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

For Mellorine, cfr section is 21 CFR 135.130; category (cfr part) is Frozen Desserts; composition requirements is Mellorine contains not less than 1.6 pounds of total solids to the gallon, and weighs not less than 4.5 pounds to the gallon. Mellorine contains not less than 6 percent fat and 2.7 percent protein having a protein efficiency ratio (PER) not less than that of whole milk protein (108 percent of casein) by weight of the food, exclusive of the weight of any bulky flavoring ingredients used. In no case shall the fat content of the finished food be less than 4.8 percent or the protein content be less than 2.2 percent; what separates it from neighbours is animal or vegetable fat, or both, only part of which may be milkfat, recorded from its source on 2026-08-11.

- **CFR section:** 21 CFR 135.130 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Standardized food:** Mellorine _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Category (CFR part):** Frozen Desserts _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Composition requirements:** Mellorine contains not less than 1.6 pounds of total solids to the gallon, and weighs not less than 4.5 pounds to the gallon. Mellorine contains not less than 6 percent fat and 2.7 percent protein having a protein efficiency ratio (PER) not less than that of whole milk protein (108 percent of casein) by weight of the food, exclusive of the weight of any bulky flavoring ingredients used. In no case shall the fat content of the finished food be less than 4.8 percent or the protein content be less than 2.2 percent. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **What separates it from neighbours:** animal or vegetable fat, or both, only part of which may be milkfat _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> § 135.130 Mellorine. ( a ) Description. ( 1 ) Mellorine is a food produced by freezing, while stirring, a pasteurized mix consisting of safe and suitable ingredients including, but not limited to, milk-derived nonfat solids and animal or vegetable fat, or both, only part of which may be milkfat. Mellorine is sweetened with nutritive carbohydrate sweetener and is characterized by the addition of flavoring ingredients. ( 2 ) Mellorine contains not less than 1.6 pounds of total solids to the gallon, and weighs not less than 4.5 pounds to the gallon. Mellorine contains not less than 6 percent fat and 2.7 percent protein having a protein efficiency ratio (PER) not less than that of whole milk protein (108 percent of casein) by weight of the food, exclusive of the weight of any bulky flavoring ingredients used. In no case shall the fat content of the finished food be less than 4.8 percent or the protein content be less than 2.2 percent.

## 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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