Small Curd Cottage Cheese

Name: Small Curd Cottage Cheese
Brand: Breakstone's

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Ingredients · 16

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Common questions

Is Breakstone's Small Curd Cottage Cheese healthy?

Breakstone's Small Curd Cottage Cheese scores 39/100 on Tallow — our avoid 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 Small Curd Cottage Cheese?

Breakstone's Small Curd Cottage Cheese lists 16 ingredients, starting with Cultured Skim Milk, Whey Protein Concentrate, Cream, Skim Milk 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 Small Curd Cottage Cheese contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Breakstone's Small Curd 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 Small Curd Cottage Cheese?

Breakstone's Small Curd 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 Small Curd Cottage Cheese compare to other cheese?

At 39/100 Breakstone's Small Curd Cottage Cheese scores worse than most cheese we have scored. A higher-scoring option in cheese is Angelo & Franco Organic Burrata at 100/100.

Is Breakstone's Small Curd Cottage Cheese organic?

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

Full methodology: how we score products.