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Taco salad vs. Cottage cheese — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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A recap on differences between taco salad and cottage cheese

  • Taco salad has more iron, copper, zinc, folate, manganese, and vitamin B3; however, cottage cheese is higher in selenium and phosphorus.
  • Cottage cheese covers your daily selenium needs 14% more than taco salad.
  • Cottage cheese contains 84 times less manganese than taco salad. Taco salad contains 0.167mg of manganese, while cottage cheese contains 0.002mg.
  • Cottage cheese has less saturated fat.

Food varieties used in this article are Fast foods, taco salad and Cheese, cottage, creamed, large or small curd.

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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 19% 29% 19% 43% 38% 37% 31% 50% 22% 12%
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%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +225%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +16.9%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +101.9%
Contains more IronIron +1542.9%
Contains more CopperCopper +289.7%
Contains more ZincZinc +240%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +8250%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +120.8%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium +340.9%
~equal in Sodium ~364mg

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 6% 0% 0% 0% 13% 42% 23% 41% 25% 40% 0% 32% 13%
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%
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +85.2%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +1152.5%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +22.1%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +139.1%
Contains more FolateFolate +250%
Contains more CholineCholine +26.6%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12 +34.4%
~equal in Vitamin B2 ~0.163mg
~equal in Vitamin K ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Taco salad Cottage cheese DV% diff.
Iron 1.15mg 0.07mg 14%
Selenium 2.2µg 9.7µg 14%
Phosphorus 72mg 159mg 12%
Protein 6.68g 11.12g 9%
Zinc 1.36mg 0.4mg 9%
Copper 0.113mg 0.029mg 9%
Saturated fat 3.446g 1.718g 8%
Folate 42µg 12µg 8%
Vitamin B3 1.24mg 0.099mg 7%
Manganese 0.167mg 0.002mg 7%
Vitamin B12 0.32µg 0.43µg 5%
Vitamin B6 0.11mg 0.046mg 5%
Monounsaturated fat 2.606g 0.778g 5%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.883g 0.123g 5%
Fats 7.46g 4.3g 5%
Magnesium 26mg 8mg 4%
Vitamin A 37µg 4%
Carbs 11.91g 3.38g 3%
Potassium 210mg 104mg 3%
Vitamin B5 0.68mg 0.557mg 2%
Vitamin B1 0.05mg 0.027mg 2%
Calories 141kcal 98kcal 2%
Vitamin C 1.8mg 0mg 2%
Cholesterol 22mg 17mg 2%
Choline 23.3mg 18.4mg 1%
Vitamin B2 0.18mg 0.163mg 1%
Vitamin D 0.1µg 1%
Calcium 97mg 83mg 1%
Sodium 385mg 364mg 1%
Vitamin E 0.08mg 1%
Net carbs 11.91g 3.38g N/A
Vitamin D 3IU 0%
Sugar 2.67g N/A
Tryptophan 0.075mg 0.147mg 0%
Threonine 0.254mg 0.5mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.311mg 0.591mg 0%
Leucine 0.549mg 1.116mg 0%
Lysine 0.486mg 0.934mg 0%
Methionine 0.145mg 0.269mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.277mg 0.577mg 0%
Valine 0.343mg 0.748mg 0%
Histidine 0.201mg 0.326mg 0%

Macronutrient Comparison

Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
7% 7% 12% 72%
Protein: 6.68 g
Fats: 7.46 g
Carbs: 11.91 g
Water: 72.35 g
Other: 1.6 g
11% 4% 3% 80%
Protein: 11.12 g
Fats: 4.3 g
Carbs: 3.38 g
Water: 79.79 g
Other: 1.41 g
Contains more FatsFats +73.5%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +252.4%
Contains more OtherOther +13.5%
Contains more ProteinProtein +66.5%
Contains more WaterWater +10.3%

Fat Type Comparison

Fat type breakdown side-by-side comparison
50% 38% 13%
Saturated fat: Sat. Fat 3.446 g
Monounsaturated fat: Mono. Fat 2.606 g
Polyunsaturated fat: Poly. Fat 0.883 g
66% 30% 5%
Saturated fat: Sat. Fat 1.718 g
Monounsaturated fat: Mono. Fat 0.778 g
Polyunsaturated fat: Poly. Fat 0.123 g
Contains more Mono. FatMonounsaturated fat +235%
Contains more Poly. FatPolyunsaturated fat +617.9%
Contains less Sat. FatSaturated fat -50.1%

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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

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

Data provided by FoodStruct.com should be considered and used as information only. Please consult your physician before beginning any diet.