# Nutrional information on human breastmilk

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 12, 2004, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nutrional-information-on-human-breastmilk/259501 "2004-08-12T06:11:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Blalron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2004, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nutrional-information-on-human-breastmilk/259501/1 "2004-08-12T06:11:31Z")

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What are the nutrional stats? How many calories does it have? What about viitamins?

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**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2004, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nutrional-information-on-human-breastmilk/259501/2 "2004-08-12T06:21:02Z")

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Sorry I can’t help. I’ve never seen the label on the container.

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**Author:** ![Logan84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Logan84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Logan84)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2004, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nutrional-information-on-human-breastmilk/259501/3 "2004-08-12T07:36:02Z")

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Nutrition Facts
 
Amount Per 1 cup
Calories 171.12
Calories from Fat 96.97
 
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 10.77g 17%
    	Saturated Fat 4.94g 25%
    	Polyunsaturated Fat 1.22g 	 
    	Monounsaturated Fat 4.08g 	 
Cholesterol 34.19mg 11%
Sodium 41.57mg 2%
Potassium 125.95mg 4%
Total Carbohydrate 16.95g 6%
    	Dietary Fiber 0g 0%
Protein 2.53g 5%
Alcohol 0g 	 
 
Vitamin A 12 % Vitamin C 21 %
Calcium 8 % Iron 0 %
Vitamin D 2 % Vitamin E 5 %
Thiamin 2 % Riboflavin 4 %
Niacin 2 % Folate 3 %
Vitamin B-6 1 % Vitamin B-12 2 %
Phosphorus 3 % Magnesium 2 %
Zinc 3 % Copper 6 %
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

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