What is double cream in Australia?
Double cream in Australia is a term that’s not as strongly regulated as it is in the UK. But generally, double cream will have between 48% and 66% milk fat.
Double cream in Australia is something you can occasionally find in the supermarkets, but it is more of a British term.
In the UK, double cream is a legally-defined term. To bill something as double cream, it must have at least 48% milk fat. Other creams have boundaries, too. For example, clotted cream needs to be at least 55% milk fat.
Milk fat levels of double cream in Australia
Double cream in Australia is often around the same level of milk fat, but it is less common. You can buy it in supermarkets such as Woolworths and Coles, but it really pays to read the label. This is because there’s no legal definition of what can be branded ‘double cream’ in Australia.
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When you do see double cream in Australia, however, it can often have a higher milk fat content than in the UK. Sometimes it’s over the 60% marker.
What confuses matters in Australia is that you’ll also see thickened cream and heavy cream on the shelves. These are essentially the same thing. Thickened cream or heavy cream in Australia is basically a single cream with a thickening agent added to it. Gelatine is the usual thickening agent, here.
Double cream in Australia: check the labels
But because the whole cream labelling thing is essentially a free-for-all, it pays to check the labels carefully. They might be able to call themselves what they like, but they do have to state the milk fat content.
The double cream could be 48% milk fat, and it could be 66% milk fat. It’s a huge difference, and those of specific tastes could be in for quite a disappointment. Therefore, most Australians who like double cream will have their own preferred brand for it, rather than just picking a random tub off the supermarket shelf.
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