Cream
Milk-derived cream.
About Cream
Cream is the fat-enriched portion of milk, separated from the less fatty liquid by standing, centrifugation, or industrial separation. It is used in coffee and desserts and incorporated into soups, sauces, custards, batters, and mashed foods.
It has a mild milky flavour and a smooth, opaque texture. Fat content and viscosity vary among pouring, whipping, double, sour, and other marketed forms; fermentation or thickening can add tang or body and alter stability during cooking.
Cream is sold as a liquid or in other marketed forms, including fresh, pasteurized, sterilized, fermented, or thickened products. It may be poured, whipped when its fat level permits, heated, reduced, or mixed into recipes, with each treatment changing its body, stability, or concentration.
- Ingredient type
- derived ingredient
- Form
- cream
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Local names for cream
Names and romanised forms to recognise on menus and labels.
cream
crème
nata
Sahne
panna
nata
room
grädde
fløde
fløte
kerma
rjómi
śmietanka
smetana
smotana
сливки
slivki
вершки
vershky
сметана
smetana
κρέμα γάλακτος
kréma gálaktos
krema
クリーム
kurīmu
크림
keurim
奶油
nǎiyóu
मलाई
malāī
সর
sôr
கிரீம்
kirīm
క్రీమ్
krīm
ക്രീം
krīm
قِشدة
qishda
خامه
khāmeh
שמנת
shამენტ
krim
krim
kem
krimu
kréma gálaktos
Romanised form
kurīmu
Romanised form
cow milk cream food product
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cream (dried)
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cream (frozen)
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cream (homogenized)
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cream (low fat, pasteurized)
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cream (pasteurized, sweetened)
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cream (raw)
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cream (reactivated)
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cream (sterilized, acidified)
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cream (sterilized, artificially flavored)
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cream (sterilized, frozen)
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cream (sterilized, soft)
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cream (sterilized, sour cream flavored)
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cream (sterilized)
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cream (sweetened, frozen)
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cream (thawed)
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cream (thickened)
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cream (uht-treated)
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cream (ultrapasteurized)
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cream from Normandy
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Cream sprayable
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cream with 10% milk fat
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cream with 12% milk fat
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cream with 18% milk fat
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cream with 20% milk fat
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cream with 22% milk fat
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cream with 25% milk fat
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cream with 33% milk fat
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cream with 36% milk fat
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Cream, dairy, UHT, canned spray, 85% cream
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Cream, dairy, UHT, half fat, canned spray
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Cream, half, fresh
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cream, reconstituted
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Cream, thickened, regular fat (~35%)
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Cream, whipped
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Cream, Whipping, Milk fat
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Cream, Whipping, Vegetable fat
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Crème 12 à 20% MG, légère, fluide, rayon frais
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Crème 12 à 25% MG, légère, épaisse, rayon frais
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Crème 12 à 25% MG, légère, semi-épaisse, UHT
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Crème 30% MG, épaisse, rayon frais
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Crème 30% MG, fluide, UHT
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Crème 30% MG, semi-épaisse, UHT
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FA-01.6.1 Unflavoured pasteurised cream (excluding reduced fat creams)
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fresh cream
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full cream
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Liquid 15-20% fat light cream UHT
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Liquid 30% fat UHT cream
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raw cream
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Refrigerated 15-20% fat light thick cream
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Refrigerated 30% fat thick cream
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sterilized cream
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sterilized UHT cream
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UHT cream
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whole cream
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kirīm
Romanised form
qishda
Romanised form
vershky
Romanised form
keurim
Romanised form
sôr
Romanised form
nǎiyóu
Romanised form
malāī
Romanised form
krīm
Romanised form
slivki
Romanised form
smetana
Romanised form
shამენტ
Romanised form
khāmeh
Romanised form
krīm
Romanised form
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Cream nutrition & diet
Cream nutritional value
Reference: Cream, fresh, single
Per 100 g of the edible portion of the stated reference food.
- Calories
- 193kcal
- Protein
- 3.3g
- Carbs
- 2.2g
- Fat
- 19.1g
Reference example for the named food and preparation, per 100 g edible portion. This is not a universal value for every recipe or brand; packaged products should be compared with their own label. CoFID 2021 food code 12-332. Carbohydrate follows the dataset’s available-carbohydrate convention. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/.
Portions & preparation
Establish whether cream means dairy cream and identify its fat level, cultured status, heat treatment, and liquid or whipped form. Use the served edible portion, since whipping changes volume and sauces may include starch, sugar, salt, or other ingredients. Do not substitute plant-based cream or a cream-flavored product without verification.
Compare the right form: Match milk-derived cream by fat level and state—liquid, whipped, cultured, or cooked—and separate plain cream from sauces or sweetened products.
Diet considerations
The described cream is animal-derived dairy. Compatibility changes with cultured processing, stabilizers, sweeteners, flavorings, or use in sauces and desserts; plant-based substitutes are separate products. Added cereal thickeners or animal-derived ingredients may alter applicability. Portion size and whether cream is liquid or incorporated into a recipe also affect interpretation.
AI-authored reading notes · Awaiting editorial review. Measured values, where available, have a separate source above.
Dietary compatibility
- VeganTypically incompatible
- VegetarianTypically compatible
- PescatarianTypically compatible
- KetoDepends on the version
- PaleoTypically incompatible
- Low-carbDepends on the version
- HalalNot established
- KosherNot established
What these diet assessments mean
- Vegan · Typically incompatible
- The ingredient profile identifies an animal-derived food or derivative.
- Vegetarian · Typically compatible
- Permitted by the lacto-ovo vegetarian pattern used here, in its plain form.
- Pescatarian · Typically compatible
- Permitted by the pescatarian pattern used here, in its plain form.
- Keto · Depends on the version
- Compatibility depends on the portion and preparation. A sourced carbohydrate amount for a defined serving is not available.
- Paleo · Typically incompatible
- This profile falls outside the conventional paleo pattern used here (grains and pseudograins, legumes, dairy or refined sugar).
- Low-carb · Depends on the version
- Compatibility depends on the portion and preparation. A sourced carbohydrate amount for a defined serving is not available.
- Halal · Not established
- Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish halal status.
- Kosher · Not established
- Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish kosher status.
For the plain ingredient · Awaiting review. Diet compatibility is not allergy suitability or halal/kosher certification. Keto and low-carb depend on the portion.
AI-generated illustration for visual context. It does not identify a particular product or establish allergen content.
Sources & review
Nutrition reference: UK Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset (CoFID), 2021 — Cream, fresh, single ↗. Values are scaled from 100 g of the recorded edible form. Individual portions have no assumed fixed weight.
Expanded overview, name examples and nutrition notes are database drafts awaiting editorial review. Numeric nutrition values, where shown, have their own source and food-form reference.
The ingredient description and dish connections come from the draft catalogue and may change after review.
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