North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 02 - AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES
Chapter 09 - FOOD AND DRUG PROTECTION
Subchapter K - SAMPLING AND TESTING OF MILK AND CREAM: FROZEN DESSERTS
Section .0200 - FROZEN DESSERTS
Section 09K .0208 - DIETARY FROZEN DESSERT STANDARDS

Universal Citation: 02 NC Admin Code 09K .0208

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024

(a) Dietary frozen dessert is the food prepared by freezing while stirring a pasteurized mix containing one or more of the following ingredients:

(1) optional dairy ingredients permitted by 21 CFR 135;

(2) safe, suitable stabilizers;

(3) emulsifiers;

(4) non-nutritive sweeteners; or

(5) any optional, non-adulterated ingredients.

(b) The finished dietary frozen dessert product shall:

(1) contain less than two percent by weight of milk fat;

(2) contain not less than seven percent by weight of total milk solids;

(3) contain not less than 1.1 pounds nor more than 1.45 pounds of food solids per gallon; and

(4) weigh not less than 4 1/2 pounds per gallon.

(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subparagraph (b)(3) of this Rule, if the optional ingredient micro-crystalline cellulose is used, the quantity of food solids shall not be less than 1.1 pounds per gallon exclusive of the weight of the micro-crystalline cellulose.

Authority G.S. 106-253; 106-267;
Eff. February 1, 1982;
Readopted Eff. May 1, 2017.

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