Ice milk explained

Ice milk
Alternate Name:Iced milk
Course:Dessert

Ice milk, or iced milk, is a frozen dessert made with frozen dairy milk, but with less milk fat than regular ice cream.[1] Ice milk is sometimes priced lower than ice cream.

In the United States, ice milk is defined as containing less than 10 percent milk fat and the same sweetener amount as ice cream.[2] A 1994 change in United States Food and Drug Administration rules allowed ice milk to be labeled as "non-fat ice cream", "low-fat ice cream", or "light ice cream" in the United States (depending on its fat content).[3] [4] [5] In Canada, ice milk is defined as containing 3%–5% milk fat content, while 5%–7.5% milk fat content would instead be considered "light ice cream"; a product with an undefined milk fat content would be defined simply as a "frozen dairy dessert".

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ice milk . 8 January 2023 . The Cambridge Dictionary.
  2. News: 20 June 2007 . Ice milk: Is it a thing of the past? . The Chicago Tribune . 8 January 2023.
  3. Web site: Lowfat and Skim Milk Products, Lowfat and Nonfat Yogurt Products, Lowfat Cottage Cheese: Revocation of Standards of Identity; Food Labeling, Nutrient Content Claims for Fat, Fatty Acids, and Cholesterol Content of Food . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20161019051100/http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/98fr/96-29485.htm . 19 October 2016 . 8 January 2023 . Food and Drug Administration.
  4. News: 12 June 2007 . Food Q&A: Ice milk became "light" ice cream . The Mercury News . 8 January 2023.
  5. News: 15 February 1996 . Low-fat ice cream sales boom . Post-Bulletin . 8 January 2023.