ARTICLE 8. Dairy Spread [39501. - 39502.]

Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC 8.
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Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 39501. Section 39501.

Dairy spread is a substitute for butter which is made from a blend of milkfat, cultured buttermilk, milk solids-not-fat, and edible oil or fat, other than milk fat. Dairy spread may contain one or more of the following optional ingredients: salt, harmless flavor and color, any safe and suitable stabilizers and emulsifiers, and vitamins.

Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 39502. Section 39502.

Dairy spread shall contain a minimum of 40 percent fat and a minimum of 15 percent milk solids-not-fat; (60 percent of the blended fat ingredients shall be of milk fat origin) and may contain not more than 0.01 percent potassium sorbate to retard spoilage. Dairy spread shall be pasteurized.
Source: CA Legislative Counsel Bulk DataURL: https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zipFetched: 6/27/2026

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