A glass of warm milk is considered as the healthy food source. It is a vital part of diet. About six billion of people use the milk or milk products. India is known as the largest consumer as well as producer of milk. It is rich in calcium and also provides various nutrients. Humans consume the cow’s milk mostly besides buffaloes, llamas, goats, camels, sheep, deer and water buffaloes.
| Name | Milk |
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| Native | With the domestication of animals the milk was used as a beverage. In 9000 BC, sheep and goats were domesticated in Afghanistan and Iran. The milk was used to make cheese by the ancient Romans and Greeks. |
| Name in Other Languages | Albanian: qumësht Basque: esnea Belarusian: малако Bosnian: mlijeko Bulgarian: мляко Catalan: llet Croatian: mlijeko Czech: mléko Danish: mælk Dutch: melk Estonian: piim Finnish: maito French: lait Galician: leite German: Milch Greek: γάλα Hungarian: tej Icelandic: mjólk Irish: bainne Italian: latte Latvian: piens Lithuanian: pienas Macedonian: млеко Maltese: ħalib Norwegian: melk Polish: mleko Portuguese: leite Romanian: lapte Russian: молоко Serbian: млеко Slovak: mlieko Slovenian: mleko Spanish: leche Swedish: mjölk Ukrainian: молоко Welsh: llaeth Yiddish: מילך Armenian: կաթ Azerbaijani: süd Bengali: দুধ Chinese: 牛奶 Georgian: რძე Gujarati: દૂધ Hindi: दूध Hmong: mis nyuj Japanese: ミルク Kannada: ಹಾಲು Kazakh: сүт Khmer: ទឹកដោះគោ Korean: 우유 Lao: ້ໍານົມ Malayalam: പാൽ Marathi: दूध Mongolian: сүү Myanmar (Burmese): နို့ Nepali: दूध Sinhala: කිරි Tajik: шир Tamil: பால் Telugu: పాలు Thai: นม Urdu: دودھ Uzbek: sut Vietnamese: sữa Arabic: حليب Hebrew: חלב Persian: شیر Turkish: süt Afrikaans: mkaka Hausa: madara Igbo: mmiri ara Sesotho: lebese Somali: caanaha Swahil: maziwa Yoruba: wara Zulu: ubisi Cebuano: gatas Filipino: gatas Indonesian: susu Javanese: susu Malagasy: ronono Malay: susu Maori: te waiu Esperanto: lakto Haitian: Creole lèt Latin: lac Icelandic: mjólk |
| Type of product | Pale liquid |
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| Color | White |
| Taste | Bland and creamier |
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| Major Nutritions | Vitamin B-12 (Cobalamine) 1.13 µg (47.08%) Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin) 0.421 mg (32.38%) Phosphorus, P 208 mg (29.71%) Calcium, Ca 282 mg (28.20%) Isoleucine 0.407 g (24.34%) Valine 0.514 g (24.34%) Total Fat (lipid) 8.11 g (23.17%) Tryptophan 0.1 g (22.73%) Leucine 0.745 g (20.16%) Lysine 0.659 g (19.71%) |
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| Calories in 1 cup (245 gm) | 152 Kcal. |
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