# Eggnog — What a food must legally contain to use its name: FDA standards of identity, in one table For Eggnog, cfr section is 21 CFR 131.170; category (cfr part) is Milk and Cream; composition requirements is Eggnog contains not less than 6 percent milkfat and not less than 8.25 percent milk solids not fat. The egg yolk solids content is not less than 1 percent by weight of the finished food, recorded from its source on 2026-08-11. - **CFR section:** 21 CFR 131.170 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_ - **Standardized food:** Eggnog _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Category (CFR part):** Milk and Cream _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Composition requirements:** Eggnog contains not less than 6 percent milkfat and not less than 8.25 percent milk solids not fat. The egg yolk solids content is not less than 1 percent by weight of the finished food. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ ## What the source says > § 131.170 Eggnog. ( a ) Description. Eggnog is the food containing one or more of the optional dairy ingredients specified in paragraph (b), one or more of the optional egg yolk-containing ingredients specified in paragraph (c) of this section, and one or more of the optional nutritive carbohydrate sweeteners specified in paragraph (d) of this section. One or more of the optional ingredients specified in paragraph (e) of this section may also be added. All ingredients used are safe and suitable. Eggnog contains not less than 6 percent milkfat and not less than 8.25 percent milk solids not fat. The egg yolk solids content is not less than 1 percent by weight of the finished food. ## Source - https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/chapter-I/subchapter-B/part-131 Last verified: 2026-08-11. Review by: 2027-08-11. Part of [What a food must legally contain to use its name: FDA standards of identity, in one table](https://referencesource.org/food-standards-of-identity/).