Leon the Milkman’s Blog

2% Milk and all that…

Posted on March 28th, 2006 by Leon the Milkman.
Categories: Dairy News.

Hi, Milkfans

The 2% in 2% milk is a measurement of the fat component by weight - 20 grams per 1 liter is fat.

Cheating to express it that way some consumers say, but we express most other food components in the same way - don’t we?
Full Cream Milk has about 3.5% fat by weight, so you save about half the calories drinking 2 %.
What you must keep in mind is that 1 liter of full cream milk has about 620 Calories - only about a 5th of what a rather sedentary male of about 175 Pounds needs to maintain his bodyweight! So drinking a liter of milk a day - and I don’t know many people that do that - does not contribute as many calories as people think.

Kind regards,
Leon the Milkman

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