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Ingredients · Dairy & fermented

Milk

One 200ml glass provides roughly 250mg of calcium, over a third of the UK's 700mg daily target.

Portion
1 glass (200ml)
Typical price
about £1.50 for 2 pints £
In season
Year-round
On this site
48 recipes

Nutrition per portion

Approximate values per 1 glass (200ml)
Calories100 kcal
Protein7.2g
Carbohydrates9.6g
– of which sugars9.6g
Fibre0g
Fat3.6g
– of which saturates2.4g
Calcium250mg
Iron0mg
Salt0.2g

Buying & storing

  • A doorstep milk round in glass bottles still exists in much of the UK and skips the plastic entirely
  • Filtered milk lasts noticeably longer once opened
  • Semi-skimmed keeps almost all the calcium of whole

Keep it well: Keep it on a fridge shelf rather than in the door, which is the warmest spot, and it lasts longer.

Sensible swaps

  • kefir
  • fortified soya milk
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Recipes that use milk

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Kale, kiwi & yogurt green smoothie Vegetarian

Kale, kiwi & yogurt green smoothie

A green smoothie that skips the juice: kale, kiwi, yogurt and fortified milk with a spoon of almond butter.

5 min 17g protein
Golden milk rice porridge Vegetarian

Golden milk rice porridge

A bedtime-adjacent pudding: leftover rice warmed in turmeric-spiced milk with honey.

15 min 10g protein