The 4 Best Cottage Cheese Brands, Tested by EatingWell Dietitians & Editors
We tried 12 tubs of cottage cheese to find the tastiest ones—here are our top picks.
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Reviewed by Dietitian Emily Lachtrupp, M.S., RD
If there’s one dairy product on top of everyone’s mind right now, it’s cottage cheese. From ice cream to whipped dips, cottage cheese is being used in every possible way—and we couldn’t be more excited. Not only is the spoonable dairy product delicious, but the curds are packed with protein, making it a healthy choice, too. To help you jump on this tasty trend, we put a dozen products to the test to find the very best cottage cheese.
For this test, we set nutrition parameters that reflected EatingWell’s parameters for a healthy side dish. Each product had to meet the following nutrition requirements: 250 calories or less, 360 milligrams or less of sodium and 5 grams or less of added sugar per serving. Jessica Ball, M.S., RD, EatingWell’s nutrition editor, explains, “Limiting the sodium to 360 milligrams per serving allows you to enjoy the flavor while aligning with the American Heart Association’s recommendations of consuming, at most, 2,300 milligrams sodium per day.”
After narrowing the field, we blind-tasted a dozen cottage cheese products. Keep reading to get all of our recommendations for the best cottage cheese.
Our Product Recommendations
Best Overall Cottage Cheese: Good Culture Double Cream Classic Cottage Cheese
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Good Culture stood out as the clear favorite across the board. Our testers enjoyed several of the brand’s products, and its Double Cream Classic Cottage Cheese, which contains live and active cultures, scored best overall. This cottage cheese has 6% milkfat (FYI: Milk fat percentages refer to the amount of fat in the milk by weight), which gives it an uber-rich mouthfeel. This creamy cottage cheese has more liquid than others tested, but the visual difference didn’t deter our testers from its excellent tangy flavor. While we wouldn’t use this cottage cheese to make a sweet treat, our…
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