Organic Cottage Cheese

Breakdown

Ultra-processed

Trader Joe's Organic Cottage Cheese scores 95/100 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.

Trader Joe's Organic Cottage Cheese lists 8 ingredients, starting with Cultured Pasteurized Nonfat Milk, Pasteurized Milk, Pasteurized Cream, Sea Salt and Non Fat Milk. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

At 95/100 Trader Joe's Organic Cottage Cheese sits in our top band, among the better cheese we have scored. A higher-scoring option in cheese is Organic Valley Stringles Organic String Cheese at 97/100.