Percentage Of Butterfat

Sometimes recipes call for a milk/cream product that we're not familiar with - this guide can help you figure out what you should use.

Heavy Cream = 36%
Whipping Cream, Light Whipping Cream, Medium Cream = 30 to 36%
Light Cream = 18 to 30%
Half And Half, Coffee Creamer = 10 1/2 to 18%
Sweetened Condensed Whole Milk = 9% and 40% Additional Sugar
Evaporated Milk = 8% and 50% Less Water
Milk = 3 to 4%
Low Fat Milk = .05 to 2%
Skim Milk = Less Than 0.5%

-- Karen (mountains_mama2@hotmail.com), February 08, 2002