cottage cheese
noun
: a bland soft white cheese made from the curds of skim milk
called also Dutch cheese, pot cheese, smearcase
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Internal Good Culture consumer research found that people were often turned off by the texture of cottage cheese, Merrill said.
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Emma Sandler, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Shoppers are seeking easy ways to add more protein to their meals—a movement propelled by TikTok’s cottage cheese craze— and can now find it in a wide array of products, from Starbucks' lattes and boxed pancake mixes to popcorn, pasta and ice cream.
—Sonal Dutt, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
One egg contains 6 grams of protein, one half-cup of cottage cheese offers 14 grams, and one Greek yogurt can have up to 18 grams.
—Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
There is pumpkin-spice bacon and pumpkin-spice cottage cheese.
—Rachel Sugar, The Atlantic, 29 Aug. 2025
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Emma Sandler, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Shoppers are seeking easy ways to add more protein to their meals—a movement propelled by TikTok’s cottage cheese craze— and can now find it in a wide array of products, from Starbucks' lattes and boxed pancake mixes to popcorn, pasta and ice cream.
—Sonal Dutt, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
One egg contains 6 grams of protein, one half-cup of cottage cheese offers 14 grams, and one Greek yogurt can have up to 18 grams.
—Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
There is pumpkin-spice bacon and pumpkin-spice cottage cheese.
—Rachel Sugar, The Atlantic, 29 Aug. 2025
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“Cottage cheese.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cottage%20cheese. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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