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Lactaid Cottage Cheese

By: Ellen | Oct 8, 2009

We take our cottage cheese taste pretty seriously around here. So far, only Breakstone's Live Active Cottage Cheese has received a decent rating, while Nancy's Cultured Cottage Cheese and South Beach Diet Low Fat Cottage Cheese Cups have been disappointing. How would Lactaid Cottage Cheese fare? The bright aqua of the container was visually appealing, and I loved the fat that it had some satiating fat (1%) while still only having 80 calories per serving.

So how does it taste? Excellent! This cottage cheese is creamy and rich, with more liquid than the Friendship Whipped Cottage Cheese that I tried recently (a definite bonus from my perspective). It has an amazing flavor - not overpowering but not bland.

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Rachel's Roasted Red Pepper Cottage Cheese

By: Ellen | Oct 7, 2009

I keep seeing Rachel's Cottage Cheese in stores, and I was so curious about the various flavors - Roasted Red Pepper, Pomegranate Orange Cranberry - that I had to try one. I was in the mood for something savory instead of sweet, so I opted for the Roasted Red Pepper flavor, after all, Rachel's describes this as where, "The robust richness of roasted red peppers and a fresh hint of citrus come together in savory cottage cheese."

I was a bit skeptical about the red pepper and citrus combination, but I opened the container to see what I was in for. The first thing I noticed was that the cup wasn't nearly full. Sure, each serving is 5 ounces - so why do they put it in a 6-ounce cup? Second, I was greeted by a somewhat liquid-y cottage cheese flecked with red peppers. It actually smelled a lot like pizza (I think it was the combination of cheese and peppers), so I was excited. I pulled out my spoon and dug in.

The taste was ... strange. I liked it enough at first (the taste too reminded me a little bit of pizza), but after a while it really got to me. The pepper flavor was pretty overwhelming in a strange, sweet way, and the citrus was barely detectable but definitely present. I was also disappointed by the texture - I prefer a chunkier, less liquid, cottage cheese (but not too dry either).

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Friendship All Natural 1% Whipped Cottage Cheese

By: Ellen | Oct 7, 2009

I've recently gotten back into cottage cheese for many reasons: the protein, the calcium, the portability, and the taste! When I came across Friendship All Natural 1% Whipped Cottage Cheese on sale for just $0.99 cents for a 16-ounce container at the grocery store, I couldn't believe it - and I couldn't resist. An added bonus was that this cottage cheese is supposed to be "spreadable" according to the label. I've heard that it can be used as a cream cheese substitute, but I was dubious. I opened the package to see how it would compare.

When I dug in, I found that the cream cheese was much drier than expected. I'm used to a creamy, somewhat more liquid-y cottage cheese, but this was definitely whipped and lighter. It could possibly double as a spread, but I'll stick to cream cheese for topping my bagels. As for the taste, this wasn't my favorite. Despite the hefty 15% of the daily value for sodium per serving, this tasted somewhat bland.

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South Beach Diet Low Fat Cottage Cheese Cups

By: Lizabeth | May 19, 2008

I love to buy certain things in individual portions. Yes, it's usually cheaper to buy in a larger container and transfer it to tupperware/ bag/ whatever you have, but sometimes it's just really convenient to have a single-serving in a disposable cup that you don't have to worry about leaving at work. Cottage cheese is one of those things that I like having small individual containers of - less mess.

South Beach Diet (now called South Beach Living) has released several kinds of cottage cheese flavors, sold in 4 ounce servings. I'm afraid to say that the individual portioning of their Low-fat Plain Cottage Cheese is its only good selling point. The cheese itself does have a nice creamy taste, but it's terribly dry. After taking a bite, I actually mixed some buttermilk into my cup and let it soak in before finishing it. That improved the texture, but removed any convenience that the cups toted. The curds themselves were also very randomly sized; some were mere fragments, others half-inch chunks. I was just really disappointed with this product.

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Breakstone's Live Active Cottage Cheese

By: Ann H | Jul 24, 2007

I am a firm believer in the power of including pre- and probiotics and healthy bacteria in the diet to help keep my digestive system happy by promoting the growth of good intestinal bacteria and also to keep myself "regular." I usually get my daily dose in the form of yogurt, especially Dannon Activia, but as I was doing my g-shopping a few weeks ago, I came across the new Live Active Cottage Cheese by Breakstone's.

Breakstone's website says, "The 3 grams of prebiotic dietary in every serving of LiveActive Cottage Cheese provide a convenient and delicious way to help support a healthy digestive system." That's great, but I am really picky about my cottage cheese; it can't be too runny, too mushy or too tart, so I was anxious about the taste. I need not have worried because The Live Active cottage cheese was a winner in all of these areas. The texture was nice and firm, yet still held some creaminess, it didn't have that nasty runny yellow juice that is sometimes found in other cottage cheeses, and the flavor was creamy but had a pleasant subtle tart flavor.

I prefer to "gussy up" my cottage cheese by adding some healthy mix-ins rather than eating it plain. My favorite thing to do with the cottage cheese is mix in a tablespoon of sunflower seeds, cut up a granny smith apple into wedges, and dip them in my cottage cheese and seeds. Nutritious and delicious!

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Nancy's Cultured Cottage Cheese

By: Caroline Yoder | Jun 1, 2007

As a vegetarian, I am often in search of an alternative source of protein. Meat alternatives such as veggie burgers and "faux" meat products usually provide sufficient amounts, but also often carry a hefty price tag. Cottage cheese is usually the food that I turn to when I want to add a reasonably priced, good source of protein. We are talking a whopping 12 -14 grams of protein per half cup! And it does double duty because it can function as a snack or you can use it in your cooking - it helps thicken up protein shakes and smoothies.

When I stumbled upon Nancy's Cultured Cottage Cheese on sale a few months ago at Whole Foods, I was excited to try it because this particular brand adds a little something extra to the mix. It is "slowly cultured with L. acidophilus, B. bifidum and four strains of lactic cultures, to develop its unique old-fashioned tangy character." So basically this cottage cheese is an attempt to incorporate yogurt's health benefits into another form of dairy. A superstar hybrid of yogurt and cottage cheese would be a welcome addition to my diet, filling in many nutritional gaps.

Unfortunately, my hopes for a yummy nutritional powerhouse turned out to be a sour tasting tub of goop. The texture was liquidy, and the taste was reminiscent of a horrible past experience with expired milk. In fact, I checked and rechecked the expiration date and made sure that my refrigerator was still functional. I even purchased a second tub, thinking that perhaps I had sampled a tainted batch. My investigation confirmed that this cottage cheese just tasted funky, plain and simple.

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