Cottage cheese leads 4–2 · 6 categories decided · 1 tie
Cottage cheese: 100 g · 4% Milkfat Classic Cottage Cheese: serving (110 g).
The verdict
Cottage cheese comes out ahead, winning 4 of 6 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Cottage cheese for less saturated fat, less sodium, more calcium and more iron.
Pick 4% Milkfat Classic Cottage Cheese for more protein and less sugar.
Evenly matched on fiber.
Head-to-head
- Energy81 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better10.45 g14 gWIN
- Carbohydrate4.76 g2 g
- Fibermore is better0 g0 g
- Total sugarsless is better4 g2 gWIN
- Total fat2.27 g4.5 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN1.24 g3 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN308 mg380 mg
- Potassiummore is better125 mg—
- Calciummore is betterWIN111 mg70 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN0.13 mg0 mg
- Magnesiummore is better9 mg—
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 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.
