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Cottage and soft cheese: what's actually in it?

Cottage cheese, ricotta, mascarpone, feta, brie, camembert, goat cheese and halloumi share this shelf, but they are not one product. Cottage cheese is fresh curds in a little cream — high protein, low fat, and the shortest lists on this page are two ingredients. Ricotta is a whey cheese with five ingredients. Brie and camembert are soft cheeses with a white mould rind. Feta is a brined cheese, sold in cubes in brine. This page covers cottage cheese and soft cheese sold in Singapore. Cream cheese, processed spreads, sliced cheese and hard cheese are separate categories.

This page does not give a health score or a “best” pick. It shows the ingredient list as printed and flags what is in it.

The headline, in 30 seconds

The shortest list panelled here is Grahams cottage cheese: cottage cheese (milk), salt. Two ingredients, in both the Natural and Low Fat versions.
Bulla cottage cheese is a longer list — skim milk 92%, cream, milk solids, salt, preservative (202) and four thickeners (guar, xanthan, locust bean, processed eucheuma seaweed) plus citric acid and culture. Same product type, very different list.
Ricotta is five ingredients: milk, milk solids, acidity regulator (260), salt, preservative (202).
Brie adds mould culture. Castello Extra Creamy Brie lists pasteurised milk, cream, salt, bacterial culture, microbial enzyme and mould culture — the mould is what makes the white rind.
Feta is brined, and the brine is part of the product: Arla Apetina cubes list milk, salt, lactic acid culture, calcium chloride, lipase and rennet, and are sold in brine.

At a glance

Product	Pack size (as printed)	Type	First ingredient	Country of manufacture (as printed)
Bulla Cottage Cheese — Original	200g	Cottage cheese	Fresh skim milk 92%	Australia
Bulla Cottage Cheese — Onion & Chives	200g	Cottage cheese, flavoured	Fresh skim milk 90%	Australia
Grahams Natural Cottage Cheese	300g	Cottage cheese	Cottage cheese (milk)	Scotland (UK listing)
Grahams Low Fat Cottage Cheese	300g	Cottage cheese, low fat	Cottage cheese (milk)	Scotland (UK listing)
Grahams 0% Fat Natural Protein Cottage Cheese	200g	Cottage cheese, 0% fat	Fat free cottage cheese (milk)	Not stated (UK listing)
Perfect Italiano Ricotta — Original	250g	Ricotta	Milk	Australia
Castello Extra Creamy Brie	125g	Brie, soft cheese	Pasteurised milk	Not stated
Arla Apetina Feta Cheese Cubes in Brine	430g	Feta, brined	Milk	Not stated

Panelled with verbatim lists: 8 products. Seen but not verified: 8 products (see list below). No prices are shown: they change weekly and would go stale. This site compares ingredients only, and gives no health score, ranking or “best” pick.

Bulla Cottage Cheese — Original

Pack size: 200g · Made in: Australia (as printed)

Ingredients (Open Food Facts Australian entry, corroborated by Australian retail lists — SG pack not transcribed): Fresh Skim Milk (92%), Fresh Cream, Milk Solids, Salt, Preservative (E202), Thickeners (Guar Gum, Xanthan Gum, Locust Bean Gum, Processed Eucheuma Seaweed), Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid), Culture

Sold at FairPrice Singapore. Flag: Australian list; no SG pack transcription retrieved, and FairPrice's ingredient section for the Original was not retrieved in this pass. The FairPrice listing for the Onion & Chives variant below corroborates the same construction. Allergen: milk Origin: Australia

Bulla Cottage Cheese — Onion & Chives

Pack size: 200g · Made in: Australia (as printed)

Ingredients (FairPrice Singapore ingredient section; spelling as printed): Fresh Skim Milk (90%), Fresh Cream, Onions and Chives [Dehydrated Onions (1.2%), Dehydrated Chives (0.3%)], Milk Solids, Saly, Preservatives (202), Thickeners (Guar Gum, Xanthan Gum, Locust Bean Gum, Processed Eucheuma Seaweed), Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid), Cuture

