Milk, 1% lowfat leads 6–2 · 8 categories decided · 2 ties
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Milk, 1% lowfat comes out ahead, winning 6 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Butter, salted for less sugar and less sodium.
Pick Milk, 1% lowfat for more protein, less saturated fat, more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Evenly matched on fiber and vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better0.12 g8.02 gWIN
- Carbohydrate0.01 g11.88 g
- Fibermore is better0 g0 g
- Total sugarsless is betterWIN0.01 g12.38 g
- Total fat11.31 g2.31 g
- Saturated fatless is better7.16 g1.51 gWIN
- Sodiumless is betterWIN89.68 mg104.76 mg
- Potassiummore is better3.35 mg357.14 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better3.35 mg297.62 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better0 mg0.07 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better0.28 mg26.19 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg0 mg
- Vitamin Dmore is better——
Winners are decided by deterministic per-metric rules on the stated basis; ties and missing data don’t score (missing ≠ zero). Educational information only — not medical advice.

