Cottage cheese vs Tofu: Which Has More Calories?


Per 100 g, Cottage cheese has 98 kcal and Tofu has 76 kcal, so Tofu has 22% fewer calories.

Cottage cheese has more protein (11.1 g vs 8.08 g). Cottage cheese has more carbohydrates (3.38 g vs 1.87 g). Relative to calories, Cottage cheese is the better protein source (11.3 g vs 10.6 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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* 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.
Tofu
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tablespoon (20g)teaspoon (7g)slice (30g)cup (200g)half cup (100g)
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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.

Cottage Cheese vs Tofu 100g Compare


per 100gCottage cheeseTofu
Calories98 76
Carbohydrates3.38 g1.87 g
Fat4.3 g4.78 g
Protein11.12 g8.08 g
Water79.79 g84.55 g
Calcium83 mg350 mg
Iron0.07 mg5.36 mg
Magnessium8 mg30 mg
Potassium104 mg121 mg
Sodium315 mg7 mg
Vitaminium A140 IU85 IU
Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine)0.027 mg0.081 mg
Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin)0.163 mg0.052 mg
Vitaminium B3 (Niacin)0.099 mg0.195 mg
Vitaminium B60.046 mg0.047 mg
Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid)0.012 µg0.015 µg
Vitaminium E0.08 mg0.01 mg

More Calories in Cottage cheese

At first glance, you can see that in cottage cheese is more calories than in tofu.

Cottage cheese has 98 kcal per 100g and tofu 76 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 29%.

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

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

Cottage cheese 100g

98kcal

Calories source

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

Tofu 100g

76kcal

Calories source

  • 9% CARBS
  • 39% PROTEIN
  • 52% 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.