Whole Milk vs Skim Milk: All Nutritional Differences

More Calories in Whole milk

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

Whole milk has 61 kcal per 100g and skimmed milk 34 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 79%.

Additionally, it is also easy to notice that most of the calories in whole milk cames from fat and in skimmed milk from protein.

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

Whole milk And Skimmed milk Nutrition Difference

• Calories:
  whole milk - 79% more than skimmed milk
• Carbohydrates:
  skimmed milk - 11% more than whole milk
• Fat:
  whole milk - 4225% more than skimmed milk
• Protein:
  skimmed milk - 9% more than whole milk
• Water:
  skimmed milk - 3% more than whole milk

Less protein in whole milk

It is aslo easy to see see that in whole milk is less protein than in skimmed milk.

There is 3.37g per 100g of skimmed milk and 3.1g per 100g of whole milk so using simple math we can see that difference is about 9%.

Less carbohydrates in whole milk

In whole milk is less carbohydrates than in skimmed milk.

There is 4.96g/100g of carbohydrates in skimmed milk and 4.46g/100g in whole milk so let me do the math for you again - difference is about 11%.

More fat in whole milk

In whole milk is more fats than in skimmed milk.

The tables above show us that there is 0.08g/100g of fats in skimmed milk and 3.46g/100g in whole milk. In this case difference is about 4225%.

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