Whole milk vs Butter: Which Has More Calories?


Per 100 g, Whole milk has 61 kcal and Butter has 717 kcal, so Whole milk has 91% fewer calories.

Whole milk has more protein (3.1 g vs 0.85 g). Butter has more fat (81.1 g vs 3.46 g). Whole milk has more carbohydrates (4.46 g vs 0.06 g). Relative to calories, Whole milk is the better protein source (5.08 g vs 0.12 g of protein per 100 kcal).

Whole milk - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition
Whole milk - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Whole Milk
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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.
Butter
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tablespoon (12g)slice (10g)cup (227g)half cup (113.5g)
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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.

Whole Milk vs Butter 100g Compare


per 100gWhole milkButter
Calories61 717
Carbohydrates4.46 g0.06 g
Fat3.46 g81.11 g
Protein3.1 g0.85 g
Water88.2 g16.17 g
Calcium101 mg24 mg
Iron0.05 mg0.02 mg
Magnessium5 mg2 mg
Phosphorus0.3 mg7 mg
Potassium253 mg24 mg
Sodium3 mg11 mg
Zink0.3 mg7 mg
Vitaminium A105 IU2499 IU
Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine)0.02 mg0.005 mg
Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin)0.105 mg0.034 mg
Vitaminium B3 (Niacin)0.043 mg0.042 mg
Vitaminium B60.034 mg0.003 mg
Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid)0.005 µg0.003 µg
Vitaminium E0.08 mg2.32 mg

Less Calories in Whole milk

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

Whole milk has 61 kcal per 100g and butter 717 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 1075%.

In whole milk and in butter most calories came from fat.

See tables below to compare whole milk with butter in details.

Whole milk 100g

61kcal

Calories source

  • 29% CARBS.
  • 20% PROTEIN
  • 51% FAT

Butter 100g

717kcal

Calories source

  • 0% CARBS
  • 0% PROTEIN
  • 100% 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.