milk fat

noun

: butterfat

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But the recent federal legislation now exempts milk fat from those limits. — Kadin Mills, NPR, 5 Feb. 2026 Similarly, adding eggs to milk prevents ice cream from separating into solid milk fat studded with ice shards (yum). — Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 25 June 2025 Traditional soft-serve runs about four percent milk fat, while creemees usually land closer to 10 percent. — Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 30 May 2026 Wilk, an Israeli venture, focuses on producing cultured milk fats, used in making cheese and yogurt. — Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025 The texture here was akin to a thick mousse (perhaps because of a whopping 10% milk fat), and the flavor somehow resembled Parmesan. — Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 5 Jan. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1874, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of milk fat was in 1874

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