Skim Milk vs Low Fat Milk 1%: All Nutritional Differences

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Less Calories in Skimmed milk

At first glance, you can see that in skimmed milk is less calories than in 1% milk.

Skimmed milk has 34 kcal per 100g and 1% milk 42 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 24%.

In skimmed milk and in 1% milk most calories came from carbs.

See tables below to compare skimmed milk with 1% milk in details.

Skimmed milk And 1% milk Nutrition Difference

• Calories:
  1% milk - 24% more than skimmed milk
• Carbohydrates:
  1% milk - 1% more than skimmed milk
• Fat:
  1% milk - 1113% more than skimmed milk
• Protein:
  1% milk - 0% more than skimmed milk
• Water:
  skimmed milk - 1% more than 1% milk

The same amount of protein

It is aslo easy to see see that there is the same amount of protein in skimmed milk and 1% milk - 3.37g/100g.

Less carbohydrates in skimmed milk

In skimmed milk is less carbohydrates than in 1% milk.

There is 4.99g/100g of carbohydrates in 1% milk and 4.96g/100g in skimmed milk so let me do the math for you again - difference is about 1%.

Less fat in skimmed milk

In skimmed milk is less fats than in 1% milk.

The tables above show us that there is 0.97g/100g of fats in 1% milk and 0.08g/100g in skimmed milk. In this case difference is about 1113%.