
Product Insights
Cottage Cheese is a fresh, spreadable cheese made from skim milk and belongs to the Milk and dairy products > Cheese category. It carries a Nutri-Score of B, offering low fat (1.8 g), low sugars (4.2 g), moderate salt (0.78 g) and a high protein content (12 g) per 100 g, which makes it nutritionally dense yet balanced. Nevertheless, the product falls into NOVA group 4, indicating it is ultra‑processed due to the inclusion of stabilisers such as xanthan gum, locust bean gum, carrageenan, and an acidity regulator (citric acid).
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Comparative Analysis
Compared with the average cheese‑spread, this cottage cheese contains about 4.2 g of sugars (vs 1.8 g average), 1.8 g of fat (vs 25 g), and 0.78 g of salt (vs 3.3 g), giving it a much lower fat and salt profile but a higher sugar level.
Ingredients
fresh skim milk, poe 25% 12.4g xanthan gum, locust bean gum, processed 3 1.8g eucheuma seaweed), acidity regulator sh1.3g (citric acid), culture. 46 2 5.0g contains: milk. a29 contains no more than 3% milk fat. bole 6 15 294mg vegetarian friendly 13%6 100mg
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