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Dairy and dairy products like milk, cheese and yogurt are important in your daily diet to keep your bone healthy. Medindia helps you gain knowledge about the antioxidant capacity of each item and enables you choose nutritious food.

The chart below displays the list of dairy and dairy products along with their antioxidant content measured in ORAC (Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity) value.

Greater the ORAC value, higher the health benefits. Antioxidant Food Chart compares the antioxidant levels in a comprehensive range of foods available worldwide.


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Food Item	ORAC Value (µmol Trolox Equivalent/100 g)	Rank
Buttermilk, skimmed	50	22
Buttermilk, special 1.5% fat	50	21
Cheese, American cheese/pasteurized process cheese	60	18
Cheese, american/skim, white, sliced	30	32
Cheese, american/skim, yellow, sliced	40	30
Cheese, brown goat cheese	780	2
Cheese, Cheddar, chunk, Kraft	90	11
Cheese, Mozzarella, low moisture part skim Kraft	40	29
Cheese, Mozzarella, whole milk	120	9
Cheese, Parmesan, grated Kraft	60	17
Cheese, processed, white, sliced	30	31
Cheese, processed, yellow, sliced	40	28
Cheese, Swiss Cheese, slices Kraft	70	13
Cottage Cheese	50	20
Cream, 22% fat	60	16
Cream, 35% fat	70	12
Goatmilk	40	27
Ice cream, chocolate, regular fat	500 to 760	3
Ice cream, regular fat, natural vanilla	50 to 60	14
Ice cream, vanilla Nestlé	220	6
Milk, 1%	50	19
Milk, 2%	40	26
Milk, chocolate, 2% reduced fat	140 to 170	7
Milk, chocolate, fluid, commercial, reduced fat	1263	1
Milk, semi-skimmed and skim	40	25
Milk, whole	40	24
Sour cream	10 to 150	8
Yogurt	40	23
Yogurt, 99% fat free, strawberry	110	10
Yogurt, frozen, chocolate	450	4
Yogurt, frozen, fat free, vanilla	60	15
Yogurt, mixed wild berries	250	5


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Food Item	ORAC Value (µmol Trolox Equivalent/100 g)	Rank
Milk, chocolate, fluid, commercial, reduced fat	1263	1
Cheese, brown goat cheese	780	2
Ice cream, chocolate, regular fat	500 to 760	3
Yogurt, frozen, chocolate	450	4
Yogurt, mixed wild berries	250	5
Ice cream, vanilla Nestlé	220	6
Milk, chocolate, 2% reduced fat	140 to 170	7
Sour cream	10 to 150	8
Cheese, Mozzarella, whole milk	120	9
Yogurt, 99% fat free, strawberry	110	10
Cheese, Cheddar, chunk, Kraft	90	11
Cream, 35% fat	70	12
Cheese, Swiss Cheese, slices Kraft	70	13
Ice cream, regular fat, natural vanilla	50 to 60	14
Yogurt, frozen, fat free, vanilla	60	15
Cream, 22% fat	60	16
Cheese, Parmesan, grated Kraft	60	17
Cheese, American cheese/pasteurized process cheese	60	18
Milk, 1%	50	19
Cottage Cheese	50	20
Buttermilk, special 1.5% fat	50	21
Buttermilk, skimmed	50	22
Yogurt	40	23
Milk, whole	40	24
Milk, semi-skimmed and skim	40	25
Milk, 2%	40	26
Goatmilk	40	27
Cheese, processed, yellow, sliced	40	28
Cheese, Mozzarella, low moisture part skim Kraft	40	29
Cheese, american/skim, yellow, sliced	40	30
Cheese, processed, white, sliced	30	31
Cheese, american/skim, white, sliced	30	32

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