Cheese, ricotta, 12% fat Calories and nutrition facts · Cheese, unripened, fresh cheese
- Carbs
- 2.1 g
- Fibre
- 0 g
- Sugars
- 2.1 g
- Protein
- 5.1 g
- Fat
- 7.4 g
Where the calories come from
Cheese, ricotta, 12% fat has 95 kcal per serving (60 g), with 2.1 g carbs, 0 g fibre, 5.1 g protein and 7.4 g fat. 100 g has 158 kcal.
Share of your daily needs in one serving
How much is too much
About 272 g of cheese, ricotta, 12% fat a day uses up the EU daily limit for saturated fatty acids, 22.2 g for a healthy adult. That's 4.5 × serving (60 g).
Diet tags
Last updated November 2, 2026 · Where the data comes from
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How it compares with other cheese, unripened, fresh cheese
Per 100 g, against the 44 cheese, unripened, fresh cheese in our catalog.
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Calories 158 kcal · typical 254 kcal
Fewer calories than 70% of cheese, unripened, fresh cheese.
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Saturated fat 8.2 g · typical 12 g
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Protein 8.6 g · typical 15.8 g
Less protein than 80% of cheese, unripened, fresh cheese.
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Fat 12.3 g · typical 20.6 g
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Sodium 185 mg · typical 397 mg
Less sodium than 95% of cheese, unripened, fresh cheese.
The bar shows this food; the line marks the typical (median) value of the category.
Nutrients in cheese, ricotta, 12% fat
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% of the daily value for a healthy adult. Your own needs depend on age, sex and activity.
Energy and macros
Vitamins
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Vitamin A (RAE) 126µg19% of daily
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Vitamin A (Retinol) 122µg
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Vitamin D 0µg0% of daily
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Vitamin E 0.26mg2% of daily
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Vitamin K 6µg8% of daily
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Vitamin B1 0.03mg4% of daily
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Vitamin B2 0.24mg15% of daily
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22% of daily
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Vitamin B6 0.05mg3% of daily
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Vitamin B9 (Folate) 13µg4% of daily
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Vitamin B12 0.62µg16% of daily
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Vitamin C 0mg0% of daily
Minerals
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Salt 462mg9% of max
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Calcium 216mg23% of daily
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Chromium 1.10µg4% of daily
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Copper 0.02mg1% of daily
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Fluoride 0mg
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Iodine 19µg13% of daily
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Iron 0.16mg1% of daily
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Magnesium 15mg5% of daily
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Manganese 0.01mg0% of daily
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Molybdenum 0.01mg12% of daily
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Phosphorus 146mg27% of daily
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Potassium 146mg4% of daily
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Selenium no data
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Sodium 185mg9% of max
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Zinc 0.86mg9% of daily
Carbohydrates
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Starch 0g
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Sugars 3.43g7% of max
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Added Sugars no data
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Sucrose 0g
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Maltose 0g
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Fructose 0g
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Galactose 0g
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Glucose 0g
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Fibre, total 0g0% of daily
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Polyols 0g
Fats
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Omega-3 0.07g
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Alpha-linolenic acid 55mg
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EPA fatty acid 8mg
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DHA fatty acid 1mg
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Omega-6 0.26g
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Linoleic acid 227mg
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Arachidonic acid 15mg
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Oleic acid 2,441mg
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37% of max
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Palmitic acid 3,665mg
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Stearic acid 1.12g
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Cholesterol 57mg
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Trans fatty acids no data
Amino acids
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Histidine 0.20g20% of daily
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Isoleucine 0.52g39% of daily
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Leucine 1.04g35% of daily
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Lysine 0.89g33% of daily
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Methionine 0.21g16% of daily
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Cysteine no data
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Phenylalanine 0.36g16% of daily
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Tyrosine 0.31g26% of daily
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Tryptophan 0.17g49% of daily
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Threonine 0.50g36% of daily
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Valine 0.55g33% of daily
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Alanine 0.45g
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Arginine 0.27g
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Asparagine no data
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Aspartic acid 0.93g
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Cystine 0.19g27% of daily
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Glutamic acid 1.77g
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Glutamine no data
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Glycine 0.18g
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Proline 0.61g
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Serine 0.46g
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Hydroxyproline no data
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Taurine no data
Amino acid data is mapped from the USDA database, for information only.
Cheese, ricotta, 12% fat in other food databases
The same food in national food composition databases, next to ours. Per 100 g.
BLS: “Ricotta min. 45 % fