“Milk” Product Labeling in the U.S.

Washington, DC, January 9, 2019 – A recent poll conducted on behalf of the National Milk Producers Federation shows that half of all Americans (49%) believe that non-dairy brands should not be allowed to use the term “milk” on their product labels because they are often less nutritious than dairy milk. However, half of Americans also believe that allowing companies to use the word “milk” on non-dairy beverages, despite a policy which restricts imitation dairy foods derived from plants from being labeled as a type of milk, has no effect on their confidence in food labeling (47%). A little less than half said it made them less confident in U.S. food labeling, while a small minority said it made them more confident. When informed that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration currently defines “milk” as the product of an animal, but doesn’t enforce the labeling rule, most respondents said that they believe the FDA should restrict non-dairy beverage companies from using the term “milk” (61%). A much smaller number believe that the FDA should not restrict non-dairy beverage companies (23%).

About the Study

These are findings from an Ipsos poll conducted January 4-7, 2019 on behalf of the National Milk Producers Federation. For the survey,
a sample of 1,005 adults 18+ from the continental U.S., Alaska and Hawaii were interviewed online in English.

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(n=1,005, DEFF=1.5, adjusted Confidence Interval=+/-5.0 percentage points).

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