BNI™ 086.93sf: Dromedary camel milk (average)

dietBNI™ 86.93sf: Dromedary camel milk (average), INTL, 2011.

This is a balanced nutrition analysis of dromedary camel milk based on average nutritional data reported by Medhammar et al (2011). Dromedary camel milk can be summarised as being, mainly, biased towards excess of saturated fat, adequate in protein, low in carbohydrate and fiber, and high in sugar, fat and sodium. It also provides about 114mg of calcium per 100ml of milk.

Nutrition information (100ml)
	Actual g	Actual Kcal	Actual %	Ideal %	Ideal Kcal	Ideal g
Protein	3.1	12.4	21.2	20.0	11.7	2.9
Carbohydrate	4.3	17.2	29.5	55.0	32.1	8.0
Sugar	4.3	17.2	29.5	< 10.0	< 5.8	< 1.5
Fat	3.2	28.8	49.3	25.0	14.6	1.6
Saturated fat	2.1	18.9	32.4	< 10.0	< 5.8	< 0.6
Fiber	0.0	-	0.0	2.9	-	0.9
Sodium	0.066	-	3.3	< 2.9	-	< 0.058
Misc	89.3	-	-	-	-	86.5
Total	100.0	58.4	100.0	100.0	58.4	100.0
kJul	-	244.3	-	-	244.3	-

Nutritional balance (100ml)
√	(good)	Adequate in protein
x	(bad)	Extremely low in carbohydrate
x	(bad)	Extremely high in sugar
x	(bad)	Extremely high in fat
x	(bad)	Extremely high in saturated fat
x	(bad)	Low in fiber
x	(bad)	High in sodium

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mid	p	c	f	fb
max		s	sf		na
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ideal % = grey cells; actual % = asterisk (*)

Serving analysis (serving size = 250.0 ml )
ml per serving = 250.0 ml
*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
small snack				large snack				small meal	large meal
(133 kcal)				(266 kcal)				(400 kcal)	(600 kcal)
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kcal per serving = 146.0 kcal

Balance simulation for this food (serving size = 250.0 ml )		Original BNI 86.93
Add now or next meal	2.2 g fiber	Reduce BNI to 84.01
Reduce in next meal	19.0 mg sodium	Reduce BNI to 86.55
		Both reduce BNI to 83.63

-	0.0 excess kcal protein
Burn out	28.4 excess kcal sugar
-	0.0 excess kcal other carbs
Burn out	32.7 excess kcal saturated fat
-	0.0 excess kcal other fats
Burn out a total of	61.1 kcal	Reduce BNI to 45.12

Burn those kcal out doing…	1221 steps
or	20 minutes slow walking (~3.2km/h)
or	13 minutes fast walking (~5.6km/h)
or	6 minutes jogging (~8km/h)
or	13 minutes leisure cycling (<16km/h)
or	7 minutes swimming
or	6 minutes stair treadmill

Reduce kcal to	85.0 kcal per serving	All reduce BNI to 41.82

References

MEDHAMMAR Elinor, Ramani WIJESINHA-BETTONI, Barbara STADLMAYR, Emma NILSSON, Ute Ruth CHARRONDIERE & Barbara BURLINGAME (2011). Composition of milk from minor dairy animals and buffalo breeds: a biodiversity perspective. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 2012, volume 92, issue 3, pages 445–474 (doi: 10.1002/jsfa.4690).
PEREZGONZALEZ Jose D (2011). Nutritional balance of minor dairy animals' milk. The Balanced Nutrition Index (ISSN 1177-8849), 2012, issue 2. (Retrievable from http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/BNI)

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