Lactose
Lactose is one of the markers Open Food Facts uses to classify a food as ultra-processed (NOVA group 4).
What it is and why it counts
Lactose is milk sugar, crystallised industrially from whey, a by-product of cheese making. It is used as a cheap bulking ingredient and to help browning.
Substances rarely used in home kitchens
These are extracted from foods or derived from them industrially: refined sugars made from starch, isolated proteins and fibres, modified starches and oils. NOVA calls them "substances of no or rare culinary use", the other defining sign of an ultra-processed food.
Where it turns up
Lactose appears in 773 of the 40,000 products on this site (2%).
Products containing lactose
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Snickers
Mars Polska Spółka Z Ograniczoną Odpowiedzialnością · 50 g
NOVA group
4
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Snack Poppé
Too Good · 85g
NOVA group
4
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Whole Nut Milk Chocolate with Roasted Hazelnuts
Fin Carre · 100 gram
NOVA group
4
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Excellence Milk Sea Salt Caramel
Lindt · 100 g e
NOVA group
4
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Extra velouté blanc
Lindt · 100 g
NOVA group
4
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Walkers Cheese & Onion crisps
Walkers · 25 g
NOVA group
4
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Ramen Noodle Soup Chicken Flavor
Maruchan · 85 g
NOVA group
4
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Pistachio
Ritter Sport · 100 g
NOVA group
4
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Snickers Ice Cream New Recipe
Snickers · 319.2 g (352.1 ml)
NOVA group
4
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Elmlea Double
Elmlea · 270ml
NOVA group
4
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Porcini Mushroom and Ricotta Tortelloni
Lidl · 250 g
NOVA group
4
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GARDEN SALSA FLAVORED Sun Chips
Sun Chips
NOVA group
4
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Harvest Cheddar
Sun Chips · 7 oz (198.4 g)
NOVA group
4
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Lindt Schokolade Goldhase
Lindt · 100g
NOVA group
4
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Melts Cheese
Carr's · 150 g
NOVA group
4
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Whole Nuts White Chocolate
Fin Carré · 100 g
NOVA group
4
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Twix Twin
Mars Wrigley · 50g
NOVA group
4
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Manchego & Green Olive
Manomasa · 140g
NOVA group
4
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Texas BBQ Sauce
Pringles · 185g
NOVA group
4
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Peanut Butter Cups minis unwrapped
Reese's · 90 g
NOVA group
4
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Nacho Cheese
Doritos · 1 oz (28.3 g)
NOVA group
4
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Sour Cream and Onion
Pringles · 165g
NOVA group
4
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Tartine croustillante sarrasin
Schär · 125 g
NOVA group
4
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Reese's 2 Peanut Butter Cups
Reese's · 42g
NOVA group
4
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CHOCO LEIBNIZ milk
Bahlsen · 111g
NOVA group
4
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Lindt MILCH • AU LAIT• MILK
Lindt · 300g
NOVA group
4
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Knorr All Purpose Seasoning Aromat
Knorr · 90g
NOVA group
4
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Vanilla Chocolate Balls
Müller Corner · 124g
NOVA group
4
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Sea Salt & Chardonnay Wine Vinegar Crisps
Coop · 150 g
NOVA group
4
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Trail Mix
KIRKLAND Signature · 57g (2 OZ)
NOVA group
4
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Snickers ICE CREAM
Snickers · 12st
NOVA group
4
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Pringles Salt & Vinegar
Pringles · 185g
NOVA group
4
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Doritos Cool Ranch Flavored Tortilla Chips
Frito-Lay · 9.25oz
NOVA group
4
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Ramen Noodle Soup
Maruchan · 3 oz
NOVA group
4
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Trail Mix
Kirkland · 1.81kg
NOVA group
4
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mature cheddar & chive seasoned potato crisps
Tyrrell's · 40 g
NOVA group
4
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Vollmilch-Schokolade
Lindt GOLDHASE · 50 g
NOVA group
4
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Milk chocolate truffles
Lindt · 200g
NOVA group
4
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Lindor Milk Chocolate
Lindt · 100 g
NOVA group
4
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dsdsds
Bfgfg · 0.33l
NOVA group
4
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Creamy Lasagne sauce
Dolmio · 440 g
NOVA group
4
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maltesers
Maltesers
NOVA group
4
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Smoked Pork Frankfurters
Herta · 350 g
NOVA group
4
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Biscuit & Caramel Milk Chocolate
Way To Go! · 180 g
NOVA group
4
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Mexican Style Stir Fry Veg Mix
Freshona · 750 g
NOVA group
4
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70% Extra Dark Lindor Truffles
Lindt
NOVA group
4
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Milk chocolate caramel seasalt
Fin Carré way to go · 180 g
NOVA group
4
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Banana Chocolate Flakes deliciously creamy yogurt
Müller · 124 g
NOVA group
4
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Wortsits Giants Really cheesy
Walkers · 130 g
NOVA group
4
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Nutella Biscuits
Nutella · 9.7 oz (276g)
NOVA group
4
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biscuiți gluten
Schär · 100g
NOVA group
4
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Milk chocolate with honey sea salt almonds
Ritter Sport · 100 g
NOVA group
4
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Caramel et biscuit
Krüger · 5x58g
NOVA group
4
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Mešavina Čokolade, Mlečne Čokolade I Bele Čokolade Sa Tečnim Filom
Lindt LINDOR · 200g
NOVA group
4
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Vegetable stock cubes
Tesco · 100 g
NOVA group
4
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Doritos Cool Ranch flavored
Doritos Tortilla Chips · 1 oz (28.3 g)
NOVA group
4
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لينت شكولاته دبي بالفستق
Lindt · 145 g
NOVA group
4
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Melto
Schär · 30 g
NOVA group
4
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Butterscotch Crunch
Border · 20 g
NOVA group
4
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Toffifee
Storck · 125g
NOVA group
4