Milk and Potassium

Rhea30
Rhea30 Posts: 625 Member
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Milk on MFP comes up with quite a bit of potassium and I know milk is suppose to be an item that has potassium but alot of the milk I buy does not list potassium on the nutrition label. Does this mean the milk does not have potassium for whatever reasons or should it be assumed all milk has potassium?

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  • ArtemisXXII
    ArtemisXXII Posts: 42
    bump. I'd really like an answer to this as well.
  • MoreBean13
    MoreBean13 Posts: 8,701 Member
    No- potassium isn't always listed on food labels- I'm pretty sure it's not an FDA requirement to list it. Use the MFP *official* entry for your type of milk (the one without an asterisk next to the name) - e.g. "Milk - Whole, 3.25% milkfat" and the potassium is included in that info.
  • xarge
    xarge Posts: 484 Member
    should it be assumed all milk has potassium?

    They do, it's just too low compared to the daily value of FDA, 4 oz. about 4% so it's not a concern on label.
  • taylor5877
    taylor5877 Posts: 1,792 Member
    I drank 10 oz of 2% this morning. MFP says 458 mg of potassium.
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