FairPrice, origin Australia. The FairPrice text as retrieved spells salt as “Saly” and culture as “Cuture” — quoted exactly as printed, not silently corrected. A secondary (Spoonful) listing for the same product gives dehydrated onions 1.6% and chives 0.1% — that conflicts with the FairPrice 1.2% / 0.3% and is flagged, not merged. Contains no more than 3% milk fat. Allergen: milk Origin: Australia Via: FairPrice

Grahams Natural Cottage Cheese

Pack size: 300g · Made in: Scotland (UK listing) (as printed)

Ingredients (Tesco UK listing — secondary, SG pack not transcribed): Cottage Cheese (Milk), Salt

Sold at FairPrice Singapore (300 g). Flag: UK listing; the SG pack list was not retrieved in this pass. Made from Scottish milk, manufacturer Graham's The Family Dairy Ltd, Bridge of Allan, Scotland — recorded as the UK listing's origin, not as a verified SG-pack country of manufacture. Allergen: milk UK listing only

Grahams Low Fat Cottage Cheese

Pack size: 300g · Made in: Scotland (UK listing) (as printed)

Ingredients (Tesco / ASDA UK listings — secondary, SG pack not transcribed): Cottage Cheese (Milk), Salt

Sold at FairPrice Singapore (300 g). Flag: UK listing; SG pack not transcribed. Same two-ingredient list as the Natural version — the low-fat difference is in the curd, not in added ingredients. A Desertcart listing for the same product gives a fuller form (cottage cheese 96%, crème fraiche, salt); that conflicts with the Tesco/ASDA two-ingredient list and is flagged, not merged. Allergen: milk UK listing only

Grahams 0% Fat Natural Protein Cottage Cheese

Pack size: 200g · Made in: Not stated (UK listing) (as printed)

Ingredients (Tesco UK listing — secondary, SG pack not transcribed): Fat Free Cottage Cheese (Milk), Salt

Sold at FairPrice Singapore (200 g). Flag: UK listing; SG pack not transcribed. Two ingredients, 15 g protein per 100 g on the UK nutrition panel — the highest protein per 100 g on this page. Allergen: milk UK listing only

Perfect Italiano Ricotta — Original

Pack size: 250g · Made in: Australia (as printed)

Ingredients (brand / Australian retail lists — SG pack not transcribed): Milk, Milk Solids, Acidity Regulator (260), Salt, Preservative (202)

Sold at FairPrice Singapore. Flag: Australian brand list; no SG pack transcription retrieved. Made in Australia from at least 95% Australian ingredients (per brand). Halal certified. Allergen: milk Origin: Australia

Castello Extra Creamy Brie

Pack size: 125g · Made in: Not stated (as printed)

Ingredients (Arla Pro product sheet — secondary): Pasteurized milk, Cream, Salt, Bacterial culture, Microbial enzyme, Mould culture

Sold at FairPrice Singapore (125 g, Danish brie). Flag: Arla Pro foodservice sheet, not an SG retail pack transcription. Country of manufacture is not stated on the sheet retrieved, so it is recorded as not stated — the Danish brand origin is not presented as the country of manufacture. Allergen: milk Via: Arla Pro (secondary)

Arla Apetina Feta Cheese Cubes in Brine

Pack size: 430g · Made in: Not stated (as printed)

Ingredients (Arla Pro catalogue, Malaysia — secondary): Milk, Salt, Lactic Acid Culture, Calcium Chloride, Lipase, Rennet (Microbial)

Sold at FairPrice Singapore (430 g). Flag: Arla Pro catalogue listing, not an SG retail pack transcription; the retail Apetina variant sold in SG may be the cubes-in-brine or a related white-cheese variant, so the SG pack still needs a photo. Country of manufacture not stated on the source retrieved. Allergen: milk Via: Arla Pro (secondary)

