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Cottage cheese vs. Honey — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are cottage cheese and honey different?

  • Cottage cheese is higher than honey in phosphorus, vitamin B12, selenium, vitamin B5, vitamin B2, and calcium.
  • Cottage cheese covers your daily need for phosphorus, 22% more than honey.
  • Honey is lower in saturated fat.
  • Honey has a higher glycemic index (61) than cottage cheese (10).

Cheese, cottage, creamed, large or small curd and Honey types were used in this article.

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Mineral Comparison

Mineral comparison score is based on the number of minerals by which one or the other food is richer. The "coverage" charts below show how much of the daily needs can be covered by 300 grams of the food.
Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 5.7% 25% 9.2% 2.6% 9.7% 11% 68% 47% 0.26% 53%
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Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 1.4% 1.8% 4.6% 16% 12% 6% 1.7% 0.52% 10% 4.4%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +300%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +1283.3%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +100%
Contains more ZincZinc +81.8%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +3875%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium +1112.5%
Contains more IronIron +500%
Contains more CopperCopper +24.1%
Contains less SodiumSodium -98.9%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +3900%

Vitamin Comparison

Vitamin comparison score is based on the number of vitamins by which one or the other food is richer. The "coverage" charts below show how much of the daily needs can be covered by 300 grams of the food.
Vitamin C Vit. C Vitamin A Vit. A Vitamin E Vit. E Vitamin D Vit. D Vitamin B1 Vit. B1 Vitamin B2 Vit. B2 Vitamin B3 Vit. B3 Vitamin B5 Vit. B5 Vitamin B6 Vit. B6 Vitamin B12 Vit. B12 Vitamin K Vit. K Folate Folate Choline Choline 0% 12% 1.6% 1.5% 6.8% 38% 1.9% 33% 11% 54% 0% 9% 10%
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Vitamin C Vit. C Vitamin A Vit. A Vitamin E Vit. E Vitamin D Vit. D Vitamin B1 Vit. B1 Vitamin B2 Vit. B2 Vitamin B3 Vit. B3 Vitamin B5 Vit. B5 Vitamin B6 Vit. B6 Vitamin B12 Vit. B12 Vitamin K Vit. K Folate Folate Choline Choline 1.7% 0% 0% 0% 0% 8.8% 2.3% 4.1% 5.5% 0% 0% 1.5% 1.2%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A +∞%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E +∞%
Contains more Vitamin DVitamin D +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +328.9%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +719.1%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +91.7%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12 +∞%
Contains more FolateFolate +500%
Contains more CholineCholine +736.4%
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +22.2%
~equal in Vitamin K ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Cottage cheese Honey DV% diff.
Fructose 0g 40.94g 51%
Carbs 3.38g 82.4g 26%
Phosphorus 159mg 4mg 22%
Protein 11.12g 0.3g 22%
Vitamin B12 0.43µg 0µg 18%
Sodium 364mg 4mg 16%
Selenium 9.7µg 0.8µg 16%
Calories 98kcal 304kcal 10%
Vitamin B2 0.163mg 0.038mg 10%
Vitamin B5 0.557mg 0.068mg 10%
Saturated fat 1.718g 0g 8%
Calcium 83mg 6mg 8%
Fats 4.3g 0g 7%
Cholesterol 17mg 0mg 6%
Iron 0.07mg 0.42mg 4%
Vitamin A 37µg 0µg 4%
Choline 18.4mg 2.2mg 3%
Folate 12µg 2µg 3%
Manganese 0.002mg 0.08mg 3%
Monounsaturated fat 0.778g 0g 2%
Vitamin B1 0.027mg 0mg 2%
Potassium 104mg 52mg 2%
Vitamin B6 0.046mg 0.024mg 2%
Zinc 0.4mg 0.22mg 2%
Vitamin D 0.1µg 0µg 1%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.123g 0g 1%
Vitamin C 0mg 0.5mg 1%
Magnesium 8mg 2mg 1%
Copper 0.029mg 0.036mg 1%
Fiber 0g 0.2g 1%
Vitamin E 0.08mg 0mg 1%
Net carbs 3.38g 82.2g N/A
Vitamin D 3IU 0IU 0%
Sugar 2.67g 82.12g N/A
Vitamin B3 0.099mg 0.121mg 0%
Tryptophan 0.147mg 0.004mg 0%
Threonine 0.5mg 0.004mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.591mg 0.008mg 0%
Leucine 1.116mg 0.01mg 0%
Lysine 0.934mg 0.008mg 0%
Methionine 0.269mg 0.001mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.577mg 0.011mg 0%
Valine 0.748mg 0.009mg 0%
Histidine 0.326mg 0.001mg 0%

Macronutrient Comparison

Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
11% 4% 3% 80%
Protein: 11.12 g
Fats: 4.3 g
Carbs: 3.38 g
Water: 79.79 g
Other: 1.41 g
Honey
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82% 17%
Protein: 0.3 g
Fats: 0 g
Carbs: 82.4 g
Water: 17.1 g
Other: 0.2 g
Contains more ProteinProtein +3606.7%
Contains more FatsFats +∞%
Contains more WaterWater +366.6%
Contains more OtherOther +605%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +2337.9%

Carbohydrate type comparison

Carbohydrate type breakdown side-by-side comparison
100%
Starch: 0 g
Sucrose: 0 g
Glucose: 0 g
Fructose: 0 g
Lactose: 2.67 g
Maltose: 0 g
Galactose: 0 g
Honey
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44% 50% 2% 4%
Starch: 0 g
Sucrose: 0.89 g
Glucose: 35.75 g
Fructose: 40.94 g
Lactose: 0 g
Maltose: 1.44 g
Galactose: 3.1 g
Contains more LactoseLactose +∞%
Contains more SucroseSucrose +∞%
Contains more GlucoseGlucose +∞%
Contains more FructoseFructose +∞%
Contains more MaltoseMaltose +∞%
Contains more GalactoseGalactose +∞%
~equal in Starch ~0g

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References

All the values for which the sources are not specified explicitly are taken from FDA’s Food Central. The exact link to the food presented on this page can be found below.

  1. Cottage cheese - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/172179/nutrients
  2. Honey - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/169640/nutrients

All the Daily Values are presented for males aged 31-50, for 2000-calorie diets.

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