full-fatadj.
/ˈfʊlˌfat/, U.S. /ˈfʊlˌfæt/ Designating foods from which no fat has been removed. Also figurative.Recorded earliest in full-fat milk n. at Compounds.
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1908 Trans. Assoc. Amer. Physicians 23 295 The use of skimmed milk insured a positive calcium balance.., whereas in a certain number of children the use of full-fat milk caused a marked negative balance.
1943 Sci. News Let. 16 Jan. 44/2 Some of the war-scarce shortening may be omitted when full fat soy flour is used.
1989 D. W. Johnson in E. W. Lusas et al. Food Uses Whole Oil & Protein Seeds iii. 30 The more widely used full fat soy flour is heat processed and is often referred to as ‘toasted full fat flour’.
2010 Metro (Nexis) 10 Aug. 36 The Bamboos... lock in on the joyous rush that the best 1970s funk possessed, with its full-fat horns.
2014 Sunday Tel. 6 Apr. 3/7 Some products marketed as ‘light’ or ‘healthy’ contain more salt than their full-fat equivalents.
Compounds
full-fat milk n. milk from which none of the fat or cream has been removed; whole milk.
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1908 Trans. Assoc. Amer. Physicians 23 295 The use of skimmed milk insured a positive calcium balance.., whereas in a certain number of children the use of full-fat milk caused a marked negative balance.
1981 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 25 July 317/1 The decision to continue favouring full-fat milk reflects Government concern for farmers, not children.
2009 Sun (Nexis) 27 Mar. 23 Ministers have backed the scheme to phase out full-fat milk in all primary and secondary schools.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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