TallowTallow
Breakstone's Cottage Cheese

Cottage Cheese

88Clean

Ingredients · 5

GoodCautionAvoid

,,,,

Healthier swaps

Same shelf, cleaner ingredients

Browse CheeseView on Amazon

Common questions

Is Breakstone's Cottage Cheese healthy?

Breakstone's Cottage Cheese scores 88/100 on Tallow — our clean band. That number comes from what is on the label: the ingredients, how processed it is, and what it is packaged in. It is not a verdict on your diet — Tallow does not weigh calories, portion size or how often you eat it, so a high score means the ingredients are clean, not that the food is unlimited.

What is in Breakstone's Cottage Cheese?

Breakstone's Cottage Cheese lists 5 ingredients, starting with Cultured Pasteurized Skim Milk, Whey, Tapioca Starch, Salt and Vitamin a Palmitate. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Breakstone's Cottage Cheese contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Breakstone's Cottage Cheese’s ingredient list matches a seed oil — canola, soybean, corn, cottonseed, grapeseed, sunflower, safflower, rice bran or peanut oil, or an unspecified "vegetable oil".

How processed is Breakstone's Cottage Cheese?

Breakstone's Cottage Cheese is NOVA group 1: unprocessed or minimally processed. NOVA runs 1 to 4, where 1 is whole food and 4 is ultra-processed.

How does Breakstone's Cottage Cheese compare to other cheese?

At 88/100 Breakstone's Cottage Cheese sits in our top band, among the better cheese we have scored. A higher-scoring option in cheese is Organic Valley Organic String Cheese at 97/100.

Is Breakstone's Cottage Cheese organic?

Breakstone's Cottage Cheese is not certified organic in our data.

Has Breakstone's Cottage Cheese been lab tested?

Not yet. No independent lab has published results for Breakstone's Cottage Cheese, so its score is based on its ingredient list, processing and packaging alone.

Full methodology: how we score products.

More in Cheese

100

Hill Country Fare Natural Monterey Jack Cheese

Hill Country Fare

100

Hill Country Fare Low Moisture Part Skim Mozzarella Sliced Cheese

Hill Country Fare

100

Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella

Polly-O

100

H-E-B Mild Cheddar & Monterey Jack

H-E-B

100

H-E-B Natural Cheese Italian Style Blend

H-E-B

100

H-E-B Organics Cheddar Cheese

H-E-B Organics