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Confused about which type of cream to buy? Learn about heavy cream vs whipping cream so your recipe turns out just right.

You’re in the dairy aisle looking at all the different creams. There’s heavy whipping cream, heavy cream and whipping cream. How do you know what to buy when you want to make whipped cream, cream sauce or creamy potato soup? What about when the store is out of your first choice and you need a substitute?

Here’s an explanation of heavy cream vs whipping cream to help you understand what’s behind each product’s name.

Heavy Cream vs. Whipping Cream

Laws determine which products can be labeled and sold as cream in the United States. These laws are spelled out in a tome called the Code of Federal Regulations. One section of the code describes heavy cream, and another section describes whipping cream.

What Is Heavy Cream?

Heavy cream (also called heavy whipping cream) must contain at least 36% milkfat. It must be pasteurized or ultra-pasteurized to kill harmful bacteria. It does not have to be homogenized. (Homogenization disperses fat globules throughout for a uniform creaminess; non-homogenized dairy products have the cream floating on top.)

It also doesn’t have to be pure cream. The FDA allows producers to add certain ingredients to heavy cream, including emulsifiers, stabilizers, sweeteners and flavorings. The product must be labeled as such.

For comparison, light cream has 18% to 30% milkfat, and half-and-half has 10.5% to 18% milkfat. Milk contains at least 3.25% milkfat.

What Is Whipping Cream?

Federal regulations don’t set standards for “whipping cream,” but rather for light whipping cream. It must have 30% to 36% milkfat. Just like heavy cream, it can also have flavorings or sweeteners added, can be homogenized or not, and must be pasteurized or ultra-pasteurized, and these things should be noted on the label.

The Bottom Line

In sum, the difference here is that heavy cream has the most fat—36% or more. Whipping cream has 30-36% milkfat.

Reading the Labels on Different Types of Cream

Checking the packaging or the company’s website is the best way to find out what a cream’s milkfat content is and whether it has any food additives.

If the label doesn’t state the fat content, you can get an idea by checking the nutrition facts. The more grams of fat, the more milk fat.

For example:

  • Straus Family Creamery’s organic heavy whipping cream is 36% milkfat. It doesn’t have any stabilizers or thickeners, and it’s not ultra-pasteurized. (A high fat content is also the secret behind Amish butter.)
  • Organic Valley’s pasteurized heavy whipping cream is 40% butterfat. The company also sells an ultra-pasteurized version in nearly identical packaging.
  • Kroger‘s store brand creams don’t state their milk fat content, but the regular whipping cream has 45 calories per tablespoon, while the heavy whipping cream has 50 calories per tablespoon, indicating a higher fat content. You may find additives such as carrageenan, mono and diglycerides, and polysorbate 80 in their creams.

Can I Use Whipping Cream Instead of Heavy Cream?

In most recipes, yes, you can use whipping cream as a substitute for heavy cream.

If you like to keep a stocked kitchen so you can cook whatever strikes your fancy, pasteurized heavy cream or pasteurized heavy whipping cream will be the most versatile, but they also have a shorter shelf life. Ultra-pasteurized products will keep almost four times as long.

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280 mins

Cook Time

10 mins

Serves

15

Caramel-Macchiato Dipped Ice Cream Cones

Easy

Special equipment: a 1/3-cup ice cream scoop. Put the dulce de leche sauce and espresso powder in a small bowl and whisk until combined. Put 1 teaspoon of the espresso-dulce de leche sauce in the bottom of each waffle cone and swirl to complete

Prep Time

15 mins

Cook Time

5 mins

Serves

6

French Custard Ice Cream with Wine-Steeped Plums

Easy

For ice cream, heat 1 cup cream and milk with the scraped seeds of vanilla beans (let pods steep in cream for extra flavour). Keep just below a simmer. In a bowl over a pot of gently simmering water, whisk vigorously egg

Prep Time

-

Cook Time

-

Serves

-

Ice Cream Cone Slice-and-Bake Cookies

Medium

For the cookies: Whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl. Beat the butter and sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, 3 to 5 minutes. Beat in 1 egg and the van

Prep Time

60 mins

Cook Time

15 mins

Serves

24

Semi-freddo cookies and cream with salted caramel

Medium

1) Begin by whipping cream with icing sugar until you get soft peaks. Add pomegranate molasses and stir 2 times gently to combine and just streak the pomegranate through the cream. 2) Take a large plastic bag and using a wooden rolling pin, smash t

Prep Time

20 mins

Cook Time

10 mins

Serves

4

Coffee liqueur ice cream pie

Medium

1) Preheat the oven to 180C/Gas 4. Combine the crushed wafers with the melted butter and press onto the bottom and up the sides of a 23cm pie dish. Bake in the oven for 10 minutes and then allow to cool. 2) Combine the softened ice cream and 75ml o

Prep Time

30 mins

Cook Time

10 mins

Serves

8

Cinnamon Ice Cream with Cinnamon Crisps

Medium

1. For the cinnamon ice cream: In a medium saucepan over medium-low heat, combine the half-and-half and sugar. Stir it around to combine and allow to warm. Next, add the vanilla extract and cinnamon sticks. Stir the mixture around and heat it up unti

Prep Time

35 mins

Cook Time

30 mins

Serves

-

Strawberry & Cream Shortcakes by ROKU

Medium

Tasting notes Create a flavour sensation to savour with strawberries and cream sandwiched between buttery sweet shortbread biscuits. An utterly delicious, fruit-filled conclusion to any meal or wonderful as an afternoon treat. Especially when accompa

Prep Time

20 mins

Cook Time

-

Serves

6

Tom Kerridge's Mocha Cake With Hazelnut Praline Cream

Preheat the oven to 160C fan.  Grease and line with baking paper a 23cm round springform cake tin. Put the butter and chocolate chips in a medium heatproof bowl and place over a pan of simmering water. Stir until both the chocolate and butter

Prep Time

60 mins

Cook Time

45 mins

Serves

1

Broken Heart Chocolate Cake

Easy

Special equipment: a 9-inch heart-shaped cake pan For the cake:  Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a 9-inch heart-shaped cake pan with cooking spray and dust with flour, tapping out the excess. Prepare the cake batter according to the p

Prep Time

55 mins

Cook Time

45 mins

Serves

10

Chocolate Peanut Butter and Banana Icebox Cake

Easy

In a large bowl using a handheld mixer, whisk together the peanut butter and 1/2 cup heavy cream until light and fluffy and set aside. Make sure the whipping attachments are clean and then whip the remaining 2 cups cream with the sugar and vanilla un

Prep Time

20 mins

Cook Time

-

Serves

8

Satsumas with Cinnamon Cream

Easy

Bring the mulled wine to a gentle simmer. Peel and segment the satsumas, and spike each segment to allow the wine to penetrate. Place in the mulled wine and simmer for about 10 minutes. While they're cooking semi-whip some double cream, dus

Prep Time

10 mins

Cook Time

15 mins

Serves

2

Margarita ice cream

Easy

1) Pour the lime juice, tequila and orange liqueur into a bowl and stir in the sugar to dissolve. 2) Add the cream and then softly whip until thick and smooth but not stiff. Spoon into an airtight container to freeze overnight. 3) This ice cream

Prep Time

20 mins

Cook Time

-

Serves

6

Cinnamon Swirl Sour Cream, Strawberry and Bacon Breakfast Cupcake

Easy

For the cupcakes: 1) Preheat the oven to 160 degrees C. Line a mini cupcake or muffin tin with 24 mini cupcake liners or a regular-size cupcake or muffin tin with 9 cupcake liners. 2) Sift the flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda, and salt

Prep Time

45 mins

Cook Time

30 mins

Serves

-

Paan ice cream

Easy

1) Place the rose petal paste, water and 1 tablespoon of sugar in a saucepan and bring to the boil. Reduce until thick and syrupy. Add the pink food colour. 2) In a separate pan, slightly warm the milk and add the paan leaves, with the inside fillin

Prep Time

25 mins

Cook Time

2 mins

Serves

6

Coconut cream dream pie (custard pie round)

Medium

1) Preheat the oven to 200C/Gas 6. For the shortcrust: 1) All ingredients should be cold. Combine all the dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl. Add shortening and butter. Using a pastry blender, cut in the shortening and butter until the mixture

