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.
Cultured Pasteurized Milk & Cream
Cultured pasteurized milk and cream is a dairy product made by adding a starter culture of bacteria to pasteurized milk …
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Pasteurized Cow's Milk & Skim Milk
Pasteurized cow's milk and skim milk are dairy products derived from cows. Pasteurization is a process of heating milk to …
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Restricted Melt Cheese
Restricted Melt Cheese is a type of cheese product designed to melt smoothly and evenly, often used in processed foods. …
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Pasteurized Process Cheese Blend
Pasteurized process cheese blend is a food product made by blending one or more natural cheeses with an emulsifying agent. …
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Sauce: Cheese Sauce
Cheese sauce is a dairy-based sauce made primarily from cheese, often with milk, cream, butter, and sometimes thickeners like flour …
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Sharp Cheddar Cheese - Cheddar Cheese
Sharp cheddar cheese is a firm, natural cheese made from cow's milk. It is aged for a longer period than …
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Sour Cream Cultures
Sour cream cultures are live microorganisms, typically bacteria, used to ferment milk or cream. These cultures convert lactose (milk sugar) …
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Reduced Minerals
Reduced minerals is a dairy product that is made by removing some of the minerals, like calcium and phosphorus, from …
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Grated Romano Cheese Made From Cow's 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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Mild Cheddar Cheese Cheddar Cheese Pasteurized Milk
Mild cheddar cheese is a type of cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk. It is a firm, pale yellow cheese …
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Pasteurized Cheddar Cheese
Pasteurized cheddar cheese is a type of semi-hard cheese made from cow's milk. It is produced by heating the milk …
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Cheese: Mozzarella
Mozzarella is a semi-soft, white cheese originating from Southern Italy. It is traditionally made from Italian buffalo milk, but is …
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Mac & Cheese
Macaroni and cheese is a dish made with cooked elbow macaroni pasta and a cheese sauce. The sauce is typically …
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Bakers Cheese
Bakers cheese is a type of fresh, unripened cheese, similar to farmer's cheese or quark. It is made by heating …
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Whey Ricotta Cheese
Whey ricotta cheese is a fresh, soft, and moist cheese made from whey, a byproduct of making other cheeses like …
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Bechamel
Béchamel is a basic white sauce made from a roux (butter and flour cooked together) and milk. It is one …
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Part-skim Mozzarella
Part-skim mozzarella is a fresh, semi-soft cheese that originated in Italy. It is typically made from cow's milk, with some …
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Organic Parmesan
Organic Parmesan is a hard, dry cheese made from cow's milk. It is produced using traditional methods, with the milk …
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Processed Cheese
Processed cheese is a food product made from one or more cheeses, blended with emulsifiers, and sometimes other ingredients like …
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Chocolate Ice Cream
Chocolate ice cream is a popular frozen dessert made from a mixture of milk, cream, sugar, and chocolate or cocoa. …
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Powdered Cream Substitute
Powdered cream substitute is a non-dairy product designed to mimic the taste and texture of dairy cream. It is typically …
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Non-fat Dry Yogurt
Non-fat dry yogurt is made from yogurt with most of the water and fat removed. It is produced by drying …
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Creamy Inside: 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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Cheddar And Enzyme Modified Cheddar Cheese Solids
Cheddar and enzyme-modified cheddar cheese solids are derived from cheddar cheese. Enzymes are used to break down proteins and fats …
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Cream Cheese Bits
Cream cheese bits are small pieces of cream cheese, often dehydrated or freeze-dried, to give them a longer shelf life …
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Milk Skim Milk
Skim milk is cow's milk that has had most of the fat removed. The fat is separated from the milk, …
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Nonfat Dry Yogurt
Nonfat dry yogurt is made by removing water from pasteurized nonfat yogurt. The resulting powder is a source of protein …
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Cultures Pasteurized Milk
Cultures pasteurized milk is milk that has been heated to kill harmful bacteria, then had beneficial bacteria (cultures) added to …
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Organic Nonfat Dry Milk Solids
Organic Nonfat Dry Milk Solids are made from pasteurized skim milk from cows raised on organic feed. The milk is …
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Real Sour Cream
Real sour cream is a dairy product made by fermenting regular cream with specific kinds of lactic acid bacteria. This …
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Part Skim Mozzarella Cheese: Pasteurized Part Skim Milk
Part skim mozzarella cheese is a semi-soft, white cheese made from pasteurized milk from which some of the fat has …
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Pasteurized Cultured Organic Lowfat Milk
This ingredient is milk that has been pasteurized to kill harmful bacteria and then cultured with live bacteria (probiotics) to …
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Sweet Dry Whey
Sweet dry whey is a byproduct of cheesemaking, specifically from cow's milk. It is the liquid remaining after milk has …
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Aged Over 180 Days Pasteurized Milk
This is milk that has been heated to at least 161°F (72°C) for 15 seconds to kill harmful bacteria. It …
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Whole Cow's Milk
Whole cow's milk is the milk produced by a dairy cow. It contains all of its natural fat and is …
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Sauce: Milk
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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Greek Nonfat Yogurt Powder
Greek nonfat yogurt powder is made by removing water from plain, nonfat Greek yogurt. This process concentrates the yogurt's solids, …
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Cheddar Cheese Sauce Water
Cheddar cheese sauce is a dairy-based sauce made primarily from cheese, often cheddar, blended with water and other ingredients. It …
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Half & Half Cream
Half & Half Cream is a dairy product made by combining whole milk and light cream. It typically contains 10.5% …
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Process American Cheese Product
Process American cheese product is a type of cheese made by blending one or more cheeses with emulsifiers and other …
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Process Cheese Food In Powder
Process cheese food in powder is a dehydrated product made from real cheese, often blended with other dairy ingredients like …
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Non-homogenized Grade A Pasteurized Milk
Non-homogenized milk is milk that has not been processed to break down fat globules. This means the cream will naturally …
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Imported Romano Cheese Made From Sheep's Milk
Romano cheese is a hard, salty Italian cheese traditionally made from sheep's milk. It is often aged for several months, …
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Butter-salted
Salted butter is a dairy product made by churning fresh or fermented cream, separating the butterfat from the buttermilk. Salt …
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Cheddar And Gouda Cheese
Cheddar and Gouda cheese are types of semi-hard or hard cheeses made from cow's milk. They are produced by curdling …
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Milk Minerals Concentrate
Milk minerals concentrate is a dairy ingredient made from milk. It is produced by removing water and lactose from milk, …
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Modified Butter Oil And Dehydrated Butter
Modified butter oil is butterfat that has undergone processing, such as hydrolysis or fractionation, to alter its physical properties. Dehydrated …
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Sweet Creme Solids
Sweet cream solids are made from the liquid cream skimmed from the top of milk. This liquid cream is then …
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Cultured Pasteurized Lowfat Organic Milk
Cultured pasteurized lowfat organic milk is cow's milk that has undergone several processing steps. First, it is pasteurized, a heating …
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Gouda And Cheddar Cheese
Gouda and Cheddar cheese are types of aged, fermented dairy products made from milk. Gouda is a semi-hard cheese originating …
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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.