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In the United States, whole milk must contain at least 3.25 percent milk fat by weight.

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INSUFFICIENT LEANING
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Is it true that in the United States, whole milk must contain at least 3.25 percent milk fat by weight?

Unclear. Several peer-reviewed U.S. milk studies and a Wikipedia article treat 3.25% milk fat as the definition of whole milk, but none states that U.S. law requires whole milk to contain at least 3.25% milk fat by weight.

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Evidence for · 5
Fatty Acid Content of Retail Cow’s Milk in the Northeastern United States—What’s in It for the Consumer?
2020
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Fatty Acid Content of Retail Cow’s Milk in the Northeastern United States—What’s in It for the Consumer?. (2020). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.9b07390

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Whole milk compared with reduced-fat milk and childhood overweight: a systematic review and meta-analysis -
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Whole milk compared with reduced-fat milk and childhood overweight: a systematic review and meta-analysis - PMC Lock. (n.d.). pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcn/nqz276

Fat content of milk - Wikipedia
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Fat content of milk - Wikipedia. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat_content_of_milk

Milk fat threshold determination and the effect of milk fat content on consumer preference for fluid milk
2017
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Milk fat threshold determination and the effect of milk fat content on consumer preference for fluid milk. (2017). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2016-11417

Carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes in U.S. milk: Insight into production process
2018
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Carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes in U.S. milk: Insight into production process. (2018). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1002/rcm.8069

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