Ever wonder how your favorite foods stack up against each other in terms of nutrition?
We compared the nutritional contents of
potato starch
versus
cottage cheese
(100g each)
below using 2020 USDA and NIH data[1].
For a quick recap of significant nutrients and differences in potato starch and cottage cheese:
Potato starch is high in calories and cottage cheese has 71% less calories than potato starch - cottage cheese has 98 calories per 100 grams and potato starch has 333 calories.
For macronutrient ratios, potato starch is much lighter in protein, much heavier in carbs and much lighter in fat compared to cottage cheese per calorie. Potato starch has a macronutrient ratio of 0:100:0 and for cottage cheese, 46:14:40 for protein, carbohydrates and fat from calories.
Macro Ratios from Calories:
| Potato Starch | Cottage Cheese | |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | ~ | 46% |
| Carbohydrates | 100% | 14% |
| Fat | ~ | 40% |
| Alcohol | ~ | ~ |
Potato starch is high in carbohydrates and cottage cheese has 96% less carbohydrates than potato starch - cottage cheese has 3.4g of total carbs per 100 grams and potato starch has 83.3g of carbohydrates.
Potato starch has less sugar than cottage cheese - cottage cheese has 2.7g of sugar per 100 grams and potato starch does not contain significant amounts.
Cottage cheese is a great source of protein and it has more protein than potato starch - cottage cheese has 11.1g of protein per 100 grams and potato starch does not contain significant amounts.
Potato starch has less saturated fat than cottage cheese - cottage cheese has 1.7g of saturated fat per 100 grams and potato starch does not contain significant amounts.
Potato starch has less cholesterol than cottage cheese - cottage cheese has 17mg of cholesterol per 100 grams and potato starch does not contain significant amounts.
Cottage cheese has more Vitamin A than potato starch - cottage cheese has 37ug of Vitamin A per 100 grams and potato starch does not contain significant amounts.
Cottage cheese and potato starch contain similar amounts of Vitamin D - cottage cheese has 3iu of Vitamin D per 100 grams and potato starch does not contain significant amounts.
Cottage cheese and potato starch contain similar amounts of Vitamin E - cottage cheese has 0.08mg of Vitamin E per 100 grams and potato starch does not contain significant amounts.
Cottage cheese has more thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, pantothenic acid, Vitamin B6, folate and Vitamin B12.
| Potato Starch | Cottage Cheese | |
|---|---|---|
| Thiamin | ~ | 0.027 MG |
| Riboflavin | ~ | 0.163 MG |
| Niacin | ~ | 0.099 MG |
| Pantothenic acid | ~ | 0.557 MG |
| Vitamin B6 | ~ | 0.046 MG |
| Folate | ~ | 12 UG |
| Vitamin B12 | ~ | 0.43 UG |
Cottage cheese is an excellent source of calcium and it has more calcium than potato starch - cottage cheese has 83mg of calcium per 100 grams and potato starch does not contain significant amounts.
Cottage cheese and potato starch contain similar amounts of iron - cottage cheese has 0.07mg of iron per 100 grams and potato starch does not contain significant amounts.
Cottage cheese has more potassium than potato starch - cottage cheese has 104mg of potassium per 100 grams and potato starch does not contain significant amounts.
The comparison below is by common portions, e.g. cups, packages. You can also see a more concrete comparison by weight at equal weight (by grams) comparison.
Note: The specific food items compared are: Potato Starch (POTATO STARCH) and Cottage Cheese (Cheese, cottage, creamed, large or small curd) .
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5% | carbohydrates | 5% |
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5% | dietary fiber | 5% |
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5% | total fat | 5% |
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5% | saturated fat | 5% |
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| G | 5% | monounsaturated fat | 5% | G | |||
| G | 5% | polyunsaturated fat | 5% | G | |||
| G | 5% | trans fat | 5% | G | |||
| MG | 5% | cholesterol | 5% | MG | |||
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5% | Vitamin A | 5% |
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5% | Vitamin C | 5% |
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5% | Vitamin D | 5% |
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5% | calcium | 5% |
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5% | thiamin (Vit B1) | 5% |
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5% | riboflavin (Vit B2) | 5% |
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5% | niacin (Vit B3) | 5% |
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5% | Vitamin B6 | 5% |
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5% | pantothenic acid (Vit B5) | 5% |
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5% | folate (Vit B9) | 5% |
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5% | Vitamin B12 | 5% |
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5% | Vitamin E | 5% |
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5% | protein | 5% |
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5% | biotin (Vit B7) | 5% |
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5% | choline | 5% |
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5% | chlorine | 5% |
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5% | chromium | 5% |
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5% | copper | 5% |
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5% | fluoride | 5% |
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5% | iodine | 5% |
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5% | manganese | 5% |
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5% | molybdenum | 5% |
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5% | phosphorus | 5% |
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5% | selenium | 5% |
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5% | zinc | 5% |
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| G | 5% | Water | 5% | G | |||
| G | 5% | Starch | 5% | G | |||
| G | 5% | Alcohol | 5% | G | |||