Rib eye steak vs. Cottage cheese — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are rib eye steak and cottage cheese different?

Rib eye steak has more vitamin B12, zinc, selenium, vitamin B6, vitamin B3, iron, and vitamin B2 than cottage cheese.
Daily need coverage for vitamin B12 for rib eye steak is 70% higher.
Rib eye steak contains 50 times more vitamin B3 than cottage cheese. While rib eye steak contains 4.908mg of vitamin B3, cottage cheese contains only 0.099mg.
Cottage cheese has less saturated fat.

Beef, rib eye steak, boneless, lip-on, separable lean, and fat, trimmed to 1/8" fat, all grades, cooked, grilled and Cheese, cottage, creamed, large or small curd are the varieties 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.

Rib eye steak

Cottage cheese

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+175%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+150%
Contains more IronIron	+3100%
Contains more CopperCopper	+175.9%
Contains more ZincZinc	+1377.5%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-85.2%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+3900%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+206.2%

Contains more CalciumCalcium

+654.5%

~equal in Phosphorus ~159mg

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.

Rib eye steak

Cottage cheese

Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+25%
Contains more Vitamin DVitamin D	+100%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+163%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+76.1%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+4857.6%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+937%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+388.4%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+∞%
Contains more CholineCholine	+165.2%

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+362.5%
Contains more FolateFolate	+100%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin B5 ~0.557mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Vitamin B12	2.1µg	0.43µg	70%
Zinc	5.91mg	0.4mg	50%
Saturated fat	9.684g	1.718g	36%
Selenium	29.7µg	9.7µg	36%
Vitamin B6	0.477mg	0.046mg	33%
Vitamin B3	4.908mg	0.099mg	30%
Fats	21.81g	4.3g	27%
Iron	2.24mg	0.07mg	27%
Protein	23.69g	11.12g	25%
Monounsaturated fat	10.519g	0.778g	24%
Cholesterol	80mg	17mg	21%
Sodium	54mg	364mg	13%
Vitamin B2	0.287mg	0.163mg	10%
Calories	291kcal	98kcal	10%
Calcium	11mg	83mg	7%
Choline	48.8mg	18.4mg	6%
Polyunsaturated fat	1.027g	0.123g	6%
Copper	0.08mg	0.029mg	6%
Potassium	260mg	104mg	5%
Vitamin B1	0.071mg	0.027mg	4%
Vitamin A	8µg	37µg	3%
Manganese	0.08mg	0.002mg	3%
Magnesium	22mg	8mg	3%
Folate	6µg	12µg	2%
Phosphorus	152mg	159mg	1%
Vitamin D	0.2µg	0.1µg	1%
Carbs	0g	3.38g	1%
Vitamin D	7IU	3IU	1%
Vitamin K	1.6µg	0µg	1%
Net carbs	0g	3.38g	N/A
Sugar	0g	2.67g	N/A
Vitamin E	0.1mg	0.08mg	0%
Vitamin B5	0.536mg	0.557mg	0%
Trans fat	1.478g		N/A
Tryptophan	0.265mg	0.147mg	0%
Threonine	1.116mg	0.5mg	0%
Isoleucine	1.103mg	0.591mg	0%
Leucine	2.041mg	1.116mg	0%
Lysine	2.269mg	0.934mg	0%
Methionine	0.641mg	0.269mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.95mg	0.577mg	0%
Valine	1.184mg	0.748mg	0%
Histidine	0.888mg	0.326mg	0%
Omega-3 - EPA	0.001g	0g	N/A
Omega-3 - DHA	0.001g	0g	N/A
Omega-3 - ALA	0.038g		N/A
Omega-3 - DPA	0.014g	0g	N/A
Omega-6 - Dihomo-gamma-linoleic acid	0.024g		N/A
Omega-6 - Eicosadienoic acid	0.005g		N/A
Omega-6 - Linoleic acid	0.7g		N/A