Table 1.

Nutritional composition of different types of milk of animal origin. Source: Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) [1].

Composition in 100 g
	Human	Cow	Buffal	Goat	Sheep	Yak	Mare	Donkey	Dromedary	Camel	Mithun	Musk ox	Llama	Alpaca	Reindeer	Elk
Energy (kcal)	70	62	99	66	100	100	48	37	56	76	122	85	78	71	196	129
Water (g)	87.5	87.7	83.2	87.7	82.1	82.6	89.8	90.8	89	84.8	78.6	83.6	84.8	83.7	67.9	76.8
Total protein (g)	1.0	3.3	4	3.4	5.6	5.2	2	1.6	3.1	3.9	6.5	5.3	4.1	5.8	10.4	10.5
Total fat (g)	4.4	3.3	7.5	3.9	6.4	6.8	1.6	0.7	3.2	5	8.9	5.4	4.2	3.2	16.1	8.6
Lactose	6.9	4.7	4.4	4.4	5.1	4.8	6.6	6.4	4.3	4.2	4.4	4.1	6.3	5.1	2.9	2.6
Ash	0.2	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.9	0.8	0.4	0.4	0.8	0.9	0.9	0.16	0.7	1.6	1.5	1.6
Minerals
Calcium (mg)	32	112	191	118	190	129	95	91	114	154	88		195		320	280
Iron (mg)		0.1	0.2	0.3	0.1	0.6	0.1		0.2							0.3
Magnesium (mg)	3	11	12	14	18	10	7	4	13	8			15		19	23
Phosphorus (mg)	14	91	185	100	144	106	58	61	86	132	147		122		270	276
Potassium (mg)	51	145	112	202	148	95	51	50	151	186			120		156	111
Sodium (mg)	17	42	47	44	39	29	16	22	66	66			27		48	78
Zinc (mg)	0.2	0.4	0.5	0.3	0.6	0.9	0.2	0	0.6	0.7					1.1	0.6
Copper (mg)	0.1				0.1	0.1	0.1	0	0.2							0.3
Selenium (μg)	1.8	1.8		1.1	1.7											11
Manganese (μg)		8		18	18				106							1
Vitamins
Retinol (μg)	60	35	69	45	64
Carotene (μg)	7	16		13
Vitamin A (μg RE)	61	37	69	48	64					97
Vitamin E (mg)	0.08	0.08	0.19	0.05	0.11					0.15
Thiamine (mg)	0.01	0.04	0.05	0.06	0.07		0.03	0.06		0.01
Riboflavina (mg)	0.04	0.2	0.11	0.13	0.34		0.02	0.03	0.06	0.12
Niacin (mg)	0.18	0.13	0.17	0.24	0.41		0.07	0.09
Panthotenic acid (mg)	0.22	0.43	0.15	0.3	0.43
Vitamin B6 (mg)		0.04	0.33	0.05	0.07					0.05
Folate (μg)	5	8.5	0.6	1	6
Biotin (μg)		2	13	2.5	2.5
Vitamin B12 (μg)	0.05	0.51	0.4	0.07	0.66
Vitamin C (mg)	5	1	2.5	1.1	4.6		4.3		3.8	3
Vitamin D (μg)	0.1	0.2		0.1	0.2					1.6