Parmesan cheese, hard leads 4–2 · 6 categories decided · 1 tie
2% Low-Fat Classic Cottage Cheese: serving (110 g) · Parmesan cheese, hard: 100 g.
The verdict
Parmesan cheese, hard comes out ahead, winning 4 of 6 nutrient match-ups.
Pick 2% Low-Fat Classic Cottage Cheese for less saturated fat and less sodium.
Pick Parmesan cheese, hard for more protein, less sugar, more calcium and more iron.
Evenly matched on fiber.
Head-to-head
- Energy90 kcal392 kcal
- Proteinmore is better14 g35.75 gWIN
- Carbohydrate4 g3.22 g
- Fibermore is better0 g0 g
- Total sugarsless is better4 g0.11 gWIN
- Total fat2 g25 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN1.5 g14.85 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN55 mg1175 mg
- Potassiummore is better—92 mg
- Calciummore is better110 mg1184 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better0.3 mg0.82 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better—44 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.
