Milkfat
Level 3 — Contested
Milkfat is a other additive listed in the FDA food-additive database.
Also: milk fat, butterfat, dairy fat, anhydrous milkfat
What the research says
When American consumers shifted to skim and 2% milk in the 1970s-80s, dairies were stuck with mountains of extracted milkfat. Solution: route it into cheese, which 'soaks up milk and milkfat like a sponge' (one pound of cheese = one gallon of milk). U.S. cheese consumption tripled to 33 pounds per person per year.
[salt-sugar-fat] When American consumers shifted to skim and 2% milk in the 1970s-80s, dairies were stuck with mountains of extracted milkfat. Solution: route it into cheese, which 'soaks up milk and milkfat like a sponge' (one pound of cheese = one gallon of milk). U.S. cheese consumption tripled to 33 pounds per person per year.
Regulatory status
- Notes: From enrichment source only, not in Winter Dictionary
Sources
- Salt Sugar Fat (Moss) — Chapter 8 (Liquid Gold): Cheese has become the single largest source of saturated fat in the American diet