Sheep milk leads 6–2 · 8 categories decided · 1 tie
Buttermilk: 100 g · Sheep milk: 100 g.
The verdict
Sheep milk comes out ahead, winning 6 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Buttermilk for less saturated fat and more potassium.
Pick Sheep milk for more protein, less sodium, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Evenly matched on fiber.
Head-to-head
- Energy40 kcal108 kcal
- Proteinmore is better3.31 g5.98 gWIN
- Carbohydrate4.79 g5.36 g
- Fibermore is better0 g0 g
- Total sugarsless is better5.36 g—
- Total fat1.07 g7 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.66 g4.6 g
- Sodiumless is better148 mg44 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN151 mg137 mg
- Calciummore is better116 mg193 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better0.05 mg0.1 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better11 mg18 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is better1 mg4.2 mgWIN
- 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.

