Cottage cheese vs. Turkey meat — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are cottage cheese and turkey meat different?

Turkey meat is higher than cottage cheese in vitamin B3, vitamin B6, selenium, vitamin B12, zinc, iron, choline, and phosphorus.
Turkey meat covers your daily need for vitamin B3, 59% more than cottage cheese.
Cottage cheese contains 4 times more sodium than turkey meat. Cottage cheese contains 364mg of sodium, while turkey meat contains 103mg.

Cheese, cottage, creamed, large or small curd and Turkey, whole, meat, and skin, cooked, roasted 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.

Cottage cheese

Turkey meat

Contains more CalciumCalcium

+492.9%

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+275%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+129.8%
Contains more IronIron	+1457.1%
Contains more CopperCopper	+220.7%
Contains more ZincZinc	+520%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+40.3%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-71.7%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+600%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+207.2%

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.

Cottage cheese

Turkey meat

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+208.3%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+14.3%
Contains more FolateFolate	+33.3%

Contains more Vitamin DVitamin D	+300%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+66.7%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+72.4%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+9569.7%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+70.2%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+1239.1%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+137.2%
Contains more CholineCholine	+375%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin K ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Vitamin B3	0.099mg	9.573mg	59%
Vitamin B6	0.046mg	0.616mg	44%
Selenium	9.7µg	29.8µg	37%
Protein	11.12g	28.55g	35%
Cholesterol	17mg	109mg	31%
Vitamin B12	0.43µg	1.02µg	25%
Zinc	0.4mg	2.48mg	19%
Polyunsaturated fat	0.123g	2.119g	13%
Choline	18.4mg	87.4mg	13%
Iron	0.07mg	1.09mg	13%
Sodium	364mg	103mg	11%
Phosphorus	159mg	223mg	9%
Vitamin B2	0.163mg	0.281mg	9%
Vitamin B5	0.557mg	0.948mg	8%
Copper	0.029mg	0.093mg	7%
Calcium	83mg	14mg	7%
Monounsaturated fat	0.778g	2.647g	5%
Calories	98kcal	189kcal	5%
Fats	4.3g	7.39g	5%
Magnesium	8mg	30mg	5%
Potassium	104mg	239mg	4%
Vitamin A	37µg	12µg	3%
Vitamin D	0.1µg	0.4µg	2%
Vitamin B1	0.027mg	0.045mg	2%
Vitamin D	3IU	15IU	2%
Saturated fat	1.718g	2.155g	2%
Manganese	0.002mg	0.014mg	1%
Folate	12µg	9µg	1%
Carbs	3.38g	0.06g	1%
Net carbs	3.38g	0.06g	N/A
Sugar	2.67g	0g	N/A
Vitamin E	0.08mg	0.07mg	0%
Trans fat		0.101g	N/A
Tryptophan	0.147mg	0.291mg	0%
Threonine	0.5mg	1.004mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.591mg	0.796mg	0%
Leucine	1.116mg	1.925mg	0%
Lysine	0.934mg	2.282mg	0%
Methionine	0.269mg	0.724mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.577mg	0.903mg	0%
Valine	0.748mg	0.902mg	0%
Histidine	0.326mg	0.749mg	0%
Omega-3 - EPA	0g	0.008g	N/A
Omega-3 - DHA	0g	0.005g	N/A
Omega-3 - ALA		0.105g	N/A
Omega-3 - DPA	0g	0.008g	N/A
Omega-3 - Eicosatrienoic acid		0.001g	N/A
Omega-6 - Gamma-linoleic acid		0.003g	N/A
Omega-6 - Dihomo-gamma-linoleic acid		0.01g	N/A
Omega-6 - Eicosadienoic acid		0.014g	N/A
Omega-6 - Linoleic acid		1.841g	N/A