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Whipping Cream

Dairy cream with enough fat to hold air when whipped.

Whipping Cream — illustrative ingredient image

About Whipping Cream

Whipping cream is liquid dairy cream with sufficient fat to trap air when beaten. It is used for whipped toppings and as a rich ingredient in sauces, soups, custards, desserts, drinks, and other preparations. It can also be poured directly into recipes.

Unwhipped cream is smooth, pourable, and rich, with a mild dairy flavour. Beating incorporates air and produces a lighter foam, from soft and spoonable to firm enough for piping. Overbeating can make the mixture grainy and eventually separate into butter and liquid, while added sugar changes its sweetness.

Whipping cream is generally white to ivory and is sold chilled in cartons, bottles, or other containers. It may be whipped, folded into a dessert, stirred into a sauce, or heated during cooking. Chilling the cream and equipment helps it form a more stable foam.

Ingredient type
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English

Whipping cream

English

whipping cream (sterilized)

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Whipping Cream nutrition & diet

Whipping Cream nutritional value

Cream, fresh, whipping

Per 100 g of the edible portion in the stated food form.

Calories
381kcal
Protein
2.0g
Carbs
2.7g
Fat
40.3g

Reference values apply to the named food form, not every preparation, variety or brand. CoFID 2021 food code 12-333. 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

Use the cream as sold, before or after whipping, and identify whether it is dairy, plant-based, sweetened, flavored, or stabilized. Whipping changes volume and density, so the reference form should match the portion basis. Do not substitute a prepared whipped topping or composite dessert entry.

Compare the right form: Match dairy whipping cream in its liquid or whipped state, with the same fat formulation; exclude sweeteners, stabilizers, and toppings.

Diet considerations

Whipping cream conventionally refers to animal-derived dairy cream, but similarly named products may use plant fats or blends. Sweeteners, stabilizers, flavorings, and cereal-containing preparations alter compatibility. The portion-dependent carbohydrate pattern changes with recipe additions and differs between plain cream and a finished whipped topping.

AI-authored reading notes · Awaiting editorial review. Measured values, where available, have a separate source above.

Dietary compatibility

  • Vegan
    Not established
  • Vegetarian
    Not established
  • Pescatarian
    Not established
  • Keto
    Not established
  • Paleo
    Not established
  • Low-carb
    Not established
  • Halal
    Not established
  • Kosher
    Not established
What these diet assessments mean
Vegan · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Vegetarian · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Pescatarian · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Keto · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Paleo · Not established
The ingredient form and processing have not been assessed against this dietary pattern.
Low-carb · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
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.

Reviewed ingredient entryIngredient reference · Preparations vary

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Sources & review

Nutrition reference: UK Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset (CoFID), 2021 — Cream, fresh, whipping ↗. 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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