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I am not in America, but many recipes etc are written by Americans!

So how much fat in 'heavy' cream and 'half and half'?

Is heavy cream double cream? And half and half whipping cream? Single cream?

Thank you

Kit.

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	Which country are you from ? – Ikco May 9 2011 at 20:22
	I'm in New Zealand. – Kit May 10 2011 at 0:12
	clearly not enough...... – The Quilt May 10 2011 at 2:42
	too bad anchor doesn't sell grass fed heavy cream, their butter is though. – cyto19 May 10 2011 at 4:46
	I am in Australia and have been meaning to ask this question. All we can get here is pure cream which is a runny cream or thickened cream that is full of other stuff to make it thick. I was in the US a while ago and really liked half and half. I wish they would get something like that here in OZ. – wally Oct 27 at 20:00

being · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-09 20:46:06Z UTC

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try this thread, which i totally nailed.

http://paleohacks.com/questions/33233/cream-in-new-zealand/33306#33306

answered May 9 2011 at 20:46

being
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Wow, thank you for this! – Kit May 9 2011 at 23:58

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heh AKD you totally nailed that thread; I was just about to link to it!! – haakuturi May 10 2011 at 1:47

haaaa!!! thankyouverymuch. – being May 10 2011 at 13:14

Thumper · Answer 2 · 2011-05-09 20:30:41Z UTC

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This is info from Canada - so it may not be the same as the US

Light Cream - 6%

Half and Half (or creamo) - 10%

Coffee cream - 18%

Whipping cream - 33-36% (depending on who makes it)

I hope that this helps

answered May 9 2011 at 20:30

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	when I'm at a coffee shop and forget to bring my coconut milk, I ask for the whipping cream they have behind the counter. It's usually Alta Dena brand, labeled "Manufacturing Cream", and the website says "not less than 40% milk fat". Nice! – JoeBranca at paleoplusone.com May 9 2011 at 22:56
	Ditto, I heard the term "Manufacturing Cream" for the first time a couple months ago and it was a total wtf, but yep it was heavy cream... – stephthegeek May 10 2011 at 0:20
	Some brands I've seen (Clover comes to mind) are 40% butterfat in heavy cream. – stephthegeek May 10 2011 at 0:20
	wow - that's good! - i'll have to look for some of that - up here in Canada I think that high of a percentage they call clotted cream or devonshire cream. (we still hang on to our English roots!) – Thumper May 10 2011 at 14:47

Sara · Answer 3 · 2011-05-09 20:54:28Z UTC

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Half and half is one half whole milk, one half heavy cream. Heavy cream is whipping cream.

answered May 9 2011 at 20:54

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Aaron B. · Answer 4 · 2011-05-09 23:46:32Z UTC

According to the USDA database, "heavy cream" is about 96.5% fat by calorie, with just a few grams of carbs and protein per cup. Whipping it will turn it into whipped cream, and eventually create butter as the fat separates from the water and other components. The FDA specifies that heavy cream be 36% butterfat by volume.

"Half-and-half," you would think, would be half cream and half skim milk. This is not the case. The FDA says it has to be between 10.5% and 18% butterfat, and it's typically about 12%. This means it's about one part cream to two parts skim milk. You don't whip this, though I suppose if you whipped it long and hard enough, the fat particles would eventually break out into bits of butter. But basically, this is for people who want cream in their coffee but are afraid of the real thing.

They also have a definition for "light cream" which is 18-30% butterfat, and "light whipping cream" at 30-36%, but I don't think you see those sold in the US very often.

My understanding is that "double cream" is a UK thing, virtually unknown in the US, and more concentrated than heavy cream, with butterfat up over 40%.

I don't know which you get if you just milk a cow and skim the cream off after it's finished rising. I know when we do that, it's thicker than the heavy cream in the store, so maybe it's more like double cream. Maybe the heavy cream they sell has a certain amount of skim added back into it and homogenized. Can't be too much, or the carb count would be higher. Maybe it's just got water added.

Dan · Answer 5 · 2011-05-09 22:09:49Z UTC

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Heavy cream is 100% of calories from fat

answered May 9 2011 at 22:09

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No, heavy cream has about 6.6g of carbohydrate per cup, and a few grams of protein too. – Aaron B. May 9 2011 at 23:29

Interesting, in my country it's 2g of carbohydrate and 3g of protein. – Ikco May 10 2011 at 7:46

6.6g is just too high, closer to the milk sugar content – prowler Nov 6 2011 at 17:51

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