed milk with live bacterial cultures, typically Lactobacillus bulgaricus and Streptococcus …
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Extra mature cheddar
Extra mature cheddar is a hard, pale yellow cheese made from cow's milk. It is produced in the UK and …
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White chocolate
White chocolate is a confectionery product made from cocoa butter, sugar, and milk solids. Unlike dark or milk chocolate, it …
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Sweetened condensed skimmed milk
Sweetened condensed skimmed milk is made by removing water from skimmed cow's milk and adding sugar. The process concentrates the …
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Yogurt powder
Yogurt powder is produced by drying liquid yogurt. This process removes most of the water content, resulting in a concentrated …
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Sheeps Milk
Sheep milk is milk produced by domestic sheep. It is richer and creamier than cow's milk, with higher levels of …
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Mascarpone
Mascarpone is a soft, creamy Italian cheese made from cow's milk. It is produced by heating cream and then coagulating …
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Sweet whey powder
Sweet whey powder is a dried form of the liquid by-product of cheesemaking. It is produced by removing most of …
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Cream Powder
Cream powder is made by removing water from liquid cream. This process concentrates the milk solids and fat content, resulting …
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Ricotta
Ricotta is a fresh, soft, unripened Italian cheese. It is traditionally made from the whey left over from the production …
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Parmigiano reggiano
Parmigiano Reggiano is a hard, granular cheese originating from the Emilia-Romagna and Lombardy regions of Italy. It is made from …
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Crème fraîche
Crème fraîche is a cultured cream product, originating from France. It is made by fermenting cream with a specific blend …
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Lactobacillus bulgaricus
Lactobacillus bulgaricus is a species of lactic acid bacteria. It is a Gram-positive, non-spore-forming, rod-shaped bacterium that is commonly used …
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Bifidus
Bifidus is a type of bacteria, often referred to as Bifidobacterium. It is a common inhabitant of the human gut …
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Red leicester
Red Leicester is a firm, unpasteurised cow's milk cheese originating from Leicestershire in England. It is made using a traditional …
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Whey product
Whey product is a by-product of cheesemaking, derived from milk. It is the liquid remaining after milk has been curdled …
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Other ingredient types
Note:
This site presents label data from Open Food Facts for general information. It is not medical advice.
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