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Yogurt, low fat milk calories per cup: 154–228 across all 3 named USDA examples

Across all 3 named USDA examples, a cup contains 154–228 calories. Each included example lists 245 g for that measure. The same household label can carry a different gram weight elsewhere in USDA data.

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Preparation and portion

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Estimated for 1 6 oz container · 170 g

139calories

Yogurt, low fat milk, flavors other than fruit

Protein
7.7 g
Carbs
22.1 g
Fat
2.3 g

These values scale the selected reference food by weight. Ingredients, preparation, and portion size can change your meal’s estimate.

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Compare all 3 food records, nutrition tables and USDA sources

The 3 exact records in this guide report 107–158 calories in the records' own listed source servings and 63–93 calories per 100 grams. Those are observations from named database records—not a universal range or an estimate of an unseen plate.

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Start with the description closest to what you ate

For Yogurt, low fat milk, begin by separating “Yogurt, low fat milk, flavors other than fruit” from “Yogurt, low fat milk, plain.” Choosing a card filters this source set; it does not infer the portion or fill in ingredients the chosen description does not name.

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Equal-weight view

How yogurt, low fat milk records compare at 100 grams

All 3 cited records are shown at the same 100-gram weight. The source servings may differ.

  1. Yogurt, low fat milk, plain 63 kcal
    63 kcal
  2. Yogurt, low fat milk, flavors other than fruit 82 kcal
    82 kcal
  3. Yogurt, low fat milk, fruit 93 kcal
    93 kcal

Shared basis: 100 g · kilocalories

What this page compares

Named source records, not one universal meal

This guide keeps 3 named USDA records in view: 3 direct matches. All sit within “Yogurt, regular.” The exact descriptions remain the unit of comparison; the familiar heading is only the doorway into the evidence.

Why these records appear together: The deterministic grouping rule “normalized first two description segments” placed these 3 records together under the exact grouping key “yogurt low fat milk.” That rule determines membership before any nutrition result is read.

For Yogurt, low fat milk, this page can compare 3 named records from FDC 2705435 through FDC 2705419. It cannot observe which preparation was eaten, recover unnamed additions, or supply the eaten grams.

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Editor’s decision brief

The three facts to carry into the table

Carry the denominator, exact identity, and strongest observed contrast into every number below.

Portion

A shared 170 g comparison anchor

Equal source weights make the selected Yogurt, low fat milk serving totals easier to compare, but the eaten portion still has to be measured or estimated.

Composition

30 kcal separates the fixed-weight endpoints

The lower endpoint is “plain”; the higher is “fruit.” This isolates density, not ingredient causation.

Discriminator

0.7 g protein gap per 100 g

Of protein, fiber, and sodium, the strongest normalized contrast is between “flavors other than fruit” (4.5 g) and “plain” (5.3 g).

Observed source examples

Three landmarks inside this source set—not universal endpoints

These 3 records each use a 170 g serving. Their serving calories compare equal weights within this set. They do not define a calorie range for every yogurt, low fat milk; match the preparation and adjust to your portion.

Important: “Lower” begins with Yogurt, low fat milk, plain; “higher” ends with Yogurt, low fat milk, fruit, using each record’s own source amount. Those labels order this selected set only—they are not endpoints for every yogurt, low fat milk meal.

Full comparison

Compare every selected FNDDS record

For Yogurt, low fat milk, serving columns preserve each record’s own listed amount, while calories per 100 g hold weight constant. A dash means the cited record does not supply that field; it does not mean the nutrient is absent.

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USDA records selected for the Yogurt, low fat milk nutrition guide
Exact source record Match Source amount Calories kcal / 100 g Protein Fiber Sodium USDA
Yogurt, low fat milk, flavors other than fruit Direct name match 170 gUSDA reference amount 139 kcal 82 7.7 g 0 g 104 mg FDC 2705435 ↗
Yogurt, low fat milk, fruit Direct name match 170 gUSDA reference amount 158 kcal 93 7.8 g 0.3 g 111 mg FDC 2705427 ↗
Yogurt, low fat milk, plain Direct name match 170 gUSDA reference amount 107 kcal 63 8.9 g 0 g 119 mg FDC 2705419 ↗

Portion analysis

Serving total and calorie density answer different questions

Every selected record uses a 170-gram source amount, so serving-weight differences do not explain the calorie spread inside this set. Their own source servings run from 107 calories for “plain” to 158 for “fruit.” At a fixed 100 grams, “plain” is 63 calories and “fruit” is 93—a fixed-weight separation of 30 calories. For Yogurt, low fat milk, the serving view answers “how much is in the database portion?”; the 100-gram view answers “how concentrated is the matched record?” Neither reveals how many grams were actually eaten.

The scaling rule: multiply a per-100-gram value by eaten grams ÷ 100. The arithmetic is exact; the result is only as defensible as the record match and portion estimate.

Preparation analysis

The long description carries the evidence

The published descriptions distinguish forms such as “low fat milk, flavors other than fruit”, “low fat milk, fruit”, and “low fat milk, plain”. Across the source formulations, the shared backbone includes vitamin d as ingredient and yogurt, plain, low fat; differentiating rows include beverages, water, tap, drinking, jams and preserves, and sugars, granulated. On this Yogurt, low fat milk page, those rows make the records inspectable, but they are not a controlled experiment: they cannot tell us that one named input, by itself, caused a nutrient difference.

