Milk is a good source of nutrition. The calorie content in milk differs based on weather it is full cream, condensed, skim milk, low fat/ lite milk or any other kind of milk. One tablespoon of full cream milk has 13 calories, 100 ml of full cream milk has 67 calories, half cup of full cream milk has 84 calories, one cup of full cream milk has 167 calories, 600 ml of full cream milk has 400 calories and 1 liter of full cream milk has 670 calories. The calories in condensed milk are comparatively very high for instance sweetened one fourth cup of condensed milk has 215 calories, Skim one fourth cup of condensed milk has around 160 calories.
Half a cup of evaporated reduced fat milk is 155 calories, one cup low fat Acidophilus milk has 100 calories, an equal quantity of Buttermilk and Goats milk have 120 and 155 calories respectively. One cup of regular Soy milk has 160 calories, lite Soy milk of equal quantity has 100 calories and Fat free Soy milk is 90 calories. Other kinds of Milk include Reduced Fat/ Lite Milk and Skim Non Fat milk; the calorie content in these two kinds is also different from each other as well as the other kinds of milk mentioned above. One table spoon of reduced fat/ lite milk has 11 calories while an equal quantity of skim non fat milk has 10 calories. 100 ml of reduced fat/ lite milk has 52 calories and skim non fat milk has 44 calories.
Milk is rich in calcium, offers Potassium, Vitamins A, D, E, K, B2, B3, B6 B12, Phosphorus, Zinc, Selenium and Magnesium. Milk is a good source of protein which is essential for the growth and development of a person. It also gives carbohydrates which is a good source of energy.
