Water buffalo milk

Bubalus bubalisAlso called buffalo milk

Water buffalo milk is milk from a water buffalo. Cooks use it as dairy.

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
Family: Bovidae
Cooked most in: Asia
Dishes: 1 in the catalogue
Energy: 97 kcal per 100 g

Photo: Gaurav_Dhwaj_Khadka · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Nutrition

What 100 g of water buffalo milk holds

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

Protein 24%Fat 44%Carbohydrate 33%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of water buffalo milk
Energy	97 kcal · 404 kJ
Protein	3.8 g
Fat	6.9 g
of which saturated	4.6 g
Carbohydrate	5.2 g
Fibre	0 g
Sodium	52 mg
Cholesterol	19 mg

Nutrition per 100 g of water buffalo milk: minerals and vitamins
Potassium	178 mg
Calcium	169 mg
Iron	0.12 mg
Magnesium	31 mg
Zinc	0.22 mg
Vitamin C	2.3 mg
Vitamin A (RAE)	53 µg
Folate	6 µg
Vitamin B12	0.36 µg

Source: USDA FoodData Central (food 171280), public domain. Minerals and vitamins are listed only where USDA measured a non-zero amount.

On the table

Dishes made with water buffalo milk

1 dish in the catalogue uses it.

Pukala
Nepal

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

Good to know

Diet and allergens: water buffalo 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

A kind of: milk

Around the world

What water buffalo milk is called

Names in 21 languages, from Wikidata.

Spanish
leche de búfala · leche de búbalo · leche de búfalo de agua · leche de búfalo
French
lait de bufflonne · lait de buffle
Italian
latte bufalino · latte di bufala
Portuguese
leite de búfala · leite de búfalo
German
Wasserbüffelmilch
Dutch
buffelmelk
Russian
буйволиное молоко · молоко буйволицы
Chinese
水牛奶
Japanese
水牛の乳 · 水牛乳
Korean
물소젖
Brazilian Portuguese
leite de búfala · leite de búfalo
Cantonese
水牛奶

Show all 21 languages

Catalan
llet de búfala asiàtica domèstica
Czech
buvolí mléko
Egyptian Arabic
لبن الجاموس
Esperanto
bubalina lakto · bubala lakto · buballakto · bubalolakto
Interlingua
lacte de bufalo de aqua
Low German
Waterbüffelmelk
Serbian
бивоље млеко
Sinhala
මීකිරි
Slovenian
mleko vodnega bivola · mleko indijskega bivola · mleko azijskega bivola · bivolje mleko
Ukrainian
буйволине молоко

Sources and credits

Data

GlobeCooks editorial: descriptions, kitchen notes and classification, written by GlobeCooks from checked sources
USDA FoodData Central (Foundation, SR Legacy): nutrition values (Public domain (US government work, CC0))
Wikidata: names, classification and dishes (CC0 1.0)
Wikimedia Commons: photos

Wikidata item: Q7224064

Photos

Photo: Gaurav_Dhwaj_Khadka · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons