Milk, milk substitute, and fruit juice concentrates serving size (FDA RACC)
The FDA reference amount for this category and how a label states the serving.
Food categoryMilk, milk substitute, and fruit juice concentrates (without alcohol) (e.g., drink mixers, frozen fruit juice concentrate, sweetened cocoa powder)
FDA reference amount (RACC)
Amount to make 240 mL drink (without ice)
Label format: __ fl oz (__ mL); __ tsp (__ g); tbsp (__ g)
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- Bulk or measured
- Food group
- Miscellaneous
- Applies to
- Everyone 4 and older
Questions about milk, milk substitute, and fruit juice concentrates
What is the FDA serving size for milk, milk substitute, and fruit juice concentrates?
The FDA reference amount (RACC) for milk, milk substitute, and fruit juice concentrates is Amount to make 240 mL drink (without ice). The label states the serving as “__ fl oz (__ mL); __ tsp (__ g); tbsp (__ g)”, with your product’s numbers filled in.
Is the RACC the same as the serving size?
No. The RACC is the reference amount FDA sets for the whole category. The serving size is what your label declares, in pieces or a household measure plus grams or mL, worked out from the RACC for your product.
When does a label need two columns?
When a product is packaged and sold on its own and the package holds 200% to 300% of the RACC, the label shows two columns: per serving and per package. A package under 200% of the RACC is a single serving, so the whole package is the serving.
Why does servings per container say “about”?
Servings per container is rounded to the nearest whole number, or to the nearest half between 2 and 5 servings. FDA lets a label put “about” in front of the rounded number.
Where do these numbers come from?
- Milk, milk substitute, and fruit juice concentrates reference amount: 21 CFR 101.12 Table 2, as of 2026-02-12.
- Serving size, servings per container, single-serving and two-column rules: 21 CFR 101.9(b), as of 2026-02-12.
- Plain-language guide: FDA: Serving Size on the Nutrition Facts Label.
- Dataset: bm-regulatory US Nutrition Label Rules v17.0.0.
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Bakery Products (21)
- Bagels, toaster pastries, muffins (excluding English muffins) 110 g
- Biscuits, croissants, tortillas, soft bread sticks, soft pretzels, corn bread, hush puppies, scones, crumpets, English muffins 55 g
- Breads (excluding sweet quick type), rolls 50 g
- Brownies 40 g
- Cakes, heavyweight (cheese cake; pineapple upside-down cake; fruit, nut, and vegetable cakes with more than or equal to 35 percent of the finished weight as fruit, nuts, or vegetables or any of these combinations) 125 g
- Cakes, lightweight (angel food, chiffon, or sponge cake without icing or filling) 55 g
- Cakes, mediumweight (chemically leavened cake with or without icing or filling except those classified as light weight cake; fruit, nut, and vegetable cake with less than 35 percent of the finished weight as fruit, nuts, or vegetables or any of these combinations; light weight cake with icing; Boston cream pie; cupcake; eclair; cream puff) 80 g
- Coffee cakes, crumb cakes, doughnuts, Danish, sweet rolls, sweet quick type breads 55 g
- Cookies 30 g
- Crackers that are usually not used as snack, melba toast, hard bread sticks, ice cream cones 15 g
- Crackers that are usually used as snacks 30 g
- Croutons 7 g
- Eggroll, dumpling, wonton, or potsticker wrappers 20 g
- French toast, crepes, pancakes, variety mixes 110 g
- French toast, crepes, pancakes, variety mixes 40 g
- Grain-based bars with or without filling or coating, e.g., breakfast bars, granola bars, rice cereal bars 40 g