Seen but not verified — do not panel until checked

Emborg Greek Style Cheese (Feta Cubes in Brine) — seen at FairPrice and on Shopee SG; no verbatim ingredient list retrieved in this pass.
Emborg Mascarpone — seen on Shopee SG (1 L); no verbatim ingredient list retrieved in this pass.
Castello Camembert, Castello Danablu (Danish Blue) — seen at FairPrice; no SG verbatim list retrieved. The Arla Pro sheet for Danablu gives pasteurised milk, salt, bacterial culture, calcium chloride, microbial enzyme and Penicillium roqueforti, but that is a foodservice sheet, not an SG pack, so neither is panelled.
President Brie with Truffles, The Cheese Shop brie range (Delice Triple Cream, Vacherousse Double Cream, La Tur, Chevre d'Argental) — seen at FairPrice; no verbatim lists retrieved.
Vatan Low Fat Paneer — seen at FairPrice; no verbatim list retrieved.
Burrata, goat cheese / chèvre, halloumi (including Pinar Halloumi) — seen in Singapore dairy aisles and specialty listings; no SG verbatim list retrieved for any of them in this pass. Pinar's own listing gives sheep/goat/cow's milk, microbial rennet and salt, but that is a Bahrain listing, not an SG pack.
Grahams Cottage Cheese with Pineapple — UK list retrieved (cottage cheese 80%, pineapple 20% with sugar), but SG sale not verified; not panelled as an SG product.
Bulla Cottage Cheese — other flavours, Little Farms and specialty-grocer cottage/soft cheese — not inventoried with verified lists in this pass; needs in-store pack checks.

Nutrition — what the numbers say

All figures in the table are as sold, per 100 g unless a separate per-serving table says otherwise. Sugars are total sugars as printed, not added sugars, unless the source states added sugars separately. No official Singapore Nutri-Grade (A–D) was found printed on any of these listings in this pass, so none is quoted here; no grade has been assigned.

Salt and sodium: salt = sodium × 2.5. The table shows sodium as printed (in mg) with the salt equivalent in brackets. Sodium is not presented as salt, and salt is not presented as sodium.

Total vs added sugars: Singapore packs list total sugars, not added sugars. A total-sugars figure is never labelled here as “added sugar”. The ingredient list remains the evidence for added sugar (sugar, glucose syrup, invert sugar syrup) versus naturally occurring sugars (lactose in milk/cream).

Open Food Facts is a community database and is flagged as secondary where used: the pack and the retailer nutrition section take precedence if they disagree. Figures marked “not stated” were not in the source retrieved; they are not estimated, borrowed from another variant, or copied across flavours.

Per 100 g, as sold

Product	Energy	Protein	Total fat	Saturated fat	Carbohydrate	Sugars	Sodium (salt equiv.)
Bulla Cottage Cheese — Original (Australian entry, Open Food Facts, secondary)	85 kcal	12.4 g	1.8 g	1.3 g	4.3 g	4.2 g	294 mg (salt 0.74 g)
Grahams Natural Cottage Cheese (UK listing, Tesco/Dunnes, secondary)	104 kcal	12 g	4.5 g	3.2 g	not stated	3.6 g	172 mg (salt 0.43 g)
Grahams Low Fat Cottage Cheese (UK listing, Tesco/ASDA, secondary)	87 kcal	12 g	1.6 g	1.0 g	6.4 g	3.5 g	80 mg (salt 0.20 g)
Grahams 0% Fat Natural Protein Cottage Cheese (UK listing, Tesco, secondary)	90 kcal	15 g	0.4 g	0.1 g	not stated	not stated	160 mg (salt 0.40 g)
Perfect Italiano Ricotta — Original (brand, secondary)	137 kcal	8.7 g	9.8 g	6.9 g	3.6 g	3.6 g	183 mg (salt 0.46 g)
Castello Extra Creamy Brie (UK retail, secondary)	410 kcal	not stated	39 g	not stated	not stated	<0.5 g	600 mg (salt 1.5 g)

Click a column header to sort. Rows marked “not stated” always sort last — a dash is missing data, not zero. Salt equivalent = sodium × 2.5, shown in brackets.

