Hy-Vee Small Curd Cottage Cheese

Name: Hy-Vee Small Curd Cottage Cheese
Brand: Hy-Vee

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Ingredients · 16

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Common questions

Is Hy-Vee Small Curd Cottage Cheese healthy?

Hy-Vee Small Curd Cottage Cheese scores 5/100 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 Hy-Vee Small Curd Cottage Cheese?

Hy-Vee Small Curd Cottage Cheese lists 16 ingredients, starting with Cultured Nonfat Milk, Milk, Cream, Of: Whey and Salt. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Hy-Vee Small Curd Cottage Cheese contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Hy-Vee 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 Hy-Vee Small Curd Cottage Cheese?

Hy-Vee 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 Hy-Vee Small Curd Cottage Cheese compare to other cheese?

At 5/100 Hy-Vee Small Curd Cottage Cheese scores worse than most cheese we have scored. A higher-scoring option in cheese is Daisy Low Fat Cottage Cheese 2% Milkfat at 94/100.

Is Hy-Vee Small Curd Cottage Cheese organic?

Hy-Vee Small Curd Cottage Cheese is not certified organic in our data.

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