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
Each dot 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 gap is a small difference. Color says which food, never which is better.
- Vitamin B1237% vs 71%
0.89 µg vs 1.7 µg
- Vitamin A6% vs 21%
52.5 µg vs 188 µg
- Saturated fatlimit15% vs 1%
3 g vs 0.14 g
- Calcium16% vs 30%
202 mg vs 388 mg
- Riboflavin (B2)17% vs 30%
0.23 mg vs 0.39 mg
- Phosphorus13% vs 25%
166 mg vs 315 mg
- Protein11% vs 20%
5.4 g vs 10.1 g
- Vitamin D9% vs 16%
1.8 µg vs 3.2 µg
- Total fat7% vs <1%
5.2 g vs 0.24 g
- Thiamin (B1)8% vs 14%
0.092 mg vs 0.16 mg
- Zinc6% vs 12%
0.69 mg vs 1.3 mg
- Potassium5% vs 10%
246 mg vs 491 mg
- Selenium6% vs 11%
3.1 µg vs 5.9 µg
- Choline5% vs 10%
29.2 mg vs 53.5 mg
- Vitamin B66% vs 10%
0.1 mg vs 0.17 mg
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.