Cottage cheese vs Margarine: Which Has More Calories?


Per 100 g, Cottage cheese has 98 kcal and Margarine has 717 kcal, so Cottage cheese has 86% fewer calories.

Cottage cheese has more protein (11.1 g vs 0.16 g). Margarine has more fat (80.7 g vs 4.3 g). Cottage cheese has more carbohydrates (3.38 g vs 0.7 g). Relative to calories, Cottage cheese is the better protein source (11.3 g vs 0.02 g of protein per 100 kcal).

Cottage cheese - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition
Cottage cheese - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Cottage Cheese
Serving size:
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one cottage cheese (200g)tablespoon (14g)teaspoon (5g)cup (226g)half cup (113g)
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Amount Per Serving:
Calories

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Total Fat g
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Cholesterol mg
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Sodium mg
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Total Carbohydrates g
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Dietary Fiber g
0%

Sugars g

Protein g
0%

Vitaminium C mg
0%

Calcium mg
0%

Iron mg
0%

Potassium mg
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* The % Daily Value (DV) shows how much a nutrient in one serving of food contributes to your total daily diet. A 2000-calorie daily intake is used as a general guideline for nutrition advice.
Margarine
Serving size:
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tablespoon (18g)teaspoon (9g)cup (225g)half cup (112.5g)
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Total Fat g
0%

Cholesterol mg
0%

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Total Carbohydrates g
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Dietary Fiber g
0%

Sugars g

Protein g
0%

Vitaminium C mg
0%

Calcium mg
0%

Iron mg
0%

Potassium mg
0%

* The % Daily Value (DV) shows how much a nutrient in one serving of food contributes to your total daily diet. A 2000-calorie daily intake is used as a general guideline for nutrition advice.

Cottage Cheese vs Margarine 100g Compare


per 100gCottage cheeseMargarine
Calories98 717
Carbohydrates3.38 g0.7 g
Fat4.3 g80.71 g
Protein11.12 g0.16 g
Water79.79 g16.52 g
Calcium83 mg3 mg
Iron0.07 mg0.06 mg
Magnessium8 mg3 mg
Phosphorus0.1 mg93 mg
Potassium104 mg18 mg
Sodium315 mg2 mg
Zink0.1 mg93 mg
Vitaminium A140 IU3577 IU
Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine)0.027 mg0.01 mg
Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin)0.163 mg0.037 mg
Vitaminium B3 (Niacin)0.099 mg0.023 mg
Vitaminium B60.046 mg0.009 mg
Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid)0.012 µg0.001 µg
Vitaminium E0.08 mg9 mg

Less Calories in Cottage cheese

At first glance, you can see that in cottage cheese is much less calories than in margarine.

Cottage cheese has 98 kcal per 100g and margarine 717 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 632%.

Additionally, it is also easy to notice that most of the calories in cottage cheese comes from protein and in margarine from fat.

See tables below to compare cottage cheese with margarine in details.

Cottage cheese 100g

98kcal

Calories source

  • 14% CARBS.
  • 46% PROTEIN
  • 40% FAT

Margarine 100g

717kcal

Calories source

  • 0% CARBS
  • 0% PROTEIN
  • 100% FAT

About the data

Nutrition values on this page are given per 100 g of the food and are based on the official United States Department of Agriculture FoodData Central database. The exact record used for each food is linked under the tables.

Marcin Piotrowicz – calories-info.com creator · Healthy diet and healthy lifestyle promoter. The information is for general purposes and is not medical or dietary advice.