Food Club Nutri-Score B NOVA 4

Fat Free Small Curd Cottage Cheese

Fat Free Small Curd Cottage Cheese: 4.1/5 ingredient safety

Fat Free Small Curd Cottage Cheese by Food Club has 10 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.1 out of 5, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is B, and 1 of its ingredient carries a low safety rating.

  • 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 / Cheeses

How This Score Is Built

Fat Free Small Curd Cottage Cheese draws on FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research, combined into a single editorially-derived 1-5 scale (never an official government rating). 10 of its 10 tracked ingredients are scored so far; data as of 2026-09-07.

Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records feed this score. The FDA site → has the primary record; our methodology page explains the scoring.

Where Fat Free Small Curd Cottage Cheese sits nationally

Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients

4.1 Top 42% higher than 58% 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

4.1
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 4.1 out of 5
Based on 10 tracked ingredients
10
Tracked Ingredients
1
Concerning
7
Low Risk / Safe
B
Nutri-Score
1 ingredient flagged for safety concerns

Ingredient Safety Breakdown

Processing Level

4
NOVA Group 4
Ultra-processed foods

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

Grade a skim milk, less than 2%: salt, water, citric acid, lactic acid, phosphoric acid, natural flavoring, guar gum, carrageenan, locust bean gum, acetylated monoglycerides, dextrose, sodium aluminosilicate (added to prevent caking), titanium dioxide, potassium sorbate, vitamin a, calcium chloride, cultures, enzymes.

Compare beyond brand

Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth

Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Fat Free Small Curd Cottage Cheese: 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.

Product Details

Barcode
0036800070738
Nutri-Score
Grade B
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Is Fat Free Small Curd Cottage Cheese above or below average on ingredient safety?

Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Fat Free Small Curd Cottage Cheese's 4.1/5 average puts it in the safer 58%, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What does a 4.1/5 ingredient safety score mean?

Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Fat Free Small Curd Cottage Cheese's 4.1/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it in 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.