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Biology 215

Industrial Microbiology

Christine Case
 

Composition of 100 mL Milk

SPECIES

FAT
%

PROTEIN
%

LACTOSE
%

Antelope

1.3

6.9

4

Bear, polar

31

10.2

0.5

Bison

1.7

4.8

5.7

Camel

4.9

3.7

5.1

Cat

10.9

11.1

3.4

Cow

3.5

3.1

4.9

Deer

19.7

10.4

2.6

Dog

8.3

9.5

3.7

Dolphin

14.1

10.4

5.9

Donkey

1.2

1.7

6.9

Elephant

15.1

4.9

3.4

Goat

3.5

3.1

4.6

Guinea Pig

3.9

8.1

3

Horse

1.6

2.7

6.1

Human

4.5

1.1

6.8

Kangaroo

2.1

6.2

Trace

Mink

8

7

6.9

Monkey

3.9

2.1

5.9

Opossum

6.1

9.2

3.2

Pig

8.2

5.8

4.8

Rabbit

12.2

10.4

1.8

Rat

14.8

11.3

2.9

Reindeer

22.5

10.3

2.5

Seal, gray

53.2

11.2

2.6

Sheep

5.3

5.5

4.6

Water buffalo (carabao)

10.4

5.9

4.3

Whale

34.8

13.6

1.8

From: Robert D. Bremel, University of Wisconsin and from Handbook of Milk Composition, by R. G. Jensen, Academic Press, 1995.