Dairy Ingredients for Food Processing

Table 16.9. Nutrient content of 100 g of unripened fresh cheeses used as ingredients.

Nutrients and units Cottage cheese,

creamed, 4% fat

Cottage cheese,

low - fat, 1% fat

Cream

cheese

Cream cheese,

low - fat

Ricotta,

whole milk

Ricotta,

part - skim

National Database no. 01012 01016 01017 43274 01036 01037

Weight, g 100 100 100 100 100 100

% Moisture 79.79 82.48 54.44 66.72 71.70 74.41

Energy, kcal 98 72 342 201 174 138

Energy, kJ 412 303 1431 843 728 578

Protein, g 11.12 12.39 5.93 7.85 11.26 11.39

Fat, g 4.30 1.02 34.24 15.28 12.98 7.91

Saturated fatty acids, g 1.718 0.645 19.292 9.098 8.295 4.927

Monounsaturated fatty acids, g 0.778 0.291 8.62 3.996 3.627 2.314

Polyunsaturated fatty acids, g 0.123 0.031 1.437 0.658 0.385 0.260

Cholesterol, mg 17 4 110 54 51 31

Carbohydrate, g 3.38 2.72 4.07 8.13 3.04 5.14

Dietary fi ber, g 0 0 0 0 0 0

Calcium, mg 83 61 98 148 207 272

Iron, mg 0.03 0.14 0.38 0.17 0.38 0.44

Magnesium, mg 8 5 9 8 11 15

Phosphorus, mg 159 134 106 152 158 183

Potassium, mg 104 86 138 247 105 125

Sodium, mg 364 406 321 470 84 125

Zinc, mg 0.40 0.38 0.51 0.57 1.16 1.34

Copper, mg 0.029 0.028 0.019 0.032 0.021 0.034

Manganese, mg 0.002 0.003 0.011 0.011 0.006 0.010

Selenium, μ g 9.7 9.0 2.4 4.0 14.5 16.7

Vitamin C, mg 0 0 0 0 0 0

Thiamin, mg 0.027 0.021 0.020 0.040 0.013 0.021

Ribofl avin, mg 0.163 0.165 0.125 0.185 0.195 0.185

Niacin, mg 0.099 0.128 0.145 0.125 0.104 0.078

Pantothenic acid, mg 0.557 0.215 0.570 0.845 0.213 0.242

Vitamin B 6 , mg 0.046 0.168 0.035 0.045 0.043 0.020

Folate, total, μ g 12 12 11 19 12 13

Folic acid, μ g 0 0 0 0 0 0

Folate, food, μ g 12 12 11 19 12 13

Vitamin B 12 , μ g 0.43 0.63 0.25 0.92 0.34 0.29

Vitamin A, RAE 37 11 366 161 120 107

Vitamin A, IU 140 41 1343 552 445 384

Vitamin D, IU 3 0 25 11 10 6

Vitamin E, mg 0.08 0.01 0.29 0.27 0.11 0.07

Vitamin K, μ g 0 0.1 2.9 1.1 1.1 0.7

Amino acids

Tryptophan, g 0.147 0.138 0.069 0.091 0.125 0.127

Threonine, g 0.500 0.550 0.233 0.308 0.517 0.523

Isoleucine, g 0.591 0.728 0.324 0.429 0.589 0.596

Leucine, g 1.116 1.274 0.657 0.869 1.221 1.235

Lysine, g 0.934 1.002 0.567 0.750 1.338 1.353

Methionine, g 0.269 0.373 0.191 0.252 0.281 0.284

Cysteine, g 0.066 0.115 0.042 0.055 0.099 0.100

Phenylalanine, g 0.577 0.668 0.291 0.384 0.556 0.562

Tyrosine, g 0.604 0.660 0.303 0.401 0.589 0.596

Valine, g 0.748 0.767 0.395 0.522 0.692 0.700

Arginine, g 0.497 0.565 0.235 0.311 0.632 0.639

Histidine, g 0.326 0.412 0.175 0.232 0.459 0.464

Alanine, g 0.384 0.643 0.184 0.243 0.499 0.505

Aspartic acid, g 0.905 0.839 0.514 0.680 0.995 1.007

Glutamic acid, g 2.603 2.684 1.304 1.725 2.446 2.474

Glycine, g 0.222 0.270 0.142 0.187 0.295 0.298

Proline, g 1.229 1.435 0.665 0.880 1.066 1.078

Serine, g 0.639 0.695 0.374 0.495 0.575 0.582

Hydroxyproline, g NA NA 0.000 0.000 NA NA

Calories factors: protein, 4.27; fat, 8.79; carbohydrate; 3.87.
NA, not available
Adapted from USDA (2009)

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