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.
Sheep's Cow's Milk
Sheep's milk is milk produced by domestic sheep. It is richer and creamier than cow's milk, with higher levels of …
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Dried Sweet Whey Solids
Dried sweet whey solids are a byproduct of cheesemaking, specifically from cow's milk. After the milk is curdled to make …
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Diced Mozzarella Cheese
Diced mozzarella cheese is a semi-soft, stretched-curd cheese, typically made from cow's milk, though traditionally from water buffalo milk. It …
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Cultured Skim Milk And Cream
Cultured skim milk and cream is made by adding a starter culture of bacteria to skim milk and cream. These …
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Ricotta And Low-moisture Part-skim Mozzarella Cheese Blend
This is a blend of two Italian cheeses: ricotta, a soft, fresh cheese made from whey, and low-moisture part-skim mozzarella, …
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Butter Unsalted
Butter is a dairy product made from churning fresh or fermented cream or milk. It is primarily composed of milkfat, …
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Nonfat Milk And Milkfat
Nonfat milk is milk with most of the fat removed. Milkfat is the fat component of milk. Both are derived …
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4-cheese Blend
A blend of four different cheeses, typically including hard and semi-hard varieties like Cheddar, Parmesan, Romano, and Mozzarella. The specific …
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Milk With Vitamin D3 Added
Milk is a nutrient-rich liquid food produced by the mammary glands of mammals. In the US, most milk sold is …
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Pasturized Cream
Pasteurized cream is the high-fat part of milk that has been heated to a specific temperature for a set time …
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Pasteurized Whole Organic Milk
Pasteurized whole organic milk is milk from cows raised on organic farms, meaning they are not given antibiotics or growth …
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Romano Cheese Made From Cows Milk
Romano cheese is a hard, salty Italian-style cheese traditionally made from sheep's milk. However, in the United States, it is …
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Certified Organic Grade A Whole Milk
Certified Organic Grade A Whole Milk is milk from cows raised on certified organic farms. 'Grade A' indicates it meets …
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Organic Parmigiano Reggiano Cheese
Organic Parmigiano Reggiano is a hard, granular cheese traditionally made in the Parma, Reggio Emilia, Modena, and Bologna provinces of …
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Chocolate Ice Cream: Milk
Milk is a white liquid produced by mammals, most commonly from cows for human consumption. It is a nutrient-rich fluid …
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Cultured Whey Powder
Cultured whey powder is made from whey, a liquid byproduct of cheese or casein production. The whey is fermented with …
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Cream Skimmed Milk Whole Milk
Skimmed milk is milk from which most of the fat has been removed. Whole milk is milk that contains its …
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Gorgonzola
Gorgonzola is a type of Italian blue cheese made from unskimmed cow's milk. It is produced in the northern Italian …
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Vanilla Milk
Vanilla milk is a beverage made by combining milk with vanilla flavoring. The vanilla can come from natural vanilla beans …
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Chymosin
Chymosin is an enzyme that helps milk coagulate, or thicken. It is traditionally sourced from the fourth stomach of young, …
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Havarti
Havarti is a semi-soft Danish-style cheese made from cow's milk. It is known for its smooth, buttery texture and mild, …
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Chihuahua Cheese
Chihuahua cheese is a semi-firm, white to yellow cow's milk cheese originating from the Chihuahua region of Mexico. It is …
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Cheddar Cheese And White Cheddar Cheese
Cheddar cheese is a hard, off-white (or orange) natural cheese made from cow's milk. It is produced by a process …
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Whey Leavening
Whey is the liquid part of milk that separates from the curds during cheesemaking. It is a byproduct of dairy …
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Grana Cheese
Grana cheese is a hard, granular cow's milk cheese originating from Italy. It is made using a long aging process, …
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Cream & Natural Flavoring
Cream is the high-fat layer skimmed from the top of milk. Natural flavoring is a complex mixture of substances derived …
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Reduced Mineral
Reduced mineral whey is a dairy product made by removing minerals from whey, a liquid byproduct of cheesemaking. The process …
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Dairy Creamer
Dairy creamer is a product made from milk-based ingredients, such as milk solids and cream, designed to add richness and …
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Whole/nonfat Dry Milk
Whole dry milk, also known as milk powder, is made by removing water from pasteurized milk. Nonfat dry milk is …
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Pasteurized Process Cheese Product
Pasteurized process cheese product is a food made by blending one or more varieties of cheese with an emulsifier and …
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Sour Cream Cultured Milk And Cream
Sour cream is a dairy product made by fermenting regular cream with specific types of lactic acid bacteria. These bacteria …
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Chive & Garlic Butter
Chive & garlic butter is a flavored butter made by blending butter with finely chopped chives and garlic. The butter …
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Cream Cheese Product
Cream cheese is a soft, mild-tasting fresh cheese made from milk and cream. It is typically made by combining milk …
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Creamy Inside: 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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Plain Yogurt
Plain yogurt is a dairy product made by fermenting milk with specific live bacterial cultures, typically *Lactobacillus bulgaricus* and *Streptococcus …
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Parmesan Cheese Concentrate
Parmesan cheese concentrate is a highly concentrated form of parmesan cheese. It is made by removing water and other non-flavor …
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Mozzarella Cheese: Pasteurized Whole Milk
Mozzarella cheese is a soft, white cheese traditionally made from Italian buffalo milk, though most commercially produced mozzarella in the …
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Skim Milk Cream
Skim milk cream is a dairy product made from cow's milk. It is the liquid part of milk that remains …
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Nonfat Milk Derived Solids
Nonfat milk derived solids are made from skim milk. The water and milkfat are removed, leaving behind proteins, lactose, and …
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Reduced Lactose Sweetened Condensed Whole Milk
This is whole milk that has had most of its lactose removed, then concentrated by evaporation and sweetened with sugar. …
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Cream Skim Milk
Skim milk is cow's milk from which most of the fat has been removed. It is a liquid dairy product …
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Grade A Organic Cream
Cream is the high-fat layer that rises to the top of milk before homogenization. Grade A organic cream comes from …
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Crafted In Wisconsin From Cultured Milk
Cultured milk is milk that has been fermented by beneficial bacteria, often called probiotics. This process changes the milk's flavor …
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Sugar Whole Milk
Sugar Whole Milk describes an ingredient that combines sugar, typically derived from sugarcane or sugar beets, with whole milk from …
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Aged Cheese
Aged cheese is a type of cheese that has been ripened for a period ranging from a few months to …
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Part Skim Cows Milk
Part-skim cow's milk is milk from which some of the fat has been removed. It is a common ingredient in …
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Cream Cheese Milk
Cream cheese is a soft, mild-tasting fresh cheese made from milk and cream. It is typically made by combining milk …
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Wisconsin Cheddar Cheese
Wisconsin Cheddar Cheese is a type of firm, natural cheese made from cow's milk. It is produced in Wisconsin, a …
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Cheese: Whole Milk Mozzarella Cheese
Whole milk mozzarella is a semi-soft, white cheese made from cow's milk. It is produced by heating whole milk, adding …
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Cultured Pasteurized Grade A Organic Lowfat Milk
This is milk from cows raised under organic farming standards. The milk is pasteurized, a process that heats it to …
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This site presents label data from USDA FoodData Central for general information. It is not medical advice.
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