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Whipped cream

Also called squirty cream and spray cream

Whipped cream is a kind of cream used as a garnish. It pairs with sugar, vanilla, and fruit.

  • Dairy
  • Allergen: milk

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Category
Dairy & eggs
Made from
Cream
Whipped cream, in dish

Photo: jeffreyw · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use whipped cream

Typical ways to cook or use it

  • Garnish

Preparing it

Whisk high-fat cream until it is light and holds its shape.

Cooking with it

Avoid overwhipping: continued beating can turn the cream into butter.

Goes well with

Nutrition

What 100 g of whipped cream holds

Per 100 g. Averages from USDA; real values vary by variety, season and growing conditions.

Protein 8%Fat 59%Carbohydrate 33%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of whipped cream
Energy257 kcal · 1,077 kJ
Protein3.2 g
Fat22 g
of which saturated14 g
Carbohydrate12 g
of which sugars8 g
Fibre0 g
Sodium8 mg
Cholesterol76 mg
Nutrition per 100 g of whipped cream: minerals and vitamins
Potassium147 mg
Calcium101 mg
Iron0.05 mg
Magnesium11 mg
Zinc0.37 mg
Vitamin A (RAE)188 µg
Folate3 µg
Vitamin B120.29 µg

Source: USDA FoodData Central (food 170860), public domain. Minerals and vitamins are listed only where USDA measured a non-zero amount.

Around the world

Where whipped cream is cooked

2 dishes in the catalogue use whipped cream. Here is where they come from.

Origins

  1. The 1930s

    A method of whipping cream with nitrous oxide in a siphon was invented.

On the table

Dishes made with whipped cream

1 of the 2 catalogued dishes that use it, spread across the countries they come from.

  • Nesselrode pudding

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include whipped cream.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: whipped cream in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.
Allergens
Contains: milk
Animal origin
From: dairyChecked and not found: egg, fish, meat, honey, insect, poultry, shellfish, other animal.
Caffeine
None

Family

Related forms

Made from
cream
A kind of
cream

Around the world

What whipped cream is called

Names in 49 languages, from Wikidata.

  • Spanish

    Nata montada

  • French

    crème fouettée · crème chantilly

  • Italian

    panna montata

  • Portuguese

    creme chantili · Chantilly · Chantili · Creme chantilly

  • German

    Schlagsahne · Schlagobers

  • Dutch

    slagroom · crème fraiche

  • Greek

    κρέμα σαντιγί

  • Turkish

    Krem şanti

  • Russian

    взбитые сливки · Крем Шантийи

  • Polish

    bita śmietana · krem bita śmietanka

  • Arabic

    قشدة مخفوقة

  • Persian

    خامه زده شده

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  • Albanian

    Ajka

  • Armenian

    Հարած սերուցք

  • Basque

    Esne-gain harrotu

  • Cantonese

    鮮忌廉

  • Catalan

    nata muntada · Muntar la nata · Crema batuda · Muntar nata

  • Chinese

    生奶油 · Whipped cream · 尚蒂伊奶油

  • Croatian

    Šlag

  • Czech

    šlehačka

  • Danish

    flødeskum

  • Egyptian Arabic

    كريم شانتيه

  • Esperanto

    batita kremo

  • Estonian

    Vahukoor

  • Finnish

    Kermavaahto

  • Galician

    Nata batida · Crema batida

  • Hausa

    Cream da aka yi wa whip

  • Hebrew

    קצפת · קרם שנטילי

  • Hungarian

    tejszínhab · crème chantilly

  • hyw

    Հարած Սեր

  • Indonesian

    Krim kocok

  • Japanese

    ホイップクリーム

  • Javanese

    Krim kocok

  • Korean

    휘저은 크림

  • Latvian

    putukrējums

  • Lithuanian

    Plakta grietinėlė

  • Macedonian

    Шлаг

  • Malay

    Krim putar

  • Norwegian Bokmål

    krem · fløtekrem · vaniljekrem · pisket krem

  • Romanian

    frișcă bătută · frișcă

  • Serbian

    Шлаг

  • Serbian (Latin)

    Šlag

  • Silesian

    Szlagzana · Šlagzana

  • Simplified Chinese

    生奶油

  • Slovak

    Šľahačka

  • Slovenian

    stepena smetana

  • Swedish

    vispad grädde

  • Thai

    วิปครีม

  • Traditional Chinese

    生奶油

  • Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China)

    生奶油

  • Ukrainian

    Збиті вершки

  • Vietnamese

    Whipped cream

Sources and credits

Data

Wikidata item: Q625957

Photos

Photo: jeffreyw · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons