[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR131.157]
[Page 300-301]
TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES (CONTINUED)
PART 131_MILK AND CREAM--Table of Contents
Subpart B_Requirements for Specific Standardized Milk and Cream
Sec. 131.157 Light whipping cream.
(a) Description. Light whipping cream is cream which contains not
less than 30 percent but less than 36 percent milkfat. It is pasteurized
or ultra-pasteurized, and may be homogenized.
(b) Optional ingredients. The following safe and suitable optional
ingredients may be used:
(1) Emulsifiers.
(2) Stabilizers.
(3) Nutritive sweeteners.
(4) Characterizing flavoring ingredients (with or without coloring)
as follows:
(i) Fruit and fruit juice (including concentrated fruit and fruit
juice).
(ii) Natural and artificial food flavoring.
(c) Methods of analysis. The milkfat content is determined by the
method prescribed in ``Official Methods of Analysis of the Association
of Official Analytical Chemists,'' 13th Ed. (1980), sections 16.156 and
16.059, under ``Fat, Roese-Gottlieb Method--Official Final Action,''
which is incorporated by reference. Copies may be obtained from the AOAC
INTERNATIONAL, 481 North Frederick Ave., suite 500, Gaithersburg, MD
20877, or may be examined at the National Archives and Records
Administration (NARA). For information on the availability of this
material at NARA, call 202-741-6030, or go to: http://www.archives.gov/
federal--register/code--of--federal--regulations/ibr--locations.html.
(d) Nomenclature. The name of the food is ``Light whipping cream''
or alternatively ``Whipping cream''. The name of the food shall be
accompanied on the label by a declaration indicating the presence of any
characterizing flavoring, as specified in Sec. 101.22 of this chapter.
(1) The following terms shall accompany the name of the food
wherever it appears on the principal display panel or panels of the
label in letters not less than one-half the height of the letters used
in such name:
(i) The word ``ultra-pasteurized'' if the food has been ultra-
pasteurized.
(ii) The word ``sweetened'' if no characterizing flavoring
ingredients are used, but nutritive sweetener is added.
(2) The following terms may appear on the label:
(i) The word ``pasteurized'' if the food has been pasteurized.
(ii) The word ``homogenized'' if the food has been homogenized.
(e) Label declaration. Each of the ingredients used in the food
shall be declared on the label as required by the
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applicable sections of parts 101 and 130 of this chapter.
[42 FR 14360, Mar. 15, 1977, as amended at 47 FR 11824, Mar. 19, 1982;
49 FR 10092, Mar. 19, 1984; 54 FR 24893, June 12, 1989; 58 FR 2891, Jan.
6, 1993]
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