Per-serving figures only (separate table — never sorted against per-100 g figures)

Product	Serving	Energy	Protein	Total fat	Saturated fat	Carbohydrate	Sugars	Sodium (salt equiv.)
Bulla Cottage Cheese — Onion & Chives	125 g	111 kcal	12.1 g	2.9 g	not stated	9.3 g	6.1 g	405 mg (salt 1.01 g)

Per-serving figures are quoted exactly as printed, with the serving size. They are not converted to per-100 g.

Seen but not verified (nutrition): no per-100 g nutrition panel was verified in this pass for Arla Apetina Feta Cheese Cubes in Brine. Its ingredient panel is unchanged; its nutrition figures are not estimated here. Conflicts flagged: Bulla Original sugars are 4.2 g per 100 g on one Open Food Facts entry and 3.1 g on another, and energy 82 vs 85 kcal — the table follows the 85 kcal / 4.2 g entry and flags the other. Bulla Onion & Chives onion/chive percentages conflict between FairPrice (1.2% / 0.3%) and Spoonful (1.6% / 0.1%). Grahams Low Fat has a conflicting fuller list (96% cottage cheese + crème fraiche) on a Desertcart listing against the two-ingredient Tesco/ASDA list panelled here.

How to read the label — the jargon, in plain English

Cottage cheese: Fresh curds in a little cream. High in protein, low in fat, mild and slightly tangy. The curds are the cheese — there is no rind and no ageing.
Ricotta: A whey cheese, smooth and spoonable, made from milk and milk solids with an acidity regulator. Used in both savoury dishes and desserts.
Brie / camembert: Soft cheeses with a white mould rind. The mould culture in the list is what grows the rind; the inside ripens from the outside in.
Feta / brined cheese: Cheese matured and kept in brine (salt water). The salt in the list is high because the brine is part of the product — the cubes are sold in it.
Mould culture (P. candidum): The white-mould culture that forms brie's rind. It is a culture, not a preservative.
Thickeners (guar gum E412, xanthan gum E415, locust bean gum E410, processed eucheuma seaweed E407a): Plant- and seaweed-derived thickeners that give Bulla cottage cheese its spoonable, uniform texture. Grahams cottage cheese uses none of them.
Preservative (202) / potassium sorbate: A preservative that stops mould and yeast. It appears in Bulla cottage cheese and in Perfect Italiano ricotta.

What this page is not

Not a health score, and not a “best” pick. The products on this page are different products, and this page does not rank them.
Not a taste test, and not a price comparison. Prices change weekly; ingredients change less often, but still change.
Not complete. The products in seen-but-not-verified are not yet panelled, for the verification reasons given, not hidden. Stock and formulations change, so no page claims permanent 100% completeness.

Sources and method

Checked 12 November 2026 from: FairPrice Singapore ingredient section (Bulla Cottage Cheese Onion & Chives); FairPrice category listings (Bulla Cottage Cheese Original, Grahams cottage cheese range, Castello Brie, Arla Apetina Feta, Emborg feta/mascarpone, Vatan Paneer, President Brie); Open Food Facts Australian entries (Bulla Cottage Cheese Original); Tesco/ASDA UK listings (Grahams Natural, Low Fat, 0% Fat, Pineapple); Perfect Italiano brand / Anchor Food Professionals (Ricotta Original); Arla Pro catalogue and product sheets (Castello Extra Creamy Brie, Apetina Feta). Cold Storage publishes no ingredient list on any product page, so its shelf could not be panelled from its site. Nutrition section added 12 November 2026: figures are standardised to per 100 g where the source gives per-100 figures; per-serving-only figures are labelled as such and are not converted; sugars are total sugars as printed, not added sugars, unless the source states added sugars; salt = sodium × 2.5. Where a full pack list could not be verified, the product is in seen-but-not-verified instead of being panelled.