Knowing Kinds of Dairy Foods worksheet - Free Printable

Let’s go through each food item one by one and decide if it is a dairy food.

Dairy foods come from milk — like cheese, butter, yogurt, ice cream, cottage cheese, ricotta, and milk itself. Some foods might look like dairy but aren’t — for example, margarine is made from vegetable oil, not milk. Also, fruits, vegetables, breads, meats, and pasta are NOT dairy.

Here’s the list of items in the image (going row by row, left to right):

Row 1:
- Apple → fruit → NOT dairy
- Banana → fruit → NOT dairy
- Slice of cheese → YES, dairy
- Box labeled “BUTTER” → YES, dairy (butter comes from milk)

Row 2:
- Chocolate cake with slice out → has dairy? Maybe, but usually cakes have milk or butter — BUT since we’re being strict about “kinds of dairy foods,” and this is a mixed dish, let’s skip unless clearly labeled. Actually, looking at the picture, it’s just a cake — not specifically labeled as dairy. We’ll say NO for now.
- Cup labeled “COTTAGE CHEESE” → YES, dairy
- Ice cream cone → YES, dairy (made from milk/cream)
- Garlic bulb → vegetable → NOT dairy

Row 3:
- Hamburger → meat + bun → NOT dairy
- Tub labeled “MARGARINE” → NO! Margarine is plant-based, not dairy
- Tub labeled “Ricotta CHEESE” → YES, dairy
- Two pieces of salmon/fish → NOT dairy

Row 4:
- Jug labeled “MILK” → YES, dairy
- Wedge of yellow cheese → YES, dairy
- Pumpkin → vegetable → NOT dairy
- Croissant → pastry — may contain butter, but again, not purely dairy. Since it’s not labeled, we’ll say NO.

Row 5:
- Pear → fruit → NOT dairy
- Plate of spaghetti → pasta → NOT dairy
- Slice of Swiss-style cheese → YES, dairy
- Milkshake in glass → YES, dairy (usually made with milk or ice cream)

Row 6:
- Block of Swiss cheese → YES, dairy
- Muffin → baked good — may have milk, but not primarily dairy → NO
- Strawberry → fruit → NOT dairy
- Artichoke → vegetable → NOT dairy

Now let’s collect all the ones that ARE dairy:

✔ Cheese (first row, third item)
✔ Butter (first row, fourth item)
✔ Cottage Cheese (second row, second item)
✔ Ice Cream (second row, third item)
✔ Ricotta Cheese (third row, third item)
✔ Milk (fourth row, first item)
✔ Yellow cheese wedge (fourth row, second item)
✔ Swiss cheese slice (fifth row, third item)
✔ Milkshake (fifth row, fourth item)
✔ Block of Swiss cheese (sixth row, first item)

Wait — did I miss any?

Let me double-check:

In Row 2: Cake — probably contains dairy, but since it’s not labeled and it’s a mixed food, and the worksheet says “circle each food... that is a dairy food,” meaning primarily dairy — so cake doesn’t count. Same with croissant and muffin.

Margarine is definitely NOT dairy.

So total dairy foods to circle:

1. Cheese (row 1, col 3)
2. Butter (row 1, col 4)
3. Cottage Cheese (row 2, col 2)
4. Ice Cream (row 2, col 3)
5. Ricotta Cheese (row 3, col 3)
6. Milk (row 4, col 1)
7. Yellow cheese wedge (row 4, col 2)
8. Swiss cheese slice (row 5, col 3)
9. Milkshake (row 5, col 4)
10. Block of Swiss cheese (row 6, col 1)

That’s 10 items.

Final Answer:
Circle these 10 foods:
- The wedge of cheese (top row, third from left)
- The box of butter (top row, far right)
- The cup of cottage cheese (second row, second from left)
- The ice cream cone (second row, third from left)
- The tub of ricotta cheese (third row, third from left)
- The jug of milk (fourth row, far left)
- The wedge of yellow cheese (fourth row, second from left)
- The slice of Swiss cheese (fifth row, third from left)
- The milkshake (fifth row, far right)
- The block of Swiss cheese (bottom row, far left)