Cottage cheese is a very tasty and healthy product, but in order for it to really be useful, you need to buy a quality product. This fermented milk product has characteristic features that will help distinguish quality from low-quality.
Instructions
Step 1
Taste. In high-quality cottage cheese, it is slightly sour. However, a too sour taste indicates that the product has deteriorated or begins to turn sour, the bitter taste also speaks of the same. But the cottage cheese should not be sweet either, if it is all the same, then the manufacturers, wanting to hide the sour taste, added sugar to it.
Step 2
Color. The color of natural cottage cheese is white, possibly with a creamy tint. The presence of other shades indicates his old age and depravity.
Step 3
Smell. On this basis, it is very difficult to make a mistake in the shelf life of the product. A high-quality curd should have a slightly sour smell, but in no case strongly sour or bitter. Even if you feel a slight deviation, then it is better to avoid buying such cottage cheese.
Step 4
Consistency. Cottage cheese can be of different consistency, it depends only on the manufacturer. But you should not choose granular cottage cheese, since it was subject to processing under technical conditions, such cottage cheese is not entirely natural and has much less useful properties in its composition than ordinary cottage cheese. The consistency depends on how well it has been wrung out of moisture.
Step 5
Expiration date and packaging. Cottage cheese deteriorates quickly enough, so choose today's or yesterday's cottage cheese. The packaging must be tightly closed. If you buy cottage cheese by weight, look at the situation. It should be in a clean cool place with other fermented milk products, the seller should wear gloves to prevent the ingress of germs, the container in which the product is located should be tightly closed with a lid.
Step 6
Fat content of the product. If you decide to buy quality cottage cheese, then it should not be fat-free or too fatty. Otherwise, it simply loses all its beneficial properties. In addition, such cottage cheese may contain foreign components.
Step 7
Structure. The composition should imply only natural milk components, without any additives.
