What is the difference between heavy cream, cream and half and half??

Question

What is the difference between heavy cream, cream and half and half??

Answer 1

Heavy cream is usually used for whipping, cool whips and baking

Cream is a lighter content of fat

half and half is even a lighter content of fat...used primarily in the States for coffee and is used to make ice cream

Answer 2

The percentage of fat

Heavy Cream

must contain at least 36% milk fat.

This product is readily whipped and can

retain its whipped state longer than

that of light whipping cream.

Heavy cream provides about

52 calories and 6 grams (g) of fat

per tablespoon.

Light Whipping Cream

(whipping cream) has at least

30% but not more than 36% milk

fat. This product can be used as is

(unwhipped) or whipped. Liquid

(unwhipped) whipping cream

contains about 44 calories and

5 grams (g) of fat per tablespoon.

Half-and-Half

is a mixture of milk and cream containing

at least 10.5% but not more than

18% milk fat. This product

contains about 20 calories

and nearly 2 grams (g) of fat

per tablespoon.

Edit: Why the h**l did I get a thumbs down within 2 minutes of posting????? My answer is correct and I have added info to back up my answer.

Answer 3

Heavy cream in the Us is like our double cream - it contains a high percentage of fat something like 70% so great for whipping and holding in hot sauces.

We have whipping cream in England a thinner version used for whipping but still good for sauces and not so much fat content.

Single which I think is your half and half is thin, no good for cooking as it splits or whipping because it can't - but good for pouring on desserts or in coffee.

Cookeryclub have an American translation info sheet on line.