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

For Nonfat dry milk, cfr section is 21 CFR 131.125; category (cfr part) is Milk and Cream; composition requirements is It contains not more than 5 percent by weight of moisture, and not more than 1 1 ⁄ 2 percent by weight of milkfat unless otherwise indicated, recorded from its source on 2026-08-11.

- **CFR section:** 21 CFR 131.125 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Standardized food:** Nonfat dry milk _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Category (CFR part):** Milk and Cream _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Composition requirements:** It contains not more than 5 percent by weight of moisture, and not more than 1 1 ⁄ 2 percent by weight of milkfat unless otherwise indicated. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> § 131.125 Nonfat dry milk. ( a ) Description. Nonfat dry milk is the product obtained by removal of water only from pasteurized skim milk. It contains not more than 5 percent by weight of moisture, and not more than 1 1 ⁄ 2 percent by weight of milkfat unless otherwise indicated.

## 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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