Nutrition facts
Calories in semi-skimmed milk
The milk of the morning bowl and of every crepe batter of the catalog, and the only liquid on the shelf that converts in your head.
What a real portion weighs
The Anses table gives values per 100 grams, and 100 grams is not a portion anybody serves. Here are the same values, applied to the portions as they turn up. Weights are in grams, the unit the table is built on. For a quick conversion: 1 oz is about 28 g, and 1 lb is about 454 g.
| Portion | Weight | Energy | Protein | Carbs | Fat | Fiber |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| One glass | 150 g | 72 kcal | 5.1 g | 7.5 g | 2.3 g | 0 g |
| One bowl | 250 g | 119 kcal | 8.5 g | 12.5 g | 3.9 g | 0 g |
| A splash in the coffee | 10 g | 5 kcal | 0.3 g | 0.5 g | 0.2 g | 0 g |
These weights are usual orders of magnitude, not standardized measures: they turn a per-100-gram value into a credible portion. A kitchen scale stays more accurate than any average weight.
Composition per 100 grams
Milk, semi-skimmed, UHT
- Energy
- 48 kcal
- Protein
- 3.4 g
- Carbohydrate
- 5 g
- of which sugars
- 5 g
- Fat
- 1.6 g
- Fiber
- 0 g
- Sodium
- 35 mg
What a table of values does not say
- Whole, semi-skimmed, skimmed: what gets adjusted is the fat, while the protein and the calcium hold. The nearest thing on a US shelf is 2% reduced fat milk, a touch above the French semi-skimmed.
- A centiliter weighs about a gram: the volume-to-weight conversion is immediate, and that is a rare luxury in this collection.
The Zemiam recipes that use it
These pages carry their calories and their macros, recalculated from the same table as this one. The weight given is that of the ingredient in one serving.
- Zucchini gratin with cheese · 60 g per serving
- Oat porridge with banana and almonds · 200 g per serving
- Buttered toast with jam and a glass of milk · 200 g per serving
- Muesli with milk and banana · 200 g per serving
- Pancakes with maple syrup · 80 g per serving
- Hot chocolate with buttered toast · 250 g per serving
- Homemade beef lasagna · 100 g per serving
- Crepes with sugar · 120 g per serving
- Banana and blueberry smoothie · 100 g per serving
- Cauliflower and potato veloute · 80 g per serving
- Cauliflower gratin with cheese · 70 g per serving
- Pumpkin and potato veloute with parmesan · 80 g per serving
What comes after the number
How much to eat in a day
A portion means nothing without the day that holds it. A calorie need is worked out from height, weight, age and activity level, then split into protein, carbohydrate and fat.
Calorie calculatorWhere body build sits
Body mass index, the full WHO classification, and the weight range matching a normal build for a given height.
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An average weight is an estimate. A photo is not.
In Zemiam, a photo of the meal is enough to log the real portion, with the composition of this same table rather than a guessed figure.
Where the values come from
The composition comes from the Anses Ciqual table: Anses. 2025. Table de composition nutritionnelle des aliments Ciqual, published under Licence Ouverte 2.0. The per-100 g values are reproduced without being altered; the per-portion values are those same values multiplied by a weight, and that weight is not an Anses figure.
The same page in French: Calories du lait demi-écrémé.