eli5: Why is there 1%, 2%, and whole milk but not any other percentage?

Question

I just feel like its weird how the percentage goes from 1-2% to whole.

Also, what do these percentages even mean? How can you turn milk into 1% or 2% milk?

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Answer 1

well you will be pleasantly surprised that those are not global standards, it changes by country. For example here blue is 1,5%, red is 2,5%, orange is 3,6%