Buttermilk vs Kefir: Which Has More Calories?


Per 100 g, Buttermilk has 105 kcal and Kefir has 52 kcal, so Kefir has 50% fewer calories.

Buttermilk has more protein (34.3 g vs 3.59 g). Buttermilk has more fat (5.78 g vs 0.96 g). Buttermilk has more carbohydrates (49 g vs 7.48 g). Relative to calories, Buttermilk is the better protein source (32.7 g vs 6.9 g of protein per 100 kcal).

Buttermilk - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition
Buttermilk - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Buttermilk
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* The % Daily Value (DV) shows how much a nutrient in one serving of food contributes to your total daily diet. A 2000-calorie daily intake is used as a general guideline for nutrition advice.
Kefir
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tablespoon (15g)teaspoon (5g)cup (249g)half cup (124.5g)
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* The % Daily Value (DV) shows how much a nutrient in one serving of food contributes to your total daily diet. A 2000-calorie daily intake is used as a general guideline for nutrition advice.

Buttermilk vs Kefir 100g Compare


per 100g Buttermilk Kefir
Calories 105 52
Carbohydrates 49 g 7.48 g
Fat 5.78 g 0.96 g
Protein 34.3 g 3.59 g
Water 2.97 g 87.26 g
Calcium 1184 mg 124 mg
Iron 0.3 mg 0.04 mg
Magnessium 110 mg 12 mg
Potassium 1592 mg 159 mg
Sodium 517 mg 38 mg
Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine) 0.392 mg 0.03 mg
Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin) 1.579 mg 0.172 mg
Vitaminium B3 (Niacin) 0.876 mg 0.128 mg
Vitaminium B6 0.338 mg 0.059 mg
Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid) 0.047 µg 0.018 µg
Vitaminium C 5.7 mg 0.8 mg
Vitaminium E 0.1 mg 0.04 mg

More Calories in Buttermilk

At first glance, you can see that in buttermilk is much more calories than in kefir.

Buttermilk has 105 kcal per 100g and kefir 52 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 102%.

In buttermilk and in kefir most calories came from carbs.

See tables below to compare buttermilk with kefir in details.

Buttermilk 100g

105kcal

Calories source

  • 51% CARBS.
  • 36% PROTEIN
  • 14% FAT

Kefir 100g

52kcal

Calories source

  • 57% CARBS
  • 27% PROTEIN
  • 16% FAT

About the data

Nutrition values on this page are given per 100 g of the food and are based on the official United States Department of Agriculture FoodData Central database. The exact record used for each food is linked under the tables.

Marcin Piotrowicz – calories-info.com creator · Healthy diet and healthy lifestyle promoter. The information is for general purposes and is not medical or dietary advice.