Question: what is the difference between whole milk and half and half?
Answer: Can you use whole milk instead of half-and-half in recipes? The simple answer is yes. ... The difference in butterfat/milkfat content is what makes half-and-half creamier (and cream richer still). Half-and-half contains between 10.5 and 18 percent milkfat, and whole milk is just over 3 percent.