Prep Time

30 mins

Cook Time

20 mins

Serves

-

Salmon Burgers with Spring Onion Sour Cream-Cream Cheese Sauce

Easy

1) Preheat outdoor grill if using to medium high. Prepare hot grill with cooking spray. Indoors, use a large skillet rather than a grill pan and preheat with a drizzle of extra-virgin olive oil to medium-high heat. 2) Place salmon in food processor

Prep Time

20 mins

Cook Time

10 mins

Serves

4

Butternut squash soup with chipotle cream

Easy

Preheat the oven to 200°C. Using one tablespoon of the olive oil, grease the sliced surface of the squash and season with salt and pepper, to taste. Arrange on a baking sheet and roast until very tender, about 45 minutes. Remove from the oven

Prep Time

15 mins

Cook Time

90 mins

Serves

6

Peach Crisp with Maple Cream Sauce

Easy

Begin by making the maple cream sauce. It needs to chill before serving.Pour the cream into a heavy saucepan. Add the maple syrup and corn syrup. Cook over a moderate heat, stirring constantly, until the sauce is thickened and reduced by about a thir

Prep Time

30 mins

Cook Time

60 mins

Serves

8

Maple Cream Pie

Medium

For the pecan crust: For the pecan crust, preheat the oven to 350 ºF (180 ºC). Stir the graham cracker crumbs, pecans and melted butter together until evenly combined and press this into a lightly greased 9-inch (23 cm) pie plate. Bake the crust for

Prep Time

-

Cook Time

-

Serves

8

Easy

1. For the peanut butter ice cream, using a sugar thermometer, bring the sugar and 6 tablespoons of water to the softball stage (116°C), this is your sugar syrup. 2. While this is going on, whisk the egg yolks in a freestanding mixer or using an e

Prep Time

-

Cook Time

20 mins

Serves

-

Cake-Mix Ice Cream Sundae Cake

Easy

Preheat the oven to 175°C. Line a 9-by-13-inch cake pan with aluminum foil, and coat it with cooking spray.Beat the cake mix, oil, egg and 1/4 cup water in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed until smooth. Let stand a few minutes

Prep Time

5 mins

Cook Time

25 mins

Serves

12

Crispy pan-seared snapper with passion fruit cream and citrus and shaved fennel salad, garnished with sauteed prawns and spicy green mango jam

Medium

1) For the crispy pan seared snapper: With a sharp knife make small slices in the skin of the fish, making a crosshatching pattern. Pat completely dry with paper towels. Keep refrigerated until time to cook. Preheat a large saute pan on medium-high h

Prep Time

60 mins

Cook Time

70 mins

Serves

5

Pancake Stacks with Maple and Cream Cheese Frosting

1. Position an oven rack in the middle of the oven and preheat to 95°C. 2. In a large mixing bowl, use a hand mixer to whip 1 stick (1/2 cup) of the butter and the cream cheese together until smooth. 3. On low speed, gradually add the confecti

Prep Time

30 mins

Cook Time

15 mins

Serves

-

Eggnog Cream

Easy

Put the cream and advocaat in a bowl. Using an electric whisk, whip until thick but still soft. Serve with any festive pudding.

Prep Time

5 mins

Cook Time

-

Serves

4

Bourbon and Toffee Ice Cream

Easy

In a blender, combine the ice cream and the bourbon. Blend on high speed until the desired consistency is reached (the longer you blend, the thicker the milkshake). In a medium glass, drizzle the caramel in a spiral around the inside of the g

Prep Time

5 mins

Cook Time

-

Serves

1

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Can I substitute whipping cream for heavy cream?

Yes! Since they are the same product, you can use heavy whipping cream and heavy cream interchangeably. Both are a versatile, all-purpose product for adding thick, creamy elements to sauces to soups to desserts, so it's worth keeping one on hand in your fridge.

What can I substitute for heavy whipping cream?

Regardless of what you're making, the following are the best heavy cream substitutes for cooking, baking, or whipping into dessert..
Half-and-half + butter. ... .
Milk + butter. ... .
Coconut cream. ... .
Milk + cornstarch. ... .
Greek yogurt + milk. ... .
Alt milk + oil. ... .
Heavy cream powder..