Rinsing cottage cheese to reduce sodium
shartran
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www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6833685
Rinsing cottage cheese reduces the sodium by 60-80 percent!
"The sodium content of water-rinsed canned green beans, tuna, and cottage cheese was analyzed. A 3-minute rinse of tuna and cottage cheese resulted in sodium reductions of 80% and 63%, respectively, with no significant effect on iron content.Calcium was reduced by approximately 50%. Although rinsing had a minimal effect on the sodium in canned beans, replacing the canning brine with water before heating lowered salt content by 33%. This study shows that the simple and economical methods of water rinsing of tuna and cottage cheese and of heating green beans in tap water markedly lowered salt content."
Rinsing cottage cheese reduces the sodium by 60-80 percent!
"The sodium content of water-rinsed canned green beans, tuna, and cottage cheese was analyzed. A 3-minute rinse of tuna and cottage cheese resulted in sodium reductions of 80% and 63%, respectively, with no significant effect on iron content.Calcium was reduced by approximately 50%. Although rinsing had a minimal effect on the sodium in canned beans, replacing the canning brine with water before heating lowered salt content by 33%. This study shows that the simple and economical methods of water rinsing of tuna and cottage cheese and of heating green beans in tap water markedly lowered salt content."
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I don't think anyone needs to worry about the salt levels in cottage cheese. Surely there are other things to worry about ??!'18
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Sounds gross.7
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But...but....nuuuuu! That's sounds really, very gross no offence. I like my cottage cheese creamy and it's not the worst thing you can eat.9
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If it's that much of an issue - don't eat cottage cheese - rinsed (ewwwww)8
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I do rinse canned chicken, mainly because it's noticeably too salty for my tastes.
I wouldn't rinse cottage cheese, I'd just be left with curds. I also wouldn't know how to log it.3 -
Smells like eating disorder ahead.9
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That sounds awful. Why not just get the reduced sodium kind?9
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Wow...quite a response LOL! Too funny I must say
Personally I have to watch my sodium intake, really like cottage cheese (sometimes the 'dry curd' variety - which 'naturally' contains very low sodium is not always avail.).
Just thought I'd share and thought a few others might be interested too...4 -
Great idea. I have to watch my sodium intake also. Thanks . Please send me a FR, as I can't figure out how to send you one using the app. (I click on your name but it doesn't take me to your profile). Thanks2
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Have you ever tasted the salt-free cottage cheese? It is awful.
The salt in cottage cheese is a good thing.2 -
ILiftHeavyAcrylics wrote: »That sounds awful. Why not just get the reduced sodium kind?
^^This. I have medical reason to keep my sodium intake moderately low. I just buy the low sodium stuff and keep portions sensible. NO sodium cottage cheese is nasty tasting (IMO).
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You can get the dry curds which come with essentially no sodium if you are planning to rinse it anyway. They are pretty gross but you can throw them into a smoothie or use them in lasagna instead of the standard ricotta.1
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I'm definitely interested in this info, Shartran ! Thanks so much for sharing that.1
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You know you're eating "clean" when you're washing your food.9
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Ok admittedly this sounds really gross BUT with that said, I rinse ground beef. I've done this for several years now and it does sound disgusting to some people so I can't really judge the OP2
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Clean eating at its finest, dear shart.0
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It would seem to me that rinsing it would change it into something else. I might as well just eat something else. That said, I do try to reduce my sodium, but I've never had trouble fitting in some cottage cheese. If I want lower sodium cheese, I wouldn't alter an existing product, I'd just have mozzarella, emmenthal or something.0
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Terrytriesharder wrote: »You can get the dry curds which come with essentially no sodium if you are planning to rinse it anyway. They are pretty gross but you can throw them into a smoothie or use them in lasagna instead of the standard ricotta.
Yes, that's type I usually buy - but I guess it's a popular variety, as I'm finding it 'sold out' quite often. Thanks
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Hi I love cottage cheese. However I now have to watch my sodium in take do to high blood pressure. 1/2 cup of cottage cheese contains 450mg of sodium. Now for someone who loves cottage cheese and loves the 13g of protein it provides washing it would be worth it. I can only have 1300g of sodium per day and almost we eat seem to have it in it. So if I can eliminate 80% of the sodium then I'm all for it.2
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If you have it with lots of fresh vegetables, the sodium and potassium balance each other out. There isn't that much sodium in cottage cheese, per serving.0
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Yeah, I'll just stick to buying reduced sodium cottage cheese.1
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That is disgusting. Just don't eat cottage cheese.0
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Just gotta ask.
Who is flagging the posts above? And why?3 -
So I'm wondering... does everyone use cottage cheese as a savory dish? Because low/no salt would work really well for how I like mine - with just some preserves.1
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www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6833685
Rinsing cottage cheese reduces the sodium by 60-80 percent!
"The sodium content of water-rinsed canned green beans, tuna, and cottage cheese was analyzed. A 3-minute rinse of tuna and cottage cheese resulted in sodium reductions of 80% and 63%, respectively, with no significant effect on iron content.Calcium was reduced by approximately 50%. Although rinsing had a minimal effect on the sodium in canned beans, replacing the canning brine with water before heating lowered salt content by 33%. This study shows that the simple and economical methods of water rinsing of tuna and cottage cheese and of heating green beans in tap water markedly lowered salt content."
Interesting. But I'd want the calcium more than less salt.0 -
Need2Exerc1se wrote: »www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6833685
Rinsing cottage cheese reduces the sodium by 60-80 percent!
"The sodium content of water-rinsed canned green beans, tuna, and cottage cheese was analyzed. A 3-minute rinse of tuna and cottage cheese resulted in sodium reductions of 80% and 63%, respectively, with no significant effect on iron content.Calcium was reduced by approximately 50%. Although rinsing had a minimal effect on the sodium in canned beans, replacing the canning brine with water before heating lowered salt content by 33%. This study shows that the simple and economical methods of water rinsing of tuna and cottage cheese and of heating green beans in tap water markedly lowered salt content."
Interesting. But I'd want the calcium more than less salt.
Same.1 -
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suzannesimmons3 wrote: »Tacklewasher wrote: »Just gotta ask.
Who is flagging the posts above? And why?
It was two years ago.....
Ahhhh, sucked in by the zombie thread! LOL
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