View Full Version : Cottage cheese ingredients.


meridian7
Tue, January 16th, 2007, 08:38 AM
I went shopping for some cottage cheese in the nearest supermarket. I've only found one brand, the problem is that there are no nutrition facts whatsoever written on it and I'm not sure whether it's right for me or not. So I'll just write to you the ingredients and exactly what is written on it and you tell me if it's good or bad. I'm currently cutting by the way.

INGREDIENTS: Milk powder, milk fat, water, culture, stabilizer E471, E401,E307,E304,E472C,E552
MIN CONTENT: 18% non fat solids, 4% milk fat.

Also, on the side "4% FAT" is written. Now 4% fat CC would be fine by me because this is probably one of the few brands I'm going to find (I don't live in the US), but I don't really trust them so help me here.

I tried looking up their website but unfortunately it's down.

Do you think I should keep it or throw it away?

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I'm gonna ask about oats as well, I posted this before and didn't get a response, I figure this is the right place for me to ask.

I looked around in the kitchen for some oats and all I could find is Quaker "quick cooking" White Oats.

here are the values:

per 100g:
protein 11g
carbs 60g
of which sugars 1.1g
fat 8g
of which saturates 1.5g

I know that this is kinda of a stupid question, but I'm really not familiar with oats and I'm not quite sure if there differences between brands and such.

NEdge
Tue, January 16th, 2007, 11:07 AM
Both look fine to me. Unless you are super-anti 'E', the fact that the CC has no added salt is the type I prefer.

Quick oats are just a bit more processed (semi-cooked) and will be digested more quickly than regular rolled or steel cut oats. Nutritionally they are fine. I think if you check the Quacker web site they have the info on the difference between these and regular oats. It's the flavored oats (i.e. lots of added sugar, that you probably want to stear clear of).

They may not be as good as fibrous veg or sweet potato as far as a slow-digesting carb is concerend, but would be good pre or post workout and probably for breakfast, although personally I don't go for the fast digesting meal at breakfast (i.e. oats+whey is not a good breakfast for me).

meridian7
Tue, January 16th, 2007, 11:17 AM
The CC actually tastes pretty good! I'm only worried about too much fat for my diet. I'm glad you think it's fine, if anyone else thinks so too please confirm:nod:

As for oats, I didn't know the difference and I thank you for clearing that out:)

I will just jump to the supermarket and get me a regular rolled oats.

Does anyone have a website where I can find recipes for making good oatmeal for breakfast:eat:? I'm currently searching the forums, they seem to be scattered everywhere.