Reduced cream is a New Zealand canned

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product. It was originally sold by

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, but other companies in New Zealand have created their own reduced cream products. Typical ingredients are skimmed milk, cream, and thickener 401 (

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). It is offered as a low-fat alternative to cream, with Nestlé claiming theirs has "38% less fat than thickened

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". Reduced cream does not require refrigeration.

Use

Reduced cream is used to make Kiwi onion dip, along with

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-brand instant onion soup (another Nestlé brand). The recipe was developed by Rosemary Dempsey in the late 1950s or early 1960s at Nestlé's newly established test kitchen in Auckland.

References

External links

Nestlé New Zealand site for Reduced cream
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