Lowfat Cottage Cheese

Name: Lowfat Cottage Cheese
Brand: Breakstone's

52Okay

Ingredients · 12

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Common questions

Is Breakstone's Lowfat Cottage Cheese healthy?

Breakstone's Lowfat Cottage Cheese scores 52/100 on Tallow — our okay 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 Lowfat Cottage Cheese?

Breakstone's Lowfat Cottage Cheese lists 12 ingredients, starting with Cultured Pasteurized Grade a Organic Nonfat Milk, Milk and Cream, Whey, Modified Food Starch and Salt. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Breakstone's Lowfat Cottage Cheese contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Breakstone's Lowfat 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 Lowfat Cottage Cheese?

Breakstone's Lowfat Cottage Cheese is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

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

At 52/100 Breakstone's Lowfat Cottage Cheese lands mid-scale — below the typical score in cheese, but clear of the bottom band. A higher-scoring option in cheese is Marks & Spencer Extra Mature Cheddar at 100/100.

Is Breakstone's Lowfat Cottage Cheese organic?

Yes. Breakstone's Lowfat Cottage Cheese carries USDA Organic certification, which is worth +5 points in the score above.

Full methodology: how we score products.