milk fat

noun

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Warming the milk and butter up first helps to avoid any milk fat white spots on top of your decadent chocolate cake. Melissa Gray, Southern Living, 16 Sep. 2024 Some were dense and melted slowly (higher milk fat content). Amanda Hobor, CNN, 2 July 2024 The ice cream is high in milk fat at 16 percent, low in air and all natural, meaning free of corn syrup, carrageenan and other additives often found in ice cream. Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2024 In milk chocolate, milk fat is mainly used to curb the bitterness of the chocolate, but in semisweet chocolate, at much lower levels, it's also used to make chocolate softer. Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 6 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for milk fat 

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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“Milk fat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/milk%20fat. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.

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