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    Cottage cheese and sodium

    Posts: 3,783 Member
    edited January 22 in Food and Nutrition
    I love cottage cheese for breakfast - love getting all that protein in the am, but the sodium kills me. 940gr in 1 cup, that's over almost 1/2 my daily sodium. Are there any "low sodium" brands out there? Are they any good?

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    • Posts: 759 Member
      I tried cottage cheese for the first time this year and was shocked at how salty it tasted, especially since I read that people were eating it with fruit. To each his own, I guess
    • Posts: 685 Member
      the higher fat versions should have less
    • Posts: 13 Member
      I eat the 1/3rd less sodium from Land O' Lakes, I believe && I think its still delicious && definitly saves on the sodium (still low in calories and fat =]] )
    • Posts: 1 Member
      Breakstone has a low sodium cottage cheese I bought it and it went in the garbage it tasted awful, so saying you from doing the same.
    • Posts: 513 Member
      I avoid cottage cheese for this very reason! I would bloat terribly from the cup or so I was consuming! They do have low sodium brands out there. Warning, they just taste "different!"
    • Posts: 166 Member
      I just had this realization yesterday! I checked the Safeway by my house and they didn't carry any low sodium options...but if they are out there then I guess today I will check Fred Meyer! I'm with you, I love cottage cheese but half your daily salt is a little hard to cope with!
    • Posts: 419 Member
      I keep hearing about Friendship Daries no salt added cottage cheese but can't find it in a local store. I don't worry too much about sodium intake but sometimes it's so salty it just tastes bad. If you are really worried about the sodium, could you replace your daily cottage cheese with Greek yogurt? Similar fat and protein for the calories.
    • Posts: 1,679 Member
      If you have high blood pressure, refrain from eating high sodium food.

      Otherwise, you can eat it in moderation and achieve your target calories and target daily sodium at the same time.

      Many food items have natural sodium. You can not completely avoid it.

      Cottage cheese without sodium tastes awful. I prefer the full version but only 1/4 cup a day for me.

      Good luck in your journey
    • Posts: 364 Member
      friendship low sodium whipped cottage cheese
    • Posts: 843 Member
      The lower sodiums wont have the same flavor. you can go higher fat or you can stick with the lower fat and deal with the sodium. My suggestion is to eat half a cup (a serving) versus a whole cup. that outta help.
    • Posts: 364 Member
      if you don't like the flavor of CC, which I sure don't, add organic powdered peanut butter to it, you wont taste it. it's delicious

      here it is: http://www.bettylousinc.com/products_detail.php?id=287&ref=0
    • Posts: 347 Member
      Friendship 1% is my favorite...perfect amount of salt and it's a good texture. The no salt added kind tastes like wallpaper paste.
    • Posts: 3,509 Member
      prairie farms low fat cottage cheese with 50 percent less soduim
    • Posts: 10 Member
      I bought low sodium Hood cottage cheese for my mother in law, she said she couldn't tell a differnce in taste.
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