Whole Milk vs Sour Cream (No Fat): Health Insights

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

Sour cream vs Whole milk: Nutrition Comparison

per 100gWhole milkSour cream (no fat)
Calories61 74
Carbohydrates4.46 g15.6 g
Protein3.1 g3.1 g
Water88.2 g80.6 g
Calcium101 mg125 mg
Magnessium5 mg10 mg
Phosphorus0.3 mg73 mg
Potassium253 mg129 mg
Sodium3 mg141 mg
Zink0.3 mg73 mg
Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine)0.02 mg0.04 mg
Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin)0.105 mg0.15 mg
Vitaminium B3 (Niacin)0.043 mg0.07 mg
Vitaminium B60.034 mg0.02 mg
Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid)0.005 mg0.011 mg

Less Calories in Whole milk

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

Whole milk has 61 kcal per 100g and sour cream 74 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 21%.

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

See tables below to compare whole milk with sour cream in details.

Whole milk And Sour cream Nutrition Difference

  • Calories:
    sour cream - 21% more than whole milk
  • Carbohydrates:
    sour cream - 250% more than whole milk
  • Protein:
    sour cream - 0% more than whole milk
  • Water:
    whole milk - 9% more than sour cream

The same amount of protein

It is aslo easy to see see that there is the same amount of protein in whole milk and sour cream - 3.1g/100g.

Less carbohydrates in whole milk

In whole milk is less carbohydrates than in sour cream.

There is 15.6g/100g of carbohydrates in sour cream and 4.46g/100g in whole milk so let me do the math for you again - difference is about 250%.

Whole milk

61kcal
  • Calories61
  • Carbohydrates4.46 g
  • Protein3.1 g
  • Water88.2 g
Whole milk calories per:
100g
| ounce | glass | cup | small glass | cup | half cup

Calories source

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

Sour cream (no fat)

74kcal
  • Calories74
  • Carbohydrates15.6 g
  • Protein3.1 g
  • Water80.6 g
Sour cream (no fat) calories per:
100g
| ounce | tablespoon | teaspoon | glass | cup | half cup

Calories source

  • 83% CARBS
  • 17% PROTEIN
  • 0% FAT

Vitamins: sour cream vs whole milk

  • Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine):
    sour cream - 100% more than whole milk
  • Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin):
    sour cream - 43% more than whole milk
  • Vitaminium B3 (Niacin):
    sour cream - 63% more than whole milk
  • Vitaminium B6:
    whole milk - 70% more than sour cream
  • Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid):
    sour cream - 120% more than whole milk

Minerals: whole milk vs sour cream

  • Calcium:
    sour cream - 24% more than whole milk
  • Magnessium:
    sour cream - 100% more than whole milk
  • Phosphorus:
    sour cream - 24233% more than whole milk
  • Potassium:
    whole milk - 96% more than sour cream
  • Sodium:
    sour cream - 4600% more than whole milk
  • Zink:
    sour cream - 24233% more than whole milk
Marcin Piotrowicz
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Marcin Piotrowicz

calories-info.com creator
Healthy diet and healthy lifestyle promoter

All information about nutrition on this website was created with help of information from the official United States Department of Agriculture database.

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