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

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How are turkey meat and cottage cheese 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.
Turkey meat contains 16 times more iron than cottage cheese. Turkey meat contains 1.09mg of iron, while cottage cheese contains 0.07mg.
Cottage cheese is lower in cholesterol.

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

Turkey meat

Cottage cheese

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%

Contains more CalciumCalcium

+492.9%

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.

Turkey meat

Cottage cheese

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%

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

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin K ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

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