- Pie crust, pie shells, pastry sheets, (e.g., phyllo, puff pastry sheets)
- Pies, cobblers, fruit crisps, turnovers, other pastries 125 g
- Pizza crust 55 g
- Taco shells, hard 30 g
- Waffles 85 g
Beverages (2)
Cereals and Other Grain Products (13)
- Bran or wheat germ 15 g
- Breakfast cereals (hot cereal type), hominy grits 40 g
- Breakfast cereals, ready-to-eat, weighing 20 g or more but less than 43 g per cup; high fiber cereals containing 28 g or more of fiber per 100 g 40 g
- Breakfast cereals, ready-to-eat, weighing 43 g or more per cup; biscuit types 60 g
- Breakfast cereals, ready-to-eat, weighing less than 20 g per cup, e.g., plain puffed cereal grains 15 g
- Flours or cornmeal 30 g
- Grains, e.g., rice, barley, plain 140 g
- Grains, e.g., rice, barley, plain 45 g
- Pastas, dry, ready-to-eat, e.g., fried canned chow mein noodles 25 g
- Pastas, plain 140 g
- Pastas, plain 55 g
- Starches, e.g., cornstarch, potato starch, tapioca, etc 10 g
- Stuffing 100 g
Dairy Products and Substitutes (14)
- Cheese used primarily as ingredients, e.g., dry cottage cheese, ricotta cheese 55 g
- Cheese, all others except those listed as separate categories—includes cream cheese and cheese spread 30 g
- Cheese, cottage 110 g
- Cheese, grated hard, e.g., Parmesan, Romano 5 g
- Cream or cream substitutes, fluid 15 mL
- Cream or cream substitutes, powder 2 g
- Cream, half & half 30 mL
- Eggnog 120 mL
- Milk, condensed, undiluted 30 mL
- Milk, evaporated, undiluted 30 mL
- Milk, milk-substitute beverages, milk-based drinks, e.g., instant breakfast, meal replacement, cocoa, soy beverage 240 mL
- Shakes or shake substitutes, e.g., dairy shake mixes, fruit frost mixes 240 mL
- Sour cream 30 g
- Yogurt 170 g
Desserts (3)
Dessert Toppings and Fillings (3)
Egg and Egg Substitutes (3)
Fats and Oils (5)
Fish, Shellfish, Game Meats, and Meat or Poultry Substitutes (7)
- Bacon substitutes, canned anchovies, anchovy pastes, caviar 15 g
- Dried, e.g., jerky 30 g
- Entrees with sauce, e.g., fish with cream sauce, shrimp with lobster sauce 140 g cooked
- Entrees without sauce, e.g., plain or fried fish and shellfish, fish and shellfish cake 85 g
- Fish, shellfish, or game meat, canned 85 g
- Smoked or pickled fish, shellfish, or game meat; fish or shellfish spread 55 g
- Substitute for luncheon meat, meat spreads, Canadian bacon, sausages, frankfurters, and seafood 55 g
Fruits and Fruit Juices (10)
- All other fruits (except those listed as separate categories), fresh, canned or frozen 140 g
- Candied or pickled 30 g
- Dried 40 g
- Fruit relishes, e.g., cranberry sauce, cranberry relish 70 g
- Fruits for garnish or flavor, e.g., maraschino cherries 4 g
- Fruits used primarily as ingredients, avocado 50 g
- Fruits used primarily as ingredients, others (cranberries, lemon, lime) 50 g
- Juices used as ingredients, e.g., lemon juice, lime juice 5 mL
- Juices, nectars, fruit drinks 240 mL
- Watermelon 280 g
Legumes (2)
Mixed Dishes (3)
- Appetizers, hors d'oeuvres, mini mixed dishes, e.g., mini bagel pizzas, breaded mozzarella sticks, egg rolls, dumplings, potstickers, wontons, mini quesadillas, mini quiches, mini sandwiches, mini pizza rolls, potato skins 85 g
- Measurable with cup, e.g., casseroles, hash, macaroni and cheese, pot pies, spaghetti with sauce, stews, etc 1 cup
- Not measurable with cup, e.g., burritos, enchiladas, pizza, pizza rolls, quiche, all types of sandwiches 140 g
Nuts and Seeds (3)
Potatoes and Sweet Potatoes/Yams (3)
Salads (3)
Sauces, Dips, Gravies, and Condiments (5)
- Barbecue sauce, hollandaise sauce, tartar sauce, tomato chili sauce, other sauces for dipping (e.g., mustard sauce, sweet and sour sauce), all dips (e.g., bean dips, dairy-based dips, salsa) 2 tbsp
- Major condiments, e.g., catsup, steak sauce, soy sauce, vinegar, teriyaki sauce, marinades 1 tbsp
- Major main entree sauces, e.g., spaghetti sauce 125 g
- Minor condiments, e.g., horseradish, hot sauces, mustards, Worcestershire sauce 1 tsp
- Minor main entree sauces (e.g., pizza sauce, pesto sauce, Alfredo sauce), other sauces used as toppings (e.g., gravy, white sauce, cheese sauce), cocktail sauce 1⁄4 cup
Soups (2)
Sugars and Sweets (12)
- After-dinner confectioneries 10 g
- All other candies 30 g
- Baking candies (e.g., chips) 15 g
- Confectioner's sugar 30 g
- Hard candies, breath mints 2 g
- Hard candies, others; powdered candies, liquid candies
- Hard candies, roll-type, mini-size in dispenser packages 5 g
- Honey, jams, jellies, fruit butter, molasses, fruit pastes, fruit chutneys 1 tbsp
- Marshmallows 30 g
- Sugar 8 g
- Sugar substitutes
- Syrups
Vegetables (13)
- All other vegetables with sauce: Fresh, canned, or frozen 110 g
- All other vegetables without sauce: Fresh, canned, or frozen 85 g
- Dried seaweed sheets 3 g
- Dried vegetables, dried tomatoes, sun-dried tomatoes, dried mushrooms, dried seaweed 5 g
- Fresh or canned chili peppers, jalapeno peppers, other hot peppers, green onion 30 g
- Olives 15 g
- Pickle relishes 15 g
- Pickles and pickled vegetables, all types 30 g
- Sprouts, all types: Fresh or canned 1/4 cup
- Vegetable juice 240 mL
- Vegetable pastes, e.g., tomato paste 30 g
- Vegetable sauces or purees, e.g., tomato sauce, tomato puree 60 g
- Vegetables primarily used for garnish or flavor (e.g., pimento, parsley, fresh or dried) 4 g
Miscellaneous (15)
- Baking decorations, e.g., colored sugars and sprinkles for cookies, cake decorations 4 g
- Baking powder, baking soda, pectin 0.6 g
- Batter mixes, bread crumbs 30 g
- Chewing gum 3 g
- Cocoa powder, carob powder, unsweetened 1 tbsp
- Cooking wine 30 mL
- Dietary supplements
- Drink mixes (without alcohol): All other types (e.g., flavored syrups and powdered drink mixes)
- Meat, poultry, and fish coating mixes, dry; seasoning mixes, dry, e.g., chili seasoning mixes, pasta salad seasoning mixes
- Milk, milk substitute, and fruit juice concentrates (without alcohol) (e.g., drink mixers, frozen fruit juice concentrate, sweetened cocoa powder)
- Salad and potato toppers, e.g., salad crunchies, salad crispins, substitutes for bacon bits 7 g
- Salt, salt substitutes, seasoning salts (e.g., garlic salt) 1⁄4 tsp
- Seasoning oils and seasoning sauces (e.g., coconut concentrate, sesame oil, almond oil, chili oil, coconut oil, walnut oil) 1 tbsp
- Seasoning pastes (e.g., garlic paste, ginger paste, curry paste, chili paste, miso paste), fresh or frozen 1 tsp
- Spices, herbs (other than dietary supplements) 0.5 g
Infant and Toddler Foods (11)
- Cereals, dry instant Kids 1–3 15 g
- Cereals, prepared, ready-to-serve Kids 1–3 110 g
- Dinners, deserts, fruits, vegetables or soups, dry mix Kids 1–3 15 g
- Dinners, desserts, fruits, vegetables or soups, ready-to-serve, junior type Kids 1–3 110 g
- Dinners, desserts, fruits, vegetables or soups, ready-to-serve, strained type Kids 1–3 110 g
- Dinners, stews or soups for young children, ready-to-serve Kids 1–3 170 g
- Eggs/egg yolks, ready-to serve Kids 1–3 55 g
- Fruits for young children, ready-to-serve Kids 1–3 125 g
- Juices all varieties Kids 1–3 120 mL
- Other cereal and grain products, dry ready-to-eat, e.g., ready-to-eat cereals, cookies, teething biscuits, and toasts Kids 1–3 7 g
- Vegetables for young children, ready-to-serve Kids 1–3 70 g
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