Food and Agricultural Code section 38872

Kefir shall contain not less than 3.5 percent milk fat. Reduced-fat kefir shall contain not more than 2.1 percent milk fat. Lowfat kefir shall contain not more than 1.2 percent milk fat. Nonfat, skim, or fat-free kefir shall contain a maximum of twenty hundredths of 1 percent milk fat.

Kefir made from goat milk shall contain not less than 2.8 percent of milk fat.

Source: Section 38872, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=FAC§ionNum=38872. (updated Aug. 21, 1997; accessed Nov. 3, 2025).

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Original Source: Section 38872, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=FAC§ionNum=38872. (last accessed May 12, 2025).