Sour cream vs. Cottage cheese — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Significant differences between sour cream and cottage cheese

Sour cream has more fats, vitamin A, vitamin B2, and calcium; however, cottage cheese is richer in phosphorus, selenium, and protein.
Sour cream covers your daily saturated fat needs 35% more than cottage cheese.
Cottage cheese has 3 times less fats than sour cream. Sour cream has 14.1g of fats, while cottage cheese has 4.3g.
Cottage cheese contains less saturated fat.

Specific food types used in this comparison are Sour cream, reduced fat and Cheese, cottage, creamed, large or small curd.

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Mineral Comparison

The mineral comparison score is based on which food has a more favorable amount of each mineral. The �coverage� charts below show how much of the daily mineral needs are covered by the selected amount of each food.

Sour cream

Cottage cheese

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+37.5%
Contains more CalciumCalcium	+69.9%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+102.9%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-80.8%

Contains more IronIron	+16.7%
Contains more CopperCopper	+190%
Contains more ZincZinc	+48.1%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+87.1%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+∞%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+136.6%

Vitamin Comparison

The vitamin comparison score is based on the number of vitamins in which one food is richer than the other. The �coverage� charts below show how much of the daily vitamin needs are covered by the selected amount of each food.

Sour cream

Cottage cheese

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin DVitamin D	+200%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+221.6%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+400%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+48.1%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+47.2%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+∞%

Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+41.4%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+130%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+43.3%

~equal in Folate ~12µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Saturated fat	8.7g	1.718g	32%
Fats	14.1g	4.3g	15%
Sodium	70mg	364mg	13%
Phosphorus	85mg	159mg	11%
Vitamin B5		0.557mg	11%
Selenium	4.1µg	9.7µg	10%
Vitamin A	119µg	37µg	9%
Protein	7g	11.12g	8%
Monounsaturated fat	4.1g	0.778g	8%
Cholesterol	35mg	17mg	6%
Calcium	141mg	83mg	6%
Vitamin B2	0.24mg	0.163mg	6%
Vitamin B12	0.3µg	0.43µg	5%
Calories	181kcal	98kcal	4%
Potassium	211mg	104mg	3%
Polyunsaturated fat	0.5g	0.123g	3%
Copper	0.01mg	0.029mg	2%
Vitamin E	0.4mg	0.08mg	2%
Vitamin B6	0.02mg	0.046mg	2%
Vitamin C	0.9mg	0mg	1%
Carbs	7g	3.38g	1%
Vitamin D*	10 IU	3 IU	1%
Vitamin D	0.3µg	0.1µg	1%
Magnesium	11mg	8mg	1%
Zinc	0.27mg	0.4mg	1%
Vitamin B1	0.04mg	0.027mg	1%
Vitamin K	0.7µg	0µg	1%
Protein per 100 calories	3.9g	11g	N/A
Calories per 10 g protein	259kcal	88kcal	N/A
Weight per 100 calories	55g	102g	N/A
Unsaturated / Saturated Fat ratio	0.53	0.52	N/A
Net carbs	7g	3.38g	N/A
Iron	0.06mg	0.07mg	0%
Sugar	0.3g	2.67g	N/A
Manganese		0.002mg	0%
Vitamin B3	0.07mg	0.099mg	0%
Folate	11µg	12µg	0%
Choline	19.2mg	18.4mg	0%
Tryptophan		0.147mg	0%
Threonine		0.5mg	0%
Isoleucine		0.591mg	0%
Leucine		1.116mg	0%
Lysine		0.934mg	0%
Methionine		0.269mg	0%
Phenylalanine		0.577mg	0%
Valine		0.748mg	0%
Histidine		0.326mg	0%