Cottage cheese is a natural dairy product with health benefits. This product is loved by both adults and children. It can be eaten with sour cream, jam, and also used to prepare various casseroles, dumplings and other dishes. A simple and tasty snack is cottage cheese with herbs and garlic. Such a product can serve as an excellent filling for pancakes, tartlets, cheesecakes and other desserts.
Useful properties of cottage cheese
Curd has the following beneficial properties:
- Cottage cheese contains a large amount of protein, vitamins and amino acids. B vitamins mobilize metabolism. Vitamin A reduces inflammation. Due to the presence of calcium and phosphorus, this product helps to improve bone tissue. Cottage cheese also has a beneficial effect on the nervous system, helps to eliminate problems with the gastrointestinal tract, accelerates the treatment of diseases of the heart, kidneys and liver.
- This product is included in diet food. Cottage cheese helps in the treatment of obesity, as it contains methionine, which ensures the removal of excess cholesterol.
- Cottage cheese improves bowel function, creating the most favorable environment for its microflora. For this reason, the product may help with constipation.
- This product has an antioxidant effect and a diuretic effect, which also helps to eliminate edema.
- Cottage cheese is an easily digestible product, so it is often recommended for people whose secretion of hydrochloric acid is increased.
How to choose good cottage cheese
This product can be bought both by weight and in packages. First of all, you should pay attention to the color and composition. Curd should be white. A good quality product consists of milk, sourdough, calcium chloride, and rennet. If the composition contains milk fat substitutes, various stabilizers or starch, then this product can no longer be called real cottage cheese. It is a curd product.
A quality product should not have a strong odor. The consistency of the curd may vary. Loose cottage cheese has the form of small lumps. Pasty product can often be found in briquettes. Grain cottage cheese differs in structure and has the form of large grains.
This product must be stored in the refrigerator. When buying cottage cheese, you need to pay attention to the expiration date. Loose cottage cheese can be stored for up to 5 days. Cottage cheese in packages usually lasts longer. After opening the package, the product should preferably be consumed within a few hours.