Whole milk vs skim milk
In short
For the same 100 calories you eat 164 g of whole milk or 294 g of skim milk. More in whole milk: saturated fat and total fat.
More in skim milk: vitamin B12, vitamin A (3.6×), calcium, riboflavin and 9 more. Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.
Calories, and where they come from
164 g · 5.4 g protein · 7.6 g carbs (7.9 g sugars) · 5.2 g fat
294 g · 10.1 g protein · 14.5 g carbs (14.9 g sugars) · 0.24 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.
- Vitamin B120.89 µg · 1.7 µg37%71%
- Vitamin A52.5 µg · 188 µg6%21%
- Saturated fatlimit3 g · 0.14 g15%1%
- Calcium202 mg · 388 mg16%30%
- Riboflavin (B2)0.23 mg · 0.39 mg17%30%
- Phosphorus166 mg · 315 mg13%25%
- Protein5.4 g · 10.1 g11%20%
- Vitamin D1.8 µg · 3.2 µg9%16%
- Total fat5.2 g · 0.24 g7%<1%
- Thiamin (B1)0.092 mg · 0.16 mg8%14%
- Zinc0.69 mg · 1.3 mg6%12%
- Potassium246 mg · 491 mg5%10%
- Selenium3.1 µg · 5.9 µg6%11%
- Choline29.2 mg · 53.5 mg5%10%
- Vitamin B60.1 mg · 0.17 mg6%10%
Where they are alike
Less than 4% of a day apart, in 100 calories of each.
- Cholesterollimit19.7 mg · 8.8 mg7%·3%
- Carbohydrates7.6 g · 14.5 g3%·5%
- Fiber0 g · 0 g0%·0%
- Sodiumlimit62.3 mg · 121 mg3%·5%
- Iron0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Magnesium19.7 mg · 35.3 mg5%·8%
- Copper0.002 mg · 0.006 mg<1%·1%
- Vitamin C0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Vitamin E0.082 mg · 0 mg1%·0%
- Vitamin K0.49 µg · 0 µg<1%·0%
- Niacin (B3)0.17 mg · 0.35 mg1%·2%
- Folate0 µg · 5.9 µg0%·1%
From USDA FoodData Central: Whole milk (Survey (FNDDS) 2705385), Fat free milk (skim) (Survey (FNDDS) 2705388). 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.