Ricotta Cheese Nutrition Facts Label: Calories & Sat Fat
The FDA Nutrition Facts label for ricotta cheese, drawn for 0.5 cup: 186 calories, 9.3 g protein, 12.6 g fat, 9.1 g carbs, with %DV. Plus Canada, EU and UK versions and a PNG download.
Ricotta Cheese Nutrition Facts label (FDA standard format)
This is the Nutrition Facts label for ricotta cheese as the FDA specifies it: one serving of 0.5 cup (124 g), every value rounded exactly as 21 CFR 101.9 requires, the same rounding a compliance reviewer checks. Nutrient data is USDA FoodData Central (SR Legacy, FDC ID 170851: Cheese, ricotta, whole milk).
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Ricotta Cheese nutrition label for Canada, the EU and the UK
The same 0.5 cup of ricotta cheese, drawn by the site's Canadian, EU and UK renderers. Canada keeps a per-serving panel in English and French with its own Daily Values and folds trans fat into the saturated-fat row. The EU declaration is per 100 g only, states energy in kJ and kcal, and declares salt (sodium × 2.5) rather than sodium. The UK table is the EU layout as retained by the Food Information Regulations 2014, with the optional per-serving column and %RI. One recipe in the generator renders all of them from the same numbers.
| Fat / Lipides | 13 g | 17 % |
| Saturated / Saturés | 8 g + Trans 0.4 g | 42 % |
| Cholesterol / Cholestérol | 61 mg | 20 % |
| Sodium | 135 mg | 6 % |
| Carbohydrate / Glucides | 9 g | 3 % |
| Fibre / Fibres | 0 g | 0 % |
| Sugars / Sucres | 0 g | 0 % |
| Protein / Protéines | 9 g | |
| Vitamin D / Vitamine D | 0 mcg | 1 % |
| Calcium | 255 mg | 20 % |
| Iron / Fer | 0 mg | 1 % |
| Potassium | 272 mg | 8 % |
*5 % ou moins c'est peu, 15 % ou plus c'est beaucoup
| Per 100g | |
|---|---|
| Energy | 628 kJ / 150 kcal |
| Fat | 10 g |
| of which saturates | 6.4 g |
| Carbohydrate | 7.3 g |
| of which sugars | 0.3 g |
| Protein | 7.5 g |
| Salt | 0.3 g |
| Per 100g | Per 124g | %RI* | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Energy | 628 kJ 150 kcal |
778 kJ 186 kcal |
9.3% |
| Fat | 10g | 13g | 18% |
| of which saturates | 6.4g | 7.9g | 40% |
| Carbohydrate | 7.3g | 9.1g | 3.5% |
| of which sugars | 0 gg | 0 gg | <1% |
| Fibre | 0 gg | 0 gg | - |
| Protein | 7.5g | 9.3g | 19% |
| Salt | 0.27g | 0.34g | 5.7% |
What stands out in ricotta cheese
Measured against the FDA's nutrient-content claim thresholds (21 CFR 101.54), ricotta cheese is notable for:
- Saturated Fat - 8g per 0.5 cup - 40% DV, at or above the 20% the FDA treats as high.
- Calcium - 260mg per 0.5 cup - 20% DV, enough to qualify as an excellent source (20% DV or more).
- Cholesterol - 60mg per 0.5 cup - 20% DV, at or above the 20% the FDA treats as high.
- Protein - 9g per 0.5 cup - 19% DV, enough to qualify as a good source (10–19% DV).
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Ricotta Cheese nutrition facts per serving and per 100 g
| Nutrient | Per 0.5 cup | % DV* | Per 100 g |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calories | 190 | – | 150 |
| Total Fat | 13g | 16% | 10.2g |
| Saturated Fat | 8g | 40% | 6.4g |
| Trans Fat | 0g | – | 0.3g |
| Cholesterol | 60mg | 20% | 49mg |
| Sodium | 135mg | 6% | 110mg |
| Total Carbohydrate | 9g | 3% | 7.3g |
| Dietary Fiber | 0g | 0% | 0g |
| Total Sugars | 0g | – | 0.3g |
| Added Sugars | 0g | 0% | 0g |
| Protein | 9g | – | 7.5g |
| Vitamin D | 0.2mcg | 1% | 0.2mcg |
| Calcium | 260mg | 20% | 206mg |
| Iron | 0.1mg | 1% | 0.1mg |
| Potassium | 270mg | 6% | 219mg |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000-calorie diet (FDA adult reference values). Per-serving values use the FDA's label rounding rules; per-100 g values are the unrounded USDA amounts.
Macronutrient breakdown
By calories, ricotta cheese is 61% fat, 19% carbohydrate and 20% protein (Atwater 9/4/4 factors, per 0.5 cup). Of the 9.1 g of carbohydrate, 0.4 g is sugars.
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Source: USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy release (public domain). FDC ID 170851 - Cheese, ricotta, whole milk. Serving: 0.5 cup = 124 g (USDA household measure).