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Calories in
milk, buttermilk, dried

387 kcal per 100 g Milk, buttermilk, dried contains 387 calories per 100 grams, or about 116 calories per 0.25 cup. Per 100 g it provides 34.3 g protein, 49.0 g carbohydrate and 5.8 g fat.

By calories that splits 51% carbohydrate, 36% protein, 14% fat — dissected below.

SOURCE·USDA SR Legacy·FDC 171274·REVIEWED JUL 2026

Energy anatomy — per 100 g Plate 1091 of 1799
36%50%14% 0 97 194 290 387 kcal
Protein 34.3 g × 4 kcal/g 137 kcal · 36%
Carbohydrate 49.0 g × 4 kcal/g 196 kcal · 50%
Fat 5.8 g × 9 kcal/g 52 kcal · 14%
Shorthand total Atwater 4 · 4 · 9 385 kcal
As published by USDA food-specific factors 387 kcal

The 4·4·9 shorthand adds to 385 kcal and USDA publishes 387 kcal. The arithmetic closes, so the axis above is simply that figure divided by the shares.

SourceUSDA FoodData Central, SR LegacyFDC 171274retrieved 2026-07

Per 100 g387kcal
Per 0.25 cup116kcal · 30.0 g
Protein34.3g per 100 g
Walk it off24minutes walking
Proteingrams
Carbsgrams
Fatgrams
Walk it offmin at 70 kg

How this is worked out

  1. USDA measures every nutrient per 100 g of edible portion. That row is published here unchanged — nothing is rounded up, smoothed or "adjusted".
  2. The energy figure is USDA's own, derived with food-specific factors. This site never computes the calorie count it publishes.
  3. The Atwater shorthand 4 · 4 · 9 is applied to the protein, carbohydrate and fat grams only to split that energy into shares — and where the shorthand disagrees with the published figure, the gap is printed rather than hidden.
  4. A serving is a straight proportional conversion of the per-100 g row, using USDA's own household measures for the grams.
  5. The walking figure uses MET 4.0 at 70 kg, the same equation the sister site publishes.
per serving   = per 100 g × serving grams ÷ 100
energy shares = 4·P + 4·C + 9·F      (P, C, F in grams)
walk minutes  = kcal ÷ (4.0 × 3.5 × 70 ÷ 200)

Full data & method →

Calories in a typical serving

Per-100 g figures are useful for comparison but nobody eats 100 g of anything on purpose. These are the USDA's own household measures.

ServingGramsCaloriesProteinCarbsFat
0.25 cup30.0 g 116 10.3 g14.7 g1.7 g
1 cup120.0 g 464 41.2 g58.8 g6.9 g
1 tbsp6.5 g 25 2.2 g3.2 g0.4 g

SOURCE·USDA SR Legacy·REVIEWED JUL 2026

Full nutrition, per 100 g and per 0.25 cup

NutrientPer 100 gPer 0.25 cup
Energy387 kcal116 kcal
Protein34.3 g10.3 g
Total fat5.8 g1.7 g
Saturated fat3.6 g1.1 g
Carbohydrate49.0 g14.7 g
Fibre0.0 g0.0 g
Sugars49.0 g14.7 g
Sodium517.0 mg155.1 mg
Potassium1,592.0 mg477.6 mg
Calcium1,184.0 mg355.2 mg
Iron0.3 mg0.1 mg
Vitamin C5.7 mg1.7 mg
Vitamin A49.0 µg14.7 µg
Cholesterol69.0 mg20.7 mg
Water3.0 g0.9 g

A dash means the nutrient was not measured for this item, which is not the same as zero.

SOURCE·USDA SR Legacy·FDC 171274·REVIEWED JUL 2026

How milk, buttermilk, dried compares

Among the 72 dairy and egg products items on this site, milk, buttermilk, dried ranks 18 of 72 by calorie density, against a category average of 309 kcal per 100 g — so it is about 25% more calorie-dense than typical for its group.

It carries 8.9 g of protein per 100 calories, a moderate protein contribution.

To burn off 0.25 cup (116 kcal), a 70 kg adult would walk for roughly 24 minutes — see the walking calculation on our sister site, or pick a different activity. Treat that as a sense of scale rather than a rule: eating and moving are not a simple ledger.

SOURCE·USDA SR Legacy·REVIEWED JUL 2026

A reference table describes the average milk, buttermilk, dried. Yours was grown somewhere, picked at some ripeness, and cooked by you.

Questions this entry settles

How many calories are in milk, buttermilk, dried?

Milk, buttermilk, dried contains 387 calories per 100 g, which works out to about 116 calories per 0.25 cup. It also provides 34.3 g of protein, 49.0 g of carbohydrate and 5.8 g of fat per 100 g.

What is the macro breakdown of milk, buttermilk, dried?

By calories, milk, buttermilk, dried is roughly 51% carbohydrate, 36% protein and 14% fat. That makes it a predominantly carbohydrate-based food.

How long does it take to burn off 0.25 cup?

About 24 minutes of ordinary walking for a 70 kg adult (MET 4.0). That is a rough guide for scale, not a prescription — appetite and activity interact in ways a simple subtraction does not capture.

Is this figure exact for the milk, buttermilk, dried I bought?

No. These are USDA reference values, averaged across samples. Real foods vary with variety, ripeness, growing conditions, cut, brand and how they were cooked — 10–20% either way is normal. Use them for planning, not precision.

Source: USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy — public domain, reviewed JUL 2026. Full USDA description: "Milk, buttermilk, dried". General information only — not medical or nutrition advice. Values are averages for a food type and vary by brand, ripeness and preparation.

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