cultured buttermilk

dairy product
Also known as: cultured low-fat milk, cultured nonfat milk

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composition

  • In buttermilk

    Cultured buttermilk, like skim milk, consists mainly of water (about 90 percent), the milk sugar lactose (about 5 percent), and the protein casein (about 3 percent). Buttermilk made from low-fat milk contains small quantities (up to 2 percent) of butterfat.

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production

  • milk
    In dairy product: Buttermilk

    Because of its name, most people assume buttermilk is high in fat. Actually, the name refers to the fact that buttermilk was once the watery end-product of butter making. Modern buttermilk is made from low-fat or skim milk and has less than 2 percent…

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