Fat Gram Details For Cream
August 19, 2011 11:44 AM Okay – I know. Weird subject. But, here’s the deal. I cook a lot. And recently, someone asked me a question about substituting the difference between light cream and heavy cream in a recipe. Turns out they were making ice cream from an older recipe – and that recipe included both heavy cream and light cream in equal amounts. The question was: what is the difference. And, my friend wanted to know if half-and-half could be substituted for light cream.
Obviously, the difference is in the fat content. But – - what IS the difference. …And, would the recipe still turn out with a substitution – as it’s increasingly difficult to find anything other than just heavy cream in today’s supermarket.
After a little research online – from various sources I might add – I have compiled the following comparison list:
HEAVY CREAM has at least 36% milk fat content
LIGHT CREAM has 18 to 30% milk fat content
HALF & HALF has 10 to 18% milk fat content
After seeing this, it’s easy to deduce that substituting one of these for another in a recipe is going to change things.
Going back to the original question of whether or not half-and-half could be switched in place of light cream in an ice cream recipe — I would say no. (A) the results wouldn’t be as creamy…and (B) the ice cream would be softer in nature – as it includes more water content.
(RESEARCH MATERIALS CAME FROM MANY ONLINE SITES — specifically including landolakes.com
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