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cultured buttermilk
dairy product
Also known as: cultured low-fat milk, cultured nonfat milk
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composition
- In buttermilk
Cultured buttermilk, like skim milk, consists mainly of water (about 90 percent), the milk sugar lactose (about 5 percent), and the protein casein (about 3 percent). Buttermilk made from low-fat milk contains small quantities (up to 2 percent) of butterfat.
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production
- In dairy product: Buttermilk
Because of its name, most people assume buttermilk is high in fat. Actually, the name refers to the fact that buttermilk was once the watery end-product of butter making. Modern buttermilk is made from low-fat or skim milk and has less than 2 percent…
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