# Evaporated milk — What a food must legally contain to use its name: FDA standards of identity, in one table

For Evaporated milk, cfr section is 21 CFR 131.130; category (cfr part) is Milk and Cream; composition requirements is It contains not less than 6.5 percent by weight of milkfat, not less than 16.5 percent by weight of milk solids not fat, and not less than 23 percent by weight of total milk solids, recorded from its source on 2026-08-11.

- **CFR section:** 21 CFR 131.130 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Standardized food:** Evaporated milk _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Category (CFR part):** Milk and Cream _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Composition requirements:** It contains not less than 6.5 percent by weight of milkfat, not less than 16.5 percent by weight of milk solids not fat, and not less than 23 percent by weight of total milk solids. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> § 131.130 Evaporated milk. ( a ) Description. Evaporated milk is the liquid food obtained by partial removal of water only from milk. It contains not less than 6.5 percent by weight of milkfat, not less than 16.5 percent by weight of milk solids not fat, and not less than 23 percent by weight of total milk solids.

## Source

- https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/chapter-I/subchapter-B/part-131

Last verified: 2026-08-11. Review by: 2027-08-11.
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