# Half-and-half — What a food must legally contain to use its name: FDA standards of identity, in one table

For Half-and-half, cfr section is 21 CFR 131.180; category (cfr part) is Milk and Cream; composition requirements is Half-and-half is the food consisting of a mixture of milk and cream which contains not less than 10.5 percent but less than 18 percent milkfat, recorded from its source on 2026-08-11.

- **CFR section:** 21 CFR 131.180 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Standardized food:** Half-and-half _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Category (CFR part):** Milk and Cream _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Composition requirements:** Half-and-half is the food consisting of a mixture of milk and cream which contains not less than 10.5 percent but less than 18 percent milkfat. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> § 131.180 Half-and-half. ( a ) Description. Half-and-half is the food consisting of a mixture of milk and cream which contains not less than 10.5 percent but less than 18 percent milkfat.

## 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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