Part-skim ricotta leads 6–3 · 9 categories decided · 1 tie
Buttermilk: 100 g · Part-skim ricotta: 100 g.
The verdict
Part-skim ricotta comes out ahead, winning 6 of 9 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Buttermilk for less saturated fat, more potassium and more vitamin C.
Pick Part-skim ricotta for more protein, less sugar, less sodium, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Evenly matched on fiber.
Head-to-head
- Energy40 kcal138 kcal
- Proteinmore is better3.31 g11.39 gWIN
- Carbohydrate4.79 g5.14 g
- Fibermore is better0 g0 g
- Total sugarsless is better5.36 g0.31 gWIN
- Total fat1.07 g7.91 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.66 g4.93 g
- Sodiumless is better148 mg99 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN151 mg125 mg
- Calciummore is better116 mg272 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better0.05 mg0.44 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better11 mg15 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN1 mg0 mg
- Vitamin Dmore is better——
Winners are decided by deterministic per-metric rules on the stated basis; ties and missing data don’t score (missing ≠ zero). Educational information only — not medical advice.

