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Cottage Cheese

Processing Score
7.0Highly Processed
Nutrition Score
7/10Excellent

The processing score reflects 9 ingredients, including preservatives, emulsifiers or gums and natural flavoring. No nutrient exceeds our high thresholds.

Nutrition Highlights

Good Protein Source
Belfonte Cottage Cheese
Data Updated
Oct 18, 2026
UPC
083057140165
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Nutrition Facts
Serving size114 g
Amount per serving
Calories
120
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 5g
6%
Saturated Fat 1.5g
8%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 25mg
8%
Sodium 410mg
18%
Total Carbohydrate 4g
1%
Dietary Fiber 0g
0%
Total Sugars 5g
Protein 13g
Vitamin D 0mcg
0%
Calcium 130mg
10%
Iron 0mg
0%
Potassium 0mg
0%

* The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

Ingredients

9 listed · 5 flagged for review

GRADE A PASTEURIZED CULTURED SKIM MILK AND CREAM, LACTOSE, SALT, CULTURED WHEY, GUAR GUM, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, XANTHAN GUM AND CAROB BEAN GUM, POTASSIUM SORBATE, NATURAL FLAVORS.

Listed in source order (heaviest first). Select any ingredient to see its category bucket and other products that contain it.

Why Does This Score Highly Processed?

In our analysis, Cottage Cheese scores Highly Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

  • Chemical Preservatives (Potassium Sorbate): Synthetic preservatives are UPF indicators.
  • Stabilizers & Gums (Guar Gum, Xanthan Gum And Carob Bean Gum): Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.
  • Emulsifiers (Mono And Diglycerides): Industrial emulsifiers indicate UPF.
  • Natural Flavors (Natural Flavors): Despite being natural, these are highly processed extracts.

Within Cheese, this product is more processed than about 78% of the 19,171 products we've analyzed.

Processing classification reflects ingredient and additive analysis, not a judgment of any product's safety, quality, or healthfulness.

This product is part of our wider analysis. It features in our Cottage Cheese vs Greek Yogurt comparison.

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