Milk

Milk is a creamy dairy ingredient. Cooks ferment or steam it, and pair it with coffee.

Vegetarian
Dairy
Gluten-free
Allergen: milk

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Category: Dairy & eggs
Part used: Milk
Texture: Creamy
Cooked most in: Asia, Europe, Africa
Top country: Indonesia
Dishes: 53 in the catalogue
Energy: 64 kcal per 100 g

Photo: Santeri Viinamäki · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use milk

Typical ways to cook or use it

Ferment
Steam

Goes well with

coffee

Flavour

Taste and texture

Texture

Creamy

Shopping

Choosing and storing milk

Keeping it

Fridge · whole

Availability: Supermarkets (01M6Z353162VY295K79CXAJ11J)

Nutrition

What 100 g of milk holds

Per 100 g. Averages from USDA; real values vary by variety, season and growing conditions.

Protein 28%Fat 32%Carbohydrate 40%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of milk
Energy	64 kcal · 268 kJ
Protein	3.3 g
Fat	3.7 g
of which saturated	2.3 g
Carbohydrate	4.7 g
of which sugars	4.7 g
Sodium	49 mg
Cholesterol	14 mg

Nutrition per 100 g of milk: minerals and vitamins
Potassium	151 mg
Calcium	119 mg
Iron	0.05 mg
Magnesium	13 mg
Zinc	0.38 mg
Vitamin C	1.5 mg
Vitamin A (RAE)	33 µg
Folate	5 µg
Vitamin B12	0.36 µg

Source: USDA FoodData Central (foods 170862, 171266), public domain. Minerals and vitamins are listed only where USDA measured a non-zero amount.

Around the world

Where milk is cooked

53 dishes in the catalogue use milk. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Countries whose dishes use it most

Counts are catalogued dishes from each country that list milk among their ingredients.

Origins

About 6,500 BCE · Türkiye
Milk residue on pottery provides early evidence of dairy production in western Anatolia.
The 1870s
Glass bottles were first used to package milk.

On the table

Dishes made with milk

44 of the 53 catalogued dishes that use it, spread across the countries they come from.

Nasi kebuli
Indonesia
Kaspressknödel
Austria
Lemon ricotta pancakes
United States
Äggakaka
Sweden
Brussels waffle
Belgium
Serviettenknödel
Austria, Czechia, Germany
Lángos
Hungary
Ayran
Iran, Türkiye
Mehallabiyya
Iran
Pancake
Nigeria
Tarana
North Macedonia
Crêpe
France
Ladob
Seychelles
Zarda
India
Acewwaḍ
Algeria
Ajmokac
Lohikeitto
Finland
Bokpe
Kazakhstan
Cheer
Ukraine
Matambre with milk
Uruguay
Upka
Tajikistan
Klappertaart
Indonesia
Eiernockerl
Austria
Saffron pancake
Sweden
Adghess
Algeria
Dondurma
Türkiye
Pancake
United States
Doodhpak
India
Makaroni schotel
Europe, Indonesia
Fetîr
Türkiye
Sohlob
Algeria
Roti buaya
Indonesia
Fırın sütlaç
Türkiye
Leker Cake
Indonesia
Putri salju cake
Indonesia
Es doger
Indonesia
Bolu kukus
Indonesia
Fried Cassava Cake Crackers
Indonesia
Kue satu
Indonesia
Austrian Meatloaf
Pantxineta
Lashka
Intxaursaltsa
Kitawa

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include milk.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: milk in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.

Allergens: Contains: milkChecked and not found: soy, eggs, fish, lupin, wheat, celery, sesame, mustard, peanuts, molluscs, sulphites, tree nuts, crustaceans, gluten cereals.
Animal origin: From: dairyChecked and not found: egg, fish, meat, honey, insect, gelatin, poultry, bone char, shellfish, other animal, animal fining, animal rennet.
Gluten: None
Alcohol: None
Caffeine: None
Pork: None

Family

Related forms

Made from it: cheese, condensed milk (concentrated), cream (extracted), Époisses, Fontina PDO, fresh cheese, Gorgonzola (cultured), kaymak (extracted), kefir (cultured, fermented), milk powder (dried), mozzarella, Parmesan (aged), quark (fermented), Sulguni (cultured), yogurt (fermented)
Kinds: goat milk, water buffalo milk