Protein content
A 1 cup serving of dry curd cottage cheese contains 14.9 g of protein - a good source of protein, about 30% of the 50 g Daily Value.
Share of this food's calories that come from protein - it is very protein-dense.
| Serving | 1 cup (145 g) |
|---|---|
| Protein per serving | 14.9 g |
| Protein per 100 g | 10.3 g |
| Calories per serving | 104 kcal |
| Protein density | 57% of calories |
| Share of 50 g Daily Value | 30% |
| Protein quality | Complete protein |
| Category | Dairy |
| Food type | Whole food |
| USDA record | FoodData Central #172181 |
A typical 1 cup serving of dry curd cottage cheese contains 14.9 grams of protein (10.3 g per 100 g), which makes it a good source of protein. That covers roughly 30% of the 50 g reference Daily Value, so it adds toward your protein total for the day.
About 57% of the calories in dry curd cottage cheese come from protein, which makes it very protein-dense - close to the practical ceiling for a whole food. Foods in this band are the ones that let you raise your protein intake without raising your calorie intake much at all.
Among the 81 dairy foods in the database, dry curd cottage cheese ranks 11th by protein per serving, and 252nd out of all 796 foods on the site. Set against ricotta (part-skim), another dairy food entry in the database, a serving carries about 0.8 g more protein (ricotta (part-skim) has 14.1 g per 1/2 cup).
It is a complete protein - it supplies all nine essential amino acids in adequate amounts, so it can carry a meal's protein on its own. The serving above is measured by volume at 145 g. The per-100 g figure lets you compare it directly against any other food here, whatever its serving.
Uncreamed curd with almost no fat or added milk.
Source: USDA FoodData Central #172181 - "Cheese, cottage, nonfat, uncreamed, dry, large or small curd" (SR Legacy, published 4/1/2019). Values are the published reference figures for that record, not lab measurements for a specific brand or batch.
Quick answers
Dry curd cottage cheese has 10.3 g of protein per 100 g. A typical 1 cup serving (145 g) provides 14.9 g.
Yes. Dry curd cottage cheese is a complete protein - it supplies all nine essential amino acids in adequate amounts, so it can carry a meal's protein on its own.
A 1 cup serving of dry curd cottage cheese contains 14.9 g of protein, about 30% of the 50 g reference Daily Value.
Dry curd cottage cheese is a good source of protein, and about 57% of its calories come from protein, which makes it very protein-dense. Set against ricotta (part-skim), another dairy food entry in the database, a serving carries about 0.8 g more protein (ricotta (part-skim) has 14.1 g per 1/2 cup).
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