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.
Powdered Whole Milk
Powdered whole milk, also known as dried whole milk, is made by removing water from pasteurized whole milk. This process …
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Skimmed Milk Solids
Skimmed milk solids, also known as nonfat dry milk, are made by removing water from pasteurized skim milk. The process …
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Pasteurized Process Mozzarella Cheese
Pasteurized Process Mozzarella Cheese is a type of processed cheese product made from mozzarella cheese and other dairy ingredients. It …
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Blue And Semi-soft Cheese
Blue and semi-soft cheese are types of cheese made from cow's, sheep's, or goat's milk. They are characterized by their …
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Granular And Blue Cheese
Granular blue cheese is a type of cheese made from cow's milk that has been inoculated with the mold Penicillium …
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Club Cheddar Cheese
Club cheddar cheese is a type of cheese made from cow's milk. It is a processed cheese product, meaning it …
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Semi-soft Cheese Powder
Semi-soft cheese powder is made by drying and grinding semi-soft cheeses, such as cheddar or Monterey Jack. This process concentrates …
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Skim Milk Yogurt Powder
Skim milk yogurt powder is made by drying liquid skim milk yogurt. This process removes water, creating a concentrated powder …
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Curd
Curd is a dairy product made by coagulating milk protein, usually casein. This is typically achieved by adding a food-grade …
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Emmental
Emmental is a hard, pale yellow, Swiss-type cheese made from cow's milk. It is known for its distinctive holes, or …
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Sweetcream Buttermilk Whey
Sweetcream buttermilk whey is a byproduct of making sweet cream buttermilk. It is the liquid remaining after milk has been …
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Organic Cheddar Cheese Sauce Mix
Organic Cheddar Cheese Sauce Mix is a powdered blend designed to create a cheddar cheese sauce when mixed with water …
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Churned Cream
Churned cream is a dairy ingredient that comes from the process of making butter. When cream is churned, the fat …
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Corn Syrup Sweetened Condensed Milk
Corn syrup sweetened condensed milk is cow's milk from which much of the water has been removed, and corn syrup …
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Organic Nonfat Yogurt Powder
Organic nonfat yogurt powder is made by drying fluid, low-fat yogurt that has been produced using organic milk. The drying …
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Organic Cultured Skim Milk Powder
This ingredient is made from skim milk (milk with most of the fat removed) that has been cultured. Culturing involves …
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Pasteurized Process Provolone Cheese
Pasteurized process provolone cheese is a dairy product made from provolone cheese that has been heated and mixed with other …
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Nacho Cheese Sauce
Nacho cheese sauce is a creamy, savory sauce with a cheesy flavor, often with a hint of spice. It is …
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Asiago And Romano Cheese
Asiago and Romano are Italian hard, granular cheeses made from cow's milk. Asiago cheese originated in the Veneto region of …
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Milk Cream Powder
Milk cream powder is a dairy product made by removing water from cream, a high-fat liquid skimmed from the top …
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Certified Organic Grade A Reduced Fat Milk
Reduced fat milk is cow's milk that has had some of its fat removed, typically to 2% fat content. 'Grade …
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Organic Yellow Colby Cheese
Organic Yellow Colby cheese is a semi-hard, mild-flavored American cheese made from cow's milk. It is produced by washing the …
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Semisoft And Cheddar Cheeses
Semisoft and cheddar cheeses are types of cheese made from cow's milk. Cheddar cheese is a firm, often sharp-tasting cheese …
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Grade A Nonfat Dry Milk
Grade A Nonfat Dry Milk is a dairy product made by removing water from pasteurized skim milk. The resulting powder …
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Hormone Free Butter
Butter is a dairy product made by churning fresh or fermented cream. This process separates the butterfat from the buttermilk, …
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Topping: Parmesan And Romano Cheese Blend
This is a blend of two hard, aged Italian cheeses: Parmesan (Parmigiano-Reggiano) and Romano (Pecorino Romano). Both are traditionally made …
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Roasted Garlic And Herb Butter
Roasted garlic and herb butter is a flavored butter made by combining softened butter with roasted garlic and various herbs. …
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Parmesan Cheese Crisps
Parmesan cheese crisps are made from baked or fried pieces of Parmesan cheese. The cheese is typically sliced or shredded …
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Pasteurized Process Cheddar
Pasteurized process cheddar is a type of cheese made by blending one or more cheeses (like cheddar, Colby, or Monterey …
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Certified Organic Pasteurized Cream
Cream is the fatty part of milk that rises to the top when milk is left to stand. It is …
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Low Fat Cultured Buttermilk
Low-fat cultured buttermilk is a dairy product made from skim milk that has undergone fermentation by lactic acid bacteria. This …
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Yogurt: Grade A Pasteurized Skim Milk
Yogurt made from skim milk that has been pasteurized. Pasteurized skim milk is milk with most of the fat removed …
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Nacho Seasoning: Whey
Whey is the liquid byproduct of cheesemaking. It is made up of proteins, lactose (milk sugar), and minerals. It is …
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Pasteurized Organic Goat Milk
Pasteurized organic goat milk is milk from goats raised under organic farming standards, which means they are fed organic feed …
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Lowfat Ice Cream: Milkfat And Nonfat Milk
Milkfat is the fat component of milk, and nonfat milk is the liquid part of milk after the fat has …
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Ice Cream: Milk Fat And Nonfat Milk
Milk fat is the butterfat of milk or cream. Nonfat milk is milk from which the butterfat has been removed. …
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Dehydrated Milk
Dehydrated milk, also known as milk powder, is made by removing water from pasteurized milk. This process concentrates the milk …
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Cultured Pasteurized Organic Grade A Nonfat Milk
This ingredient is milk that has been pasteurized to kill harmful bacteria and then cultured with beneficial bacteria, often Lactobacillus …
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Deproteinized Whey Powder
Deproteinized whey powder is a dairy ingredient made from whey, a liquid byproduct of cheese production. The protein and minerals …
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Cultured Organic Pasteurized Milk
This ingredient starts with milk from cows raised under organic farming standards, meaning they are not given antibiotics or growth …
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Standardized With Dextrose And Salt
This ingredient is a mixture of standardized milk proteins, dextrose (a type of sugar), and salt. It is derived from …
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Sour Cream 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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Cheese Cultured Milk
Cultured milk is milk that has been fermented by beneficial bacteria, often called probiotics. This process is similar to how …
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Skimmed Milk Yogurt
Skimmed milk yogurt is a dairy product made by fermenting skim milk (milk with most of the fat removed) with …
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A Dehydrated Blend Of Cheeses
A dehydrated blend of cheeses is made by removing water from a mixture of cheeses. This process concentrates the cheese …
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Made Of Milkfat
Milkfat is the fatty component of milk, separated from the other milk solids and water. It is primarily obtained from …
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Enzymes Organic Romano Cheese
Enzymes are proteins that help speed up chemical reactions. In food production, enzymes are often used to help break down …
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Organic Cultured Cream Cheese
Cream cheese is a soft, mild-flavored fresh cheese. It is made from milk and cream, and cultured with lactic acid …
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Rbgh-free Milk
Milk from cows that have not been treated with recombinant bovine growth hormone (rBGH), also known as recombinant bovine somatotropin …
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Montamore Cheese
Montamore cheese is a semi-hard, Italian-style cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk. It has a nutty, slightly sharp flavor 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.