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1. Cottage cheese has a low milkfat content.
2. The first evidence of cottage cheese is from ancient Rome
The earliest depiction of cottage cheese making dates back 5,000 years to Mesopotamia, in modern day Iraq.
3. Cottage cheese is a good source of protein relative to its calorie content
One cup of cottage cheese contains around 180 calories with 24 grams of protein. Not bad.
4. Cottage cheese consumption in the US peaked in the 2000s
Consumption peaked in the 1970s
5. During World War One, cottage cheese consumption was heavily promoted as a way to save meat for soldier's rations.
The USDA claimed that one pound of cottage cheese contained the same amount of protein as one pound of meat.