Cream

1. Cream is a dairy product that is the higher-fat layer skimmed from the top of raw milk before homogenization?. It is sold in several grades depending on fat content.

In the US, it is usually sold as:

• Half-and-half (12% fat)
• Whipping cream and whipped cream (30%)
• Heavy cream, or heavy whipping cream (36%)

Also common in the US is "sour cream", which is has been subjected to a bacterial culture that produces [lactic acid]?, producing a sour taste, and that thickens the cream as well.

In the UK, it is usually sold as:

• Half cream (12%)
• (Single cream or Light cream (18%)
• Whipping cream (35%)
• Double cream (48%)

In the UK, "clotted cream" is a very high fat (55%) product processed with heat.

"Crème fraîche" (a French product, available in some markets elsewhere) is a heavy cream slightly soured with bacterial culture, but not as sour or as thick as American sour cream. Mexican "crema" (or "cream espesa") is similar.

[Ice cream]? is made with milk and cream and flavorings, frozen while stirring to limit the size of the ice crystals. Premium ice creams usually contain more milk fat.

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2. Cream was also the name of a seminal 1960s [rock band]? which featured the guitarist Eric Clapton, bassist [Jack Bruce]? and drummer [Ginger Baker]?.

Discography

• Fresh Cream
• Wheels of Fire
• Disraeli Gears
• Live Cream
• Live Cream Volume 2
• Goodbye Cream