Question: Only ice-cream made with milk can be labelled as ice-cream in my country (India). If it doesn’t use milk, it has to be labelled as frozen dessert. Do other countries have similar regulation?
| Ice cream shall contain at least 1.6 pounds of total solids to the gallon, weigh not less than 4.5 pounds to the gallon, and contain not less than 20 percent total milk solids, constituted of not less than 10 percent milkfat. In no case shall the content of milk solids not fat be less than 6 percent. Whey shall not, by weight, be more than 25 percent of the milk solids not fat.
Not only must it contain milk, but the amount of milk and milk fat per unit volume is regulated in the United States.
In Canada, it must contain cream. Milk based desserts are labelled ice milk, and anything using oil or solids is a ‘dessert’. The primary determining factor of the definition is the milk fat content.
Question: Only ice-cream made with milk can be labelled as ice-cream in my country (India). If it doesn’t use milk, it has to be labelled as frozen dessert. Do other countries have similar regulation?
Per the USDA:
| Ice cream shall contain at least 1.6 pounds of total solids to the gallon, weigh not less than 4.5 pounds to the gallon, and contain not less than 20 percent total milk solids, constituted of not less than 10 percent milkfat. In no case shall the content of milk solids not fat be less than 6 percent. Whey shall not, by weight, be more than 25 percent of the milk solids not fat.
Not only must it contain milk, but the amount of milk and milk fat per unit volume is regulated in the United States.
In Canada, it must contain cream. Milk based desserts are labelled ice milk, and anything using oil or solids is a ‘dessert’. The primary determining factor of the definition is the milk fat content.
https://inspection.canada.ca/en/about-cfia/acts-and-regulations/list-acts-and-regulations/documents-incorporated-reference/canadian-standards-identity-volume-1