Salted butter vs Reduced fat buttermilk
In short
One serving each: 102 calories in salted butter (1 tbsp, 14.2 g), 137 calories in reduced fat buttermilk (1 cup, 245 g). Most of the calories in salted butter come from fat.
More in salted butter: saturated fat (2.4×), total fat (2.4×) and vitamin A (2.5×). More in reduced fat buttermilk: riboflavin, vitamin B12, calcium, protein and 11 more. Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.
Calories, and where they come from
1 tbsp (14.2 g) · 0.12 g protein · 0.009 g carbs (0.009 g sugars) · 11.5 g fat
1 cup (245 g) · 10 g protein · 13 g carbs (13 g sugars) · 4.9 g fat
Share of the calories fromproteincarbsfat
Where they differ
Bar length is the share of a day's needs (FDA Daily Value) in one serving of each. Every row uses the same scale, so a short difference in length is a small difference. Color says which food, never which is better.
- Riboflavin (B2)0.005 mg · 0.51 mg<1%40%
- Vitamin B120.024 µg · 0.91 µg1%38%
- Calcium3.4 mg · 350 mg<1%27%
- Saturated fatlimit7.3 g · 3 g36%15%
- Protein0.12 g · 10 g<1%20%
- Phosphorus3.4 mg · 201 mg<1%16%
- Thiamin (B1)0.001 mg · 0.12 mg<1%10%
- Selenium0.14 µg · 5.6 µg<1%10%
- Potassium3.4 mg · 441 mg<1%9%
- Total fat11.5 g · 4.9 g15%6%
- Magnesium0.28 mg · 31.9 mg<1%8%
- Sodiumlimit91.3 mg · 257 mg4%11%
- Choline2.7 mg · 39.2 mg<1%7%
- Vitamin A97.1 µg · 39.2 µg11%4%
- Zinc0.013 mg · 0.59 mg<1%5%
- Carbohydrates0.009 g · 13 g<1%5%
- Vitamin B60. mg · 0.073 mg<1%4%
- Vitamin C0 mg · 3.7 mg0%4%
Where they are alike
Less than 4% of a day apart, in one serving of each.
- Cholesterollimit30.5 mg · 19.6 mg10%·7%
- Fiber0 g · 0 g0%·0%
- Iron0.003 mg · 0.15 mg<1%·1%
- Copper0 mg · 0.02 mg0%·2%
- Vitamin D0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
- Vitamin E0.33 mg · 0.27 mg2%·2%
- Vitamin K0.99 µg · 0.24 µg1%·<1%
- Niacin (B3)0.006 mg · 0.24 mg<1%·2%
- Folate0.43 µg · 14.7 µg<1%·4%
Reported for only one of the two, so not compared: manganese, pantothenic acid (B5).
From USDA FoodData Central: Salted butter (SR Legacy 173410), Reduced fat buttermilk (SR Legacy 167697). Daily Values are the FDA's for adults and children 4 years and older. Missing values are never shown as zero. For exploring the data, not dietary advice.