Dairy Ingredients in Food
Milk-derived ingredients include milk, cream, cheese, whey and casein. Milk is one of the nine major food allergens that must be declared on US food labels.
Milk
Milk is a nutrient-rich liquid produced by mammals to feed their young. In the context of food, it typically refers …
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Whey
Whey is a liquid byproduct created during the cheese-making process. When milk curdles, the solid curds are separated, leaving behind …
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Cream
Cream is the fatty part of milk that naturally rises to the top when milk is left to stand. It …
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Butter
Butter is a dairy product made by churning fresh or fermented cream or milk. This process separates the butterfat from …
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Pasteurized Milk
Pasteurized milk is milk, typically from cows, that has been heated to a specific temperature for a set amount of …
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Nonfat Milk
Nonfat milk is cow's milk from which most of the fat has been removed. It is made by centrifuging whole …
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Skim Milk
Skim milk is cow's milk from which most of the milk fat has been removed. It is made by centrifuging …
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Nonfat Dry Milk
Nonfat dry milk is a dairy product made by removing water and milkfat from pasteurized milk. The process involves evaporating …
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Cheddar Cheese
Cheddar cheese is a hard, natural cheese that originated in the village of Cheddar, England. It is made from cow's …
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Buttermilk
Buttermilk is the slightly acidic liquid left over after churning butter from cream. Modern cultured buttermilk is typically made by …
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Lactose
Lactose is a natural sugar found in milk and dairy products. It is a disaccharide, meaning it is made of …
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Parmesan Cheese
Parmesan cheese is a hard, granular cheese with a rich, savory flavor. It originates from the Parma region of Italy. …
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Whey Powder
Whey powder is a dairy ingredient made from whey, which is the liquid remaining after milk has been curdled and …
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Pasteurized Part-skim Milk
Pasteurized part-skim milk is cow's milk that has undergone pasteurization, a heating process to kill harmful bacteria, and has had …
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Whole Milk Powder
Whole milk powder is a dairy product made by removing water from whole milk. This process typically involves evaporation and …
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Cultured Milk
Cultured milk is milk that has been fermented with beneficial bacteria, such as Lactobacillus, Lactococcus, and Streptococcus species. These bacteria …
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Whole Milk
Whole milk is a dairy product obtained from cows, containing its full natural fat content. It is typically pasteurized (heated …
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Cultured Pasteurized Milk
Cultured pasteurized milk is milk that has been heated to a specific temperature to kill harmful bacteria (pasteurization) and then …
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Cream Cheese
Cream cheese is a soft, fresh cheese made from cow's milk and cream. It is produced by fermenting a mixture …
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Sour Cream
Sour cream is a dairy product created by fermenting regular cream with lactic acid bacteria. This fermentation process thickens the …
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Romano Cheese
Romano cheese is a hard, salty Italian-style cheese. It is traditionally made from sheep's milk (Pecorino Romano), but can also …
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Pasteurized Cream
Pasteurized cream is the high-fat layer skimmed from milk, which has been heated to a specific temperature for a set …
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Heavy Cream
Heavy cream is the high-fat part of milk that rises to the top before homogenization. It is made by separating …
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Pasteurized Milk And Cream
Pasteurized milk and cream are dairy products that have undergone pasteurization, a heat treatment process that kills harmful bacteria. Milk …
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Low Moisture Part Skim Mozzarella Cheese
Low Moisture Part Skim Mozzarella Cheese is a semi-soft cheese made from cow's milk. It is produced by coagulating milk, …
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Mozzarella Cheese
Mozzarella cheese is a fresh, soft, and stretchy cheese that originated in Italy. It is traditionally made from the milk …
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Skim Milk Powder
Skim milk powder is a dairy product made by removing water from pasteurized skim milk. It contains all the non-fat …
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Buttermilk Powder
Buttermilk powder is a dairy product made by removing water from liquid buttermilk. Buttermilk is the liquid left over after …
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Pasteurized Cow's Milk
Pasteurized cow's milk is milk collected from cows that has undergone a heating process called pasteurization. This process involves heating …
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Monterey Jack Cheese
Monterey Jack is a semi-hard cheese made from cow's milk. It originated in Monterey, California, and is known for its …
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Part-skim Milk
Part-skim milk is cow's milk from which some of the milkfat has been removed. It is produced by centrifuging whole …
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Sweetened Condensed Milk
Sweetened condensed milk is cow's milk from which about 60% of the water has been removed, and sugar has been …
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Milkfat And Nonfat Milk
Milkfat is the fatty portion of milk, while nonfat milk is the liquid part of milk after the fat has …
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A Milk Derivative
A milk derivative is a substance made from milk or its components, such as whey or casein. These derivatives are …
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Cultured Cream
Cultured cream is a dairy product made by adding a bacterial culture to pasteurized cream. The bacteria ferment lactose (milk …
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Non-fat Dry Milk
Non-fat dry milk is a dairy product made by removing almost all the water from pasteurized skim milk. The milk …
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Nonfat Milk Powder
Nonfat milk powder is dried skim milk. It is made by removing water from pasteurized skim milk, typically through evaporation …
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White Chocolate
White chocolate is a type of chocolate made from cocoa butter, sugar, and milk solids. Unlike dark or milk chocolate, …
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Nonfat Milk Solids
Nonfat milk solids are the components of milk that remain after the water and fat have been removed. They are …
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Buttermilk Solids
Buttermilk solids are the dried components of buttermilk, a liquid byproduct of butter production. The liquid buttermilk is pasteurized and …
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Ricotta Cheese
Ricotta is a fresh, soft, and mild-tasting Italian cheese. It is traditionally made from the whey left over from making …
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Cultured Nonfat Milk
Cultured nonfat milk is made by adding live bacterial cultures to skim milk. These cultures ferment the milk's natural sugars …
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Milk Powder
Milk powder is a dairy product made by removing water from pasteurized milk. This can be done through evaporation or …
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Blue Cheese
Blue cheese is a type of cheese made from cow's milk, sheep's milk, or goat's milk that has been ripened …
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Cultured Skim Milk
Cultured skim milk is made from skim milk that has been fermented by beneficial bacteria, often called probiotics. This process …
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Cheese
Cheese is a food product made from milk. It is produced by curdling milk proteins, separating the solid curds from …
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Dry Whole Milk
Dry whole milk, also known as milk powder, is made by removing water from pasteurized whole milk. The resulting powder …
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Whey Solids
Whey solids are a byproduct of cheesemaking, consisting of the liquid remaining after milk has been curdled and strained. This …
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Modified Whey
Modified whey is made from whey, a liquid byproduct of cheesemaking. It is processed to change its properties, such as …
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Provolone Cheese
Provolone is a semi-hard Italian cheese made from cow's milk. It is an aged cheese, typically aged for at least …
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Other ingredient types
Note:
This site presents label data from USDA FoodData Central for general information. It is not medical advice.
Check the package label; formulations change.