Database precision is not meal certainty. Retain the exact description beside the number so later corrections remain possible.

What changes the comparison

Four drivers worth checking before choosing a record

The family label “Yogurt, low fat milk” cannot resolve the differences between Yogurt, low fat milk, flavors other than fruit and Yogurt, low fat milk, plain. The four checks below identify the record wording, source weight, and formulation evidence that can.

  1. 01

    A shared source weight

    Every selected record uses 170 grams. Inside this set, serving-calorie differences therefore reflect the published composition rather than a change in source weight.

  2. 02

    The words that split the family

    Representative record-level distinctions include “low fat milk, flavors other than fruit”, “low fat milk, fruit”, and “low fat milk, plain”. Those phrases are evidence for choosing a record, not decorative subtitle text.

  3. 03

    Formulation evidence, with limits

    Shared source rows include vitamin d as ingredient and yogurt, plain, low fat; rows that vary across the set include beverages, water, tap, drinking, jams and preserves, and sugars, granulated. Presence is inspectable evidence, not proof of nutrient causation.

  4. 04

    The unresolved plate

    Even “Yogurt, low fat milk, flavors other than fruit” leaves the eaten grams and unnamed oils, sauces, toppings, substitutions, or leftovers unresolved. Preserve those Yogurt, low fat milk unknowns for correction instead of converting them into false precision.

Record matching

Match identity first; scale quantity second

Read the source name as a sequence of decisions. First confirm that yogurt, low fat milk is the right meal family. Then resolve the phrases that actually separate this set—“low fat milk, flavors other than fruit”, “low fat milk, fruit”, and “low fat milk, plain”—before comparing gram weight. If a package, menu, or known recipe provides a closer first-party description, prefer it and keep this USDA record as a transparent fallback.

A practical matching checklist

  1. Read the complete Yogurt, low fat milk source description, including preparation and additions.
  2. Compare the listed source weight with the amount actually eaten.
  3. Prefer a current package or restaurant source when a specific branded item is known.
  4. Record toppings, sauces, cooking fat, sides, and substitutions that the selected description does not name.

Decision support from the exact records on this page

Turn source data into a better next decision

These conclusions and reading paths are computed from 3 exact records behind Yogurt, low fat milk source-record guide. Links are chosen by record identity, controlled contrast, formulation input, nutrient spread, or serving context—not by loose keyword similarity.

Equal-weight result

Yogurt, low fat milk, fruit is higher in carbohydrate per 100 g

Yogurt, low fat milk, fruit reports 15.7 g versus 7 g for Yogurt, low fat milk, plain: a 8.7 g difference when both are normalized to 100 g.

Inspect the underlying evidence

These listed servings have equal weights

3 listed servings each weigh 170 g

The 3 records with a listed serving weight on this page each use 170 g. Their serving totals therefore compare equal weights, even if the household labels differ. Match the preparation and adjust the weight to the amount you eat.

Record identity is part of the estimate

Distinguish “Yogurt, low fat milk, flavors other than fruit” from “Yogurt, low fat milk, plain”

These are separate USDA records with separate formulations or survey descriptions. Match preparation, additions, and the named household amount before borrowing either record’s nutrients.

Inspect the underlying evidence

Contextual knowledge graph

Follow the relationship that matches your question

For Yogurt, low fat milk source-record guide, each path states why the destination belongs here, so you can distinguish a true evidentiary connection from a merely similar label.

A formulation detail that separates records Beverages, water, tap, drinking

USDA input 14411 appears in 1 of 3 context records; its summed listed input weight spans 7–7 g across those source formulations. These are source-formulation input weights, not plated or serving weights. Follow the code to inspect every represented occurrence.

Follow this evidence path A formulation detail that separates records Jams and preserves

USDA input 19297 appears in 1 of 3 context records; its summed listed input weight spans 14–14 g across those source formulations. These are source-formulation input weights, not plated or serving weights. Follow the code to inspect every represented occurrence.

Follow this evidence path Test a nearby record choice Yogurt, low fat milk, flavors other than fruit vs Yogurt, nonfat milk, flavors other than fruit

Yogurt, low fat milk, flavors other than fruit is held as one side of the comparison. The explicit record-description contrast is Fat-level wording: reduced-fat wording versus nonfat or fat-free wording; it is a selection cue, not evidence of cause.

Follow this evidence path Test a nearby record choice Yogurt, low fat milk, fruit vs Yogurt, nonfat milk, fruit

Yogurt, low fat milk, fruit is held as one side of the comparison. The explicit record-description contrast is Fat-level wording: reduced-fat wording versus nonfat or fat-free wording; it is a selection cue, not evidence of cause.

Follow this evidence path 3 context records in this source topic Yogurt, regular

Yogurt, low fat milk, flavors other than fruit and Yogurt, low fat milk, fruit belong to this USDA source-category collection. Its displayed ranges and complete exact-record catalog provide the peer set for a manual comparison; the destination does not preselect this page’s record.

Follow this evidence path Inspect an exact record Yogurt, low fat milk, flavors other than fruit

Open the full nutrient table, household measures, formulation inputs, and FoodData Central 2705435 citation for this exact record—not a name-level average.

Follow this evidence path Check another exact record Yogurt, low fat milk, fruit

Open the full nutrient table, household measures, formulation inputs, and FoodData Central 2705427 citation for this exact record—not a name-level average.

Follow this evidence path