Cottage cheese is eaten as a side dish and is used in a variety of dips, desserts, cold sandwiches and pasta dishes. Cottage cheese contains more calories than most cheeses, but low-fat cottage cheese can be a good option for people worried about caloric intake.
Calories
Low-fat, 1 percent milk fat cottage cheese contains 82 calories per half-cup, according to the "Nutritional Almanac." Low-fat cottage cheese also contains 0.75 g of fat per half-cup.
Daily Value
A half-cup of low-fat cottage cheese provides 4.1 percent of your daily recommended calories and 3.75 percent of your daily recommended saturated fat, according to MayoClinic.com.
Regular Cottage Cheese
Regular cottage cheese contains 116 calories per half-cup and 3.2 g of saturated fat. Compared with low-fat cottage cheese, regular cottage cheese contains roughly 30 percent more calories and 85 percent more grams of saturated fat.
References
- "Nutrition Almanac"; Lavon J. Dunne; 2002
- MayoClinic.com: What Does Percent Daily Value Mean on Food Labels?
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