Core/shell fluoropolymer dispersions with low fluorosurfactant content

A stabilized aqueous fluoropolymer dispersion comprising:

• about 30 to about 70 weight % non-melt-processible fluoropolymer particles having an SSG of less than about 2.225, said fluoropolymer particles comprising a core of high molecular weight polytetrafluoroethylene and a shell of lower molecular weight polytetrafluoroethylene or modified polytetrafluoroethylene;
• and
• about 2 to about 11 weight % of aliphatic alcohol ethoxylate nonionic surfactant based on the weight of said fluoropolymer,
• wherein said dispersion is free of surfactants containing aromatic groups, contains less than 100 ppm of fluorosurfactant based on the weight of said dispersion and wherein said dispersion has a viscosity of less than 100 mPa·s at 23±3° C.