Buttermilk vs Butter: All Nutritional Differences

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Less Calories in Buttermilk

At first glance, you can see that in buttermilk is much less calories than in butter.

Buttermilk has 105 kcal per 100g and butter 717 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 583%.

Additionally, it is also easy to notice that most of the calories in buttermilk cames from carbs and in butter from fat.

See tables below to compare buttermilk with butter in details.

Buttermilk And Butter Nutrition Difference

• Calories:
  butter - 583% more than buttermilk
• Carbohydrates:
  buttermilk - 81567% more than butter
• Fat:
  butter - 1303% more than buttermilk
• Protein:
  buttermilk - 3935% more than butter
• Water:
  butter - 444% more than buttermilk

More protein in buttermilk

It is aslo easy to see see that in buttermilk is more protein than in butter.

There is 0.85g per 100g of butter and 34.3g per 100g of buttermilk so using simple math we can see that difference is about 3935%.

More carbohydrates in buttermilk

In buttermilk is more carbohydrates than in butter.

There is 0.06g/100g of carbohydrates in butter and 49g/100g in buttermilk so let me do the math for you again - difference is about 81567%.

Less fat in buttermilk

In buttermilk is less fats than in butter.

The tables above show us that there is 81.11g/100g of fats in butter and 5.78g/100g in buttermilk. In this case difference is about 1303%.