Composition of human milk
Drawn from a woman’s bloodstream: sugar, fat, protein and other life-enhancing ingredients like peptides: “Mature human milk contains 3%-5% fat, 0.8%-0.9% protein, 6.9%-7.2% carbohydrate calculated as lactose, and 0.2% mineral constituents expressed as ash. Its energy content is 60-75 kcal/100 ml. Protein content is markedly higher and carbohydrate content lower in colostrum than in mature…