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Dairy Products. Milk, yogurt, butter, cream and sour cream are all bad choices for a compost pile. As these ingredients start to rot, the compost will emit an increasingly foul odor. Dairy products also attract pests like rodents and flies. Do not add bones, meat, animal fat, whole eggs or other animal waste in the compost pile.
Along with eggs, I've used previously unopened sour cream WAY (, way) past the date and do the same as you once it's opened. Between the pasteurization of the original milk and then innoculation with good microbes, the lower moisture content and the acidity, it's not a very hospitable environment for pathogens.