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Cottage cheese
Cottage cheese2
VS
American2

Dead heat · 4 categories decided · 1 tie

Cottage cheese: 100 g · American: serving (19 g).

The verdict

It's a dead heat — each wins 2 of 4 match-ups.

Pick Cottage cheese for more protein and less saturated fat.

Pick American for less sugar and less sodium.

Evenly matched on fiber.

Equal weight (per 100 g)Common servingEqual calories

Head-to-head

  • Energy
    81 kcal
    50 kcal
  • Proteinmore is better
    WIN10.45 g
    3 g
  • Carbohydrate
    4.76 g
    2 g
  • Fibermore is better
    0 g
    0 g
  • Total sugarsless is better
    4 g
    1 gWIN
  • Total fat
    2.27 g
    3 g
  • Saturated fatless is better
    WIN1.24 g
    2 g
  • Sodiumless is better
    308 mg
    210 mgWIN
  • Potassiummore is better
    125 mg
    —
  • Calciummore is better
    111 mg
    —
  • Ironmore is better
    0.13 mg
    —
  • Magnesiummore is better
    9 mg
    —
  • Vitamin Cmore is better
    0 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.