# Goat's milk ice cream — What a food must legally contain to use its name: FDA standards of identity, in one table

For Goat's milk ice cream, cfr section is 21 CFR 135.115; category (cfr part) is Frozen Desserts; composition requirements is Goat's milk ice cream is the food prepared in the same manner prescribed in  § 135.110 for ice cream, and complies with all the provisions of  § 135.110 , except that the only optional dairy ingredients that may be used are those in  paragraph (b) of this section; caseinates and hydrolyzed milk proteins may not be used; and  paragraphs (f)(1) and  (g) of § 135.110 shall not apply; what separates it from neighbours is the only optional dairy ingredients that may be used are those in  paragraph (b) of this section; caseinates and hydrolyzed milk proteins may not be used; notable permitted / prohibited ingredients is goat's skim milk, goat's milk, and goat's cream, recorded from its source on 2026-08-11.

- **CFR section:** 21 CFR 135.115 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Standardized food:** Goat's milk ice cream _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Category (CFR part):** Frozen Desserts _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Composition requirements:** Goat's milk ice cream is the food prepared in the same manner prescribed in  § 135.110 for ice cream, and complies with all the provisions of  § 135.110 , except that the only optional dairy ingredients that may be used are those in  paragraph (b) of this section; caseinates and hydrolyzed milk proteins may not be used; and  paragraphs (f)(1) and  (g) of § 135.110 shall not apply. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **What separates it from neighbours:** the only optional dairy ingredients that may be used are those in  paragraph (b) of this section; caseinates and hydrolyzed milk proteins may not be used _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Notable permitted / prohibited ingredients:** goat's skim milk, goat's milk, and goat's cream _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> § 135.115 Goat's milk ice cream. ( a ) Description. Goat's milk ice cream is the food prepared in the same manner prescribed in <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-135.110> § 135.110 for ice cream, and complies with all the provisions of <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-135.110> § 135.110 , except that the only optional dairy ingredients that may be used are those in <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-135.115#p-135.115(b)> paragraph (b) of this section; caseinates and hydrolyzed milk proteins may not be used; and <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-135.110#p-135.110(f)(1)> paragraphs (f)(1) and <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-135.110#p-135.110(g)> (g) of § 135.110 shall not apply. ( b ) Optional dairy ingredients. The optional dairy ingredients referred to in <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-135.115#p-135.115(a)> paragraph (a) of this section are goat's skim milk, goat's milk, and goat's cream

## Source

- https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/chapter-I/subchapter-B/part-135

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