milk fat

noun

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Traditional soft-serve runs about four percent milk fat, while creemees usually land closer to 10 percent. Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 30 May 2026 But the recent federal legislation now exempts milk fat from those limits. Kadin Mills, NPR, 5 Feb. 2026 Similarly, adding eggs to milk prevents ice cream from separating into solid milk fat studded with ice shards (yum). Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 25 June 2025 Wilk, an Israeli venture, focuses on producing cultured milk fats, used in making cheese and yogurt. Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for milk fat

Word History

First Known Use

1874, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of milk fat was in 1874

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“Milk fat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/milk%20fat. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.

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