Nutritional Facts: Buttermilk

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  1 cup (100g)
cultured buttermilk
3 cups (738g)
skim milk
Total 1 serving
Alanine (g) 0.1 1.0 1 0
Alcohol (g) 0.0 n/a 0 0
Arginine (g) 0.1 1.1 1 0
Ash (g) 0.9 6.4 7 2
Aspartic acid (g) 0.3 2.2 2 1
Caffeine (mg) 0.0 n/a 0 0
Calcium (mg) 116.0 1,055.3 1,171 293
Calories 40.0 302.6 343 86
Calories (kj) 169.0 1,254.6 1,424 356
Carbohydrates (g) 4.8 41.0 46 11
Cholesterol (mg) 4.0 14.8 19 5
Copper (mg) 0.0 0.1 0 0
Cystine (g) 0.0 0.3 0 0
Dietary Fiber (g) 0.0 0.0 0 0
Folate (mcg) 5.0 44.3 49 12
Folate, DFE (mcg) 5.0 44.3 49 12
Folate, food (mcg) 5.0 44.3 49 12
Folic acid (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0 0
Glutamic acid (g) 0.6 6.1 7 2
Glycine (g) 0.1 0.6 1 0
Histidine (g) 0.1 0.8 1 0
Iron (mg) 0.1 0.4 0 0
Isoleucine (g) 0.2 1.8 2 0
Leucine (g) 0.3 2.9 3 1
Lysine (g) 0.3 2.3 3 1
Magnesium (mg) 11.0 118.1 129 32
Manganese (mg) 0.0 0.0 0 0
Methionine (g) 0.1 0.7 1 0
Monounsaturated Fat (g) 0.3 0.5 1 0
Niacin (mg) 0.1 0.7 1 0
Pantothenic acid (mg) 0.3 2.8 3 1
Phenylalanine (g) 0.2 1.4 2 0
Phosphorus (mg) 89.0 826.6 916 229
Polyunsaturated Fat (g) 0.0 0.1 0 0
Potassium (mg) 151.0 1,343.2 1,494 374
Proline (g) 0.3 2.8 3 1
Protein (g) 3.3 29.2 33 8
Retinol (mcg) 13.0 450.2 463 116
Riboflavin (mg) 0.2 1.4 2 0
Saturated Fat (g) 0.5 1.2 2 0
Selenium (mcg) 2.0 17.7 20 5
Serine (g) 0.2 1.6 2 0
Sodium (mg) 105.0 435.4 540 135
Sugar (g) 4.8 n/a 5 1
Theobromine (mg) 0.0 n/a 0 0
Thiamin (mg) 0.0 0.3 0 0
Threonine (g) 0.2 1.3 1 0
Tocopherol, alpha (mg) 0.1 n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, beta (mg) 0.0 n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, delta (mg) 0.0 n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, gamma (mg) 0.0 n/a 0 0
Total Fat (g) 0.9 1.8 3 1
Tryptophan (g) 0.0 0.4 0 0
Tyrosine (g) 0.1 1.4 2 0
Valine (g) 0.2 2.0 2 1
Vitamin A, IU (IU) 47.0 1,498.1 1,545 386
Vitamin A, RAE (mcg) 14.0 450.2 464 116
Vitamin B-12 (mcg) 0.2 3.2 3 1
Vitamin B-6 (mg) 0.0 0.4 0 0
Vitamin C (mg) 1.0 8.1 9 2
Vitamin D (IU) 1.0 295.2 296 74
Water (g) 90.1 659.5 750 187
Zinc (mg) 0.4 3.3 4 1

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