Nutritional value of milk and dairy products

Examples of the nutritional values of milk and dairy products

Values are shown per 100g of product based on the Dutch Food Composition Database

Nutritional value (/100 g)	Unit	Whole milk	Semi-skimmed milk	Skimmed milk	(Whole) Milk powder	Yoghurt full fat	Yoghurt low fat with fruit/vanilla	Semi-skimmed milk, lactose free	Fermented milk kefir	Unripened cheese (cottage cheese)	Cheese spread (full fat)	Semi hard cheese (Gouda)	Butter, unsalted
Energy	Kcal kJ	61 257	45 190	35 149	478 1997	56 234	35 149	44 186	40 170	92 384	260 1078	370 1534	737 3033
Protein	g	3.3	3.4	3.7	23.9	3.8	3.4	3.4	3.5	11.2	13.4	22.9	0.7
Total fat	g	3.4	1.4	0.1	26	2.7	0	1.5	1.5	3.9	21.7	30.6	81.2
SFA	g	2.2	0.9	0.1	17	1.8	0	1	1	2.5	12.2	19.9	53.6
MUFA	g	0.7	0.3	0	5.7	0.6	0	0.3	0.3	0.9	6.2	6.5	18.2
PUFA	g	0.1	0	0	0.7	0.1	0	0	0	0.1	0.6	0.9	2.4
Cholesterol	mg	11	6	3	97	9	2	6	6	16	60	82	221
Trans fat	g	0.1	0	0	0.5	0	0	0	0	0.1	0.8	0.8	2
Carbohydrates	g	4.5	4.7	4.9	37	3.4	4.8	4.4	3.1	2.3	2.1	0	1.1
Sugars	g	4.5	4.7	4.9	37	2.4	3.5	4.4	3.1	2.3	2.1	0	1.1
Fibre	g	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	0	0	0.5	0	0
Sodium	mg	42	42	44	290	39	53	45	47	370	931	670	5
Calcium	mg	124	123	126	846	145	120	117	120	75	467	819	17
Potassium	mg	163	160	169	1230	159	148	146	160	85	109	80	27
Phosphorous	mg	104	104	106	683	111	101	87	104	141	781	542	23
Zinc	mg	0.46	0.41	0.46	2.8	0.5	0.52	0.41	0.41	0.23	2	3.47	0.09
Iodine	µg	14.9	14.9	14.9	115	15	12.7	14.9	14.9	8	9	21	1.5
Selenium	µg	2	1	1	15	2	1	1	1		8	12	1
Vitamin A	µg	36	15	1	258	30	2	15	15	47	209	333	874
Vitamin D	µg	0	0	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	0.3	0.3
Riboflavin (B2)	µg	0.18	0.18	0.18	1.21	0.17	0.14	0.13	0.18	0.25	0.24	0.28	0.03
Vitamin B12	µg	0.4	0.45	0.44	2.7	0.22	0.23	0.26	0.45	0.12	0.64	2.03	0.3

Originally published	30 Apr 2026
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