Michigan Low Fat Cottage Cheese 1% Milkfat

Breakdown

4 ingredients to avoid

Michigan Brand Michigan Low Fat Cottage Cheese 1% Milkfat scores 15/100 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.

Michigan Brand Michigan Low Fat Cottage Cheese 1% Milkfat lists 15 ingredients, starting with Cultured Nonfat Milk, Non Fat Milk, Milk, Tapioca Starch and Artificial Color (Blue 1 Lake). Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

At 15/100 Michigan Brand Michigan Low Fat Cottage Cheese 1% Milkfat scores worse than most cheese we have scored. A higher-scoring option in cheese is Organic Valley Organic String Cheese at 97/100.