Top 10 · Updated October 2026

Highest-Protein Cottage Cheeses

Cottage cheeses: typically 11.5 g of protein per 100 g (median of 653 products). The cottage cheeses with the most protein per 100 g. Useful if you are trying to increase your protein intake. We checked 578 cottage cheeses with complete data.

  1. 1 Natural Cottage Cheese

    Natural Cottage Cheese

    Sainsbury's
    d NOVA 3 337 kcal 10 g sugar 36.7 g protein 16.7 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free · Vegetarian · No additives

  2. 2 Pressed Cottage Cheese / Fromage Cottage Pressé

    Pressed Cottage Cheese / Fromage Cottage Pressé

    M&C Dairy
    a 104 kcal 2.4 g sugar 21.6 g protein 0.8 g fat
  3. 3 Yaban Otlu Çökelek

    Yaban Otlu Çökelek

    Yedoy · 350 g
    c NOVA 3 249 kcal 2.4 g sugar 19.2 g protein 17.6 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free · Vegetarian · No additives

  4. 4 Körniger Frischkäse, Aus Kuhmilch 2.5%

    Körniger Frischkäse, Aus Kuhmilch 2.5%

    Monolith
    a 89 kcal 0.5 g sugar 18.9 g protein 0.5 g fat
  5. 5 Twaróg półtłusty

    Twaróg półtłusty

    Stąd takie dobre · 250g
    a NOVA 1 123 kcal 2.9 g sugar 18 g protein 4 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free · Vegetarian · No additives

  6. 6 Tvaroh bez laktózy

    Tvaroh bez laktózy

    Meggle · 180 g
    a 113 kcal 4.3 g sugar 18 g protein 2.5 g fat

    Also: No additives

  7. 7 Low-fat cottage cheese

    Low-fat cottage cheese

    Well Done (Maxima)
    a 87 kcal 2.9 g sugar 18 g protein 0.5 g fat
  8. 8 Buko Hirtenkäse

    Buko Hirtenkäse

    Arla BUKO · 150 g
    d NOVA 3 173 kcal 0.6 g sugar 18 g protein 20 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free · Vegetarian · No additives

  9. 9 Brânză granulată 4%

    Brânză granulată 4%

    JLC · 400g
    a 110 kcal 1.5 g sugar 17 g protein 4 g fat

    Also: No additives

  10. 10 Twaróg tłusty

    Twaróg tłusty

    Kaufland · 250g
    b NOVA 1 163 kcal 2.9 g sugar 17 g protein 9 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free · Vegetarian · No additives

How we built this list

We ranked all published cottage cheeses on Foodmetria that have a photo and the required nutrition data, using values per 100 g from the product label. Ties are broken by Nutri-Score and by how often shoppers scan the product. Rankings update automatically as label data changes. Read our methodology.

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