Milk Fat
When cooking or baking with dairy products, it’s important to know the different percentages of milk fat (a.k.a. butterfat). For example, which has less fat, half and half or table cream? Did you know that drinking 2% lowfat milk only saves you about 3 grams of fat, but 1% saves twice that? Here is a chart with the percentage of milk fat for the most common dairy products excluding cheeses.
Milk Fat Chart
| Product | Milk Fat (%) |
|---|---|
| Sweet Cream Butter | 80-85 |
| Double Cream | 43-48 |
| Crème Fraiche | 30-40 |
| Heavy Cream | 36 |
| Whipping Cream | 30-36 |
| Light, Coffee or Table Cream | 18-30 |
| Sour Cream | 18-30 |
| Half and Half | 10-18 |
| Condensed/Evaporated Milk | 7.5-15 |
| Part-Skim Condensed Milk | 1.5-7.5 |
| Raw Milk | 3.25-5 |
| Whole Milk | 3.25-3.75 |
| Lowfat Milk | 1-2 |
| Buttermilk | < 1 |
| Skimmed Milk | 0.1 |
