Cottage Cheese 2% Milkfat Small Curd
Cottage Cheese 2% Milkfat Small Curd by Meadow Gold has 6 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.2 out of 5, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is B.
- Safety score in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
Dairies / Fermented foods / Fermented milk products / Cottage cheeses
How This Score Is Built
PlainIngredients safety scores are a transparent, editorially-derived index synthesizing FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research into a single 1-5 scale, not an official government rating. 6 of 6 ingredients tracked for Cottage Cheese 2% Milkfat Small Curd have a scored rating so far. Data current as of 2026-09-07.
Sourced from Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records. Verify with the FDA → See our full scoring methodology.
Where Cottage Cheese 2% Milkfat Small Curd sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
4.2 Top 40% higher than 60% of 58,710 scored products
Average ingredient safety score (1 = highest risk, 5 = safest), bucketed by value
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Source PlainIngredients ingredient safety index · 2026-09-07
Ingredient Safety Breakdown
Processing Level
Ultra-processed products are formulations made mostly or entirely from substances derived from foods and additives. They typically contain ingredients not commonly used in home cooking.
Full Ingredients List
CULTURED NONFAT MILK, MILK, LESS THAN 2% OF WHEY, SALT, CORN STARCH,, NONFAT MILK, CITRIC ACID, POTASSIUM SORBATE AND CARBON DIOXIDE (PRESERVATIVES),, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, CARRAGEENAN, LOCUST BEAN GUM, GUAR GUM, SODIUM, PHOSPHATE (TETRASODIUM PYROPHOSPHATE), MONOPOTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, CREAM,, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, ENZYME.
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Cottage Cheese 2% Milkfat Small Curd: nearest mean mapped additive safety score and nearest mapped ingredient count among indexable products with at least 3 scored additives, excluding same-brand siblings. Scores describe regulatory and research signals on additives, not dietary advice.
Similar mean additive safety
Nearest products by average mapped safety score. This record: 4.2/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 6.
Product Details
- Brand
- Meadow Gold
- Barcode
- 0015700255094
- Nutri-Score
- Grade B
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
How does Cottage Cheese 2% Milkfat Small Curd's safety score compare to other products?
Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Cottage Cheese 2% Milkfat Small Curd's 4.2/5 average puts it in the safer 60%, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What does a 4.2/5 ingredient safety score mean?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Cottage Cheese 2% Milkfat Small Curd's mapped ingredients average out to 4.2/5, which is the Low Risk tier.
Every figure on PlainIngredients is rendered directly from FDA, EU, EFSA and U.S. state regulatory records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.