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.
Culture Milk
Culture milk, also known as starter culture, is a liquid or powder containing live bacteria or yeasts. These microorganisms are …
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French Custard Base
French custard base is a rich mixture used to make traditional custard and ice cream. It typically contains milk, egg …
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Milk Fat And Nonfat Milk
Milk fat and nonfat milk are dairy ingredients derived from cow's milk. They are produced by separating milk into its …
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Pasteurized Part-skim Milk Cheese Culture
This is a starter culture used in cheesemaking. It contains live bacteria that are added to milk to begin the …
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Mlk
Milk is a nutrient-rich liquid food produced by the mammary glands of mammals. In the US, the term 'milk' typically …
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Queso Fresco
Queso fresco is a fresh, unaged white cheese made from cow's milk. It has a mild, slightly tangy flavor and …
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Semi-soft And Blue Cheese
Semi-soft cheeses are aged for a shorter period than hard cheeses, giving them a higher moisture content and a milder …
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Organic Blue Cheese
Blue cheese is a type of cheese made from cow's milk, sheep's milk, or goat's milk. It is characterized by …
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Cheddar Cheese Cheddar Cheese
Cheddar cheese is a firm, natural cheese originating in England. It is made from cow's milk, typically using pasteurized milk, …
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2% Milk
2% milk is cow's milk that has had some of its fat removed, resulting in a fat content of 2% …
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Pasteurized Organic Cream And Organic Nonfat Milk
Pasteurized organic cream and organic nonfat milk is a dairy product made from the fat and skimmed portions of organic …
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Cheese Blend: Mozzarella Cheese
Mozzarella is a soft, white cheese traditionally made from Italian buffalo milk, though cow's milk is more common today. It …
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Parmesan And Romano Made From Cow's Milk Cheese Blend
This is a blend of two Italian-style cheeses made from cow's milk: Parmesan and Romano. Both cheeses are hard, granular, …
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Whipped Cream Cheese
Whipped cream cheese is a spreadable dairy product made from cream cheese that has been aerated with air or nitrogen …
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Parmesan And Romano Cheese Base
Parmesan and Romano cheese base is a blend of hard, aged Italian-style cheeses, typically including both Parmesan and Romano. These …
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Vermont White Cheddar Cheese
Vermont white cheddar cheese is a type of cheddar cheese made in Vermont. Like other cheddars, it is a firm, …
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Enzyme Modified Milk Fat
Enzyme modified milk fat is a dairy ingredient made from butter or cream. Enzymes are used to break down or …
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Asiago Cheese Pasteurized Milk
Asiago is a firm, hard Italian cow's milk cheese. It originated in the Veneto region of Italy. The cheese is …
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Organic Nonfat Greek Yogurt
Organic nonfat Greek yogurt is a strained yogurt made from skim milk. The straining process removes most of the whey, …
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Organic Pasteurized Cultured Milk
This ingredient is milk that has been heated to kill harmful bacteria (pasteurized) and then had beneficial bacteria (cultures) added …
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Enzyme Modified Skim Milk Cheddar Cheese Product
Enzyme Modified Skim Milk Cheddar Cheese Product is made by using enzymes to break down the proteins and fats in …
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Monterey Jack Cheese With Peppers
Monterey Jack cheese with peppers is a semi-hard, creamy American cheese made from cow's milk, with chili peppers (such as …
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Dried Nonfat Yogurt
Dried nonfat yogurt is made by removing water from nonfat yogurt. The resulting powder retains the yogurt's tangy flavor and …
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Baker's Cheese
Baker's cheese is a type of soft, fresh cheese, similar to cream cheese or farmer's cheese. It is typically made …
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Cultured Ultrafiltered Nonfat Milk
Cultured ultrafiltered nonfat milk is made by concentrating nonfat milk using a process called ultrafiltration, which separates milk components based …
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Low Fat Mozzarella Cheese
Low-fat mozzarella cheese is a semi-soft, white cheese made from cow's milk. It is produced by heating skim milk and …
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Acidified Sour Cream
Acidified sour cream is a dairy product made by adding a bacterial culture to pasteurized cream, which produces lactic acid. …
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Cheddar And Semisoft Cheese
Cheddar and semisoft cheeses are dairy products made from milk. They are produced by coagulating milk, separating the curds from …
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Cheese: Low Moisture Mozzarella Cheese
Low moisture mozzarella is a type of mozzarella cheese with less water content than fresh mozzarella. It is made from …
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Pasteurized Partskim Milk
Pasteurized partskim milk is cow's milk that has had some of the fat removed and has been heated to a …
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Grade A Cultured Milk
Grade A cultured milk is milk that has been fermented by beneficial bacteria, often called 'starter cultures.' These bacteria consume …
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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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Powdered Buttermilk
Powdered buttermilk is made by drying liquid buttermilk, a byproduct of butter production. The liquid is pasteurized, then churned to …
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Cultured Pasteurized Grade A Milk & Cream
This ingredient is made from milk that has been pasteurized (heated to kill harmful bacteria) and then cultured with beneficial …
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Organic Cultured Pasteurized Skim Milk
This is skim milk that has been treated with heat (pasteurized) and then had beneficial bacteria (cultures) added to ferment …
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Vanilla Ice Cream
Vanilla ice cream is a popular frozen dessert made primarily from milk, cream, sugar, and vanilla flavoring. It is produced …
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Cultured Milk Whey
Cultured milk whey is the liquid remaining after milk has been curdled and strained, typically during the process of making …
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Pastuerized Milk
Pasteurized milk is cow's milk that has been heated to a specific temperature for a set period to kill harmful …
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Frozen Dairy Dessert
Frozen dairy dessert is a frozen product that resembles ice cream but contains less milkfat and may contain other ingredients …
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Probiotics: Streptococcus Thermophilus
Streptococcus thermophilus is a type of bacteria commonly found in the human gut and is also a key ingredient in …
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Reduced Fat Sweetened Condensed Milk
Reduced fat sweetened condensed milk is cow's milk from which much of the water has been removed, and sugar has …
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Diafiltered Skim Milk
Diafiltered skim milk is a liquid dairy product made by passing skim milk through a fine membrane filter. This process …
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Emmentaler Cheese
Emmentaler is a hard, pale-yellow Swiss cheese known for its distinctive large holes, called 'eyes'. It is made from cow's …
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Light Sour Cream
Light sour cream is a cultured dairy product made from milk or cream that has had some of the fat …
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Cheese Topping: Low Moisture Part-skim Mozzarella
Low-moisture part-skim mozzarella is a type of cheese made from cow's milk. It is produced by removing some of the …
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Part Skimmed Pasteurized Cow's Milk
This is milk from cows that has had some of its fat content removed. Pasteurization is a process that heats …
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Cream Cheese Icing
Cream cheese icing is a sweet frosting made primarily from cream cheese, sugar (usually powdered sugar), and often butter and …
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Natural Cheese
Natural cheese is a food made from milk, typically from cows, goats, or sheep. It is produced by coagulating milk …
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Concentrated Milk
Concentrated milk is milk from which water has been removed. It can be evaporated milk, which has had about 60% …
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Milk Cheese Culture
Milk cheese culture is a starter culture made from specific strains of bacteria, often including species like Lactococcus lactis and …
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Note:
This site presents label data from USDA FoodData Central for general information. It is not medical advice.
Check the package label; formulations change.