Cottage cheese vs Mascarpone cheese: Which Has More Calories?

Per 100 g, Cottage cheese has 98 kcal and Mascarpone cheese has 429 kcal, so Cottage cheese has 77% fewer calories.

Cottage cheese has more protein (11.1 g vs 3.57 g). Mascarpone cheese has more fat (42.9 g vs 4.3 g). Relative to calories, Cottage cheese is the better protein source (11.3 g vs 0.83 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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Total Fat g
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Cholesterol mg
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Vitaminium C mg
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Iron 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.
Mascarpone
Serving size:
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tablespoon (28g)teaspoon (9g)cup (120g)half cup (60g)
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0%
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0%
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0%
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0%
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0%
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Protein g
0%
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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 Mascarpone 100g Compare

per 100g Cottage cheese Mascarpone cheese
Calories 98 429
Carbohydrates 3.38 g 3.57 g
Fat 4.3 g 42.86 g
Protein 11.12 g 3.57 g
Calcium 83 mg 143 mg
Sodium 315 mg 54 mg
Vitaminium A 140 IU 1786 IU

Less Calories in Cottage cheese

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

Cottage cheese has 98 kcal per 100g and mascarpone 429 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 338%.

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

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

Cottage cheese 100g

98kcal

Calories source

  • 14% CARBS.
  • 46% PROTEIN
  • 40% FAT
Cottage cheese calories per:
100g | ounce | single piece | tablespoon | teaspoon | cup | half cup

Mascarpone cheese 100g

429kcal

Calories source

  • 3% CARBS
  • 3% PROTEIN
  • 93% FAT
Mascarpone cheese calories per:
100g | ounce | tablespoon | teaspoon | cup | half cup

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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.