Unsalted butter vs Low fat buttermilk
In short
For the same 100 calories you eat 14 g of unsalted butter or 233 g of low fat buttermilk. Most of the calories in unsalted butter come from fat.
More in unsalted butter: saturated fat (5.5×), total fat (4.5×) and cholesterol (2.7×). More in low fat buttermilk: riboflavin, calcium, phosphorus, protein and 8 more. Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.
Calories, and where they come from
13.9 g · 0.12 g protein · 0.008 g carbs (0.008 g sugars) · 11.3 g fat
233 g · 8.1 g protein · 11.2 g carbs · 2.5 g fat
Share of the calories fromproteincarbsfat
Where they differ
Bar length is the share of a day's needs (FDA Daily Value) in 100 calories 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 · 0.46 mg<1%35%
- Saturated fatlimit7 g · 1.3 g35%6%
- Calcium3.3 mg · 280 mg<1%22%
- Phosphorus3.3 mg · 215 mg<1%17%
- Protein0.12 g · 8.1 g<1%16%
- Total fat11.3 g · 2.5 g15%3%
- Thiamin (B1)0.001 mg · 0.11 mg<1%9%
- Sodiumlimit1.5 mg · 216 mg<1%9%
- Zinc0.013 mg · 0.99 mg<1%9%
- Potassium3.3 mg · 368 mg<1%8%
- Vitamin D0 µg · 1.3 µg0%6%
- Cholesterollimit30 mg · 11.2 mg10%4%
- Magnesium0.28 mg · 25.7 mg<1%6%
- Vitamin B60. mg · 0.092 mg<1%5%
- Carbohydrates0.008 g · 11.2 g<1%4%
Where they are alike
Less than 4% of a day apart, in 100 calories of each.
- Iron0.003 mg · 0.031 mg<1%·<1%
- Copper0.002 mg · 0.003 mg<1%·<1%
- Manganese0.001 mg · 0 mg<1%·0%
- Vitamin K0.98 µg · 0 µg1%·0%
- Niacin (B3)0.006 mg · 0.3 mg<1%·2%
Reported for only one of the two, so not compared: fiber, selenium, iodine, vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin E, pantothenic acid (B5), biotin (B7), folate, vitamin B12, choline.
From USDA FoodData Central: Unsalted butter (SR Legacy 173430), Low fat buttermilk (Foundation 2259792). 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.