Nutritional information: Milk Tuesday, January 25, 2011; 11:37 AM Sales of whole milk in the United States made up about 70 percent of the market in the mid-1970s but have dropped dramatically since, while the sales of skim and 2 percent have risen. The most recent sales figures show: 2 percent at 40 percent of the market whole milk at 30 percent skim milk at 16 percent 1 percent milk at 14 percent Note: Figures are from 2009, the last year for which data are available. SOURCE: National Dairy Council; U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service; Nutritional information No matter how much fat is in store-bought, conventionally farmed milk, one cup of it delivers roughly 30 percent of your daily calcium requirement, about a quarter of your Vitamin D and 8 grams of protein. But the calories and saturated fat contents vary: Whole (3.25 percent milk fat) 146 calories per cup 5 grams saturated fat Reduced fat (2 percent milk fat) 122 calories per cup 3 grams saturated fat Low fat (1 percent milk fat) 102 calories per cup 2 grams saturated fat Nonfat/skim (less than 0.5 percent milk fat) 86 calories per cup 0 grams saturated fat SOURCE: Self Nutrition Data What kind of milk to you prefer?