Cottage Cheese

jen0619
jen0619 Posts: 414
edited September 2024 in Food and Nutrition
I love cottage cheese so much but it is so high in sodium. Has anyone found low sodium or sodium free cottage cheese and does it taste the same?!?

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  • wriglucy
    wriglucy Posts: 1,064 Member
    i want to know too!!! I don't eat meat, so this was one of my "go-to" protien supplements, but....I also have high blood pressure, So...cottage cheese is kind of out now.
  • amandakay23
    amandakay23 Posts: 156
    Good question..I recently realized the amount of sodium in cottage cheese, and also skim milk! Sad...look forward to the responses.
  • dlaplume2
    dlaplume2 Posts: 1,658 Member
    I love cottage cheese so much but it is so high in sodium. Has anyone found low sodium or sodium free cottage cheese and does it taste the same?!?

    Breakstone makes a low sodium and low fat version. It's fairly new. I love it.
    90 cals for 1/2 cup and 1/3 less sodium.
  • dlaplume2
    dlaplume2 Posts: 1,658 Member
    Had to go back and look. It has 290 mg instead of 360-390.
  • jen0619
    jen0619 Posts: 414
    Had to go back and look. It has 290 mg instead of 360-390.

    Where can I get it from?!?
  • JillyCornwall
    JillyCornwall Posts: 376 Member
    How much sodium does US cottage cheese have. Just looked at mine from Tesco UK and it 2 grams per 100 which is nothing really if you only eat 100gms a day..which would be quite a large portion. I eat a lot of cottage cheese. I'm not going to worry about the sodium because not many of the other foods I eat have much. I think its all about finding a balance. Cottage cheese is a good source of protein & also very adaptable to both savoury & sweet.
  • shreddingit
    shreddingit Posts: 1,133 Member
    "Friendship no salt added cottage cheese" .........sodium: 60mg!!! protein:16gr!!
  • JillyCornwall
    JillyCornwall Posts: 376 Member
    Wow you guys have way more salt in your cheese than we do!!
  • Mrs_McFadden
    Mrs_McFadden Posts: 1,139
    It's because we're so naturally sweet Jilly :) *wink
  • dlaplume2
    dlaplume2 Posts: 1,658 Member
    Had to go back and look. It has 290 mg instead of 360-390.

    Where can I get it from?!?
    I got mine at Hannafords, haven't looked at walmart yet. Market Basket didn't have it and those are the only supermarkets I have aroung here.
  • shreddingit
    shreddingit Posts: 1,133 Member
    being sweet is worse! :tongue:
  • jen0619
    jen0619 Posts: 414
    In 1/2 a cup for 80 cals its roughly 400-500 mg. Well I get 1% milk fat.
  • jen0619
    jen0619 Posts: 414
    Had to go back and look. It has 290 mg instead of 360-390.

    Where can I get it from?!?
    I got mine at Hannafords, haven't looked at walmart yet. Market Basket didn't have it and those are the only supermarkets I have aroung here.

    The walmarts around here definitely do not have it. As for the friendship I might have to try randalls they generally have a good selection of dairy! Thanks
  • dlaplume2
    dlaplume2 Posts: 1,658 Member
    How much sodium does US cottage cheese have. Just looked at mine from Tesco UK and it 2 grams per 100 which is nothing really if you only eat 100gms a day..which would be quite a large portion. I eat a lot of cottage cheese. I'm not going to worry about the sodium because not many of the other foods I eat have much. I think its all about finding a balance. Cottage cheese is a good source of protein & also very adaptable to both savoury & sweet.

    You are talking about grams we are talking about MG.
  • dlaplume2
    dlaplume2 Posts: 1,658 Member
    "Friendship no salt added cottage cheese" .........sodium: 60mg!!! protein:16gr!!
    I'm going to look for that one.
  • JillyCornwall
    JillyCornwall Posts: 376 Member
    How much sodium does US cottage cheese have. Just looked at mine from Tesco UK and it 2 grams per 100 which is nothing really if you only eat 100gms a day..which would be quite a large portion. I eat a lot of cottage cheese. I'm not going to worry about the sodium because not many of the other foods I eat have much. I think its all about finding a balance. Cottage cheese is a good source of protein & also very adaptable to both savoury & sweet.

    You are talking about grams we are talking about MG.

    Yes I get that but you just ad a nought or two..its the percentage I go on.....
    around 2% sodium in ours..yours appears to be from 2.9% up to 4 or 5%..way higher.
  • warmachinejt
    warmachinejt Posts: 2,162 Member
    I love cottage cheese so much but it is so high in sodium. Has anyone found low sodium or sodium free cottage cheese and does it taste the same?!?
    Yes, it's the only 1 I have since the regular one is nasty. I go to shoprite there is store brand and another one called friendship. There might be more, but those are the ones I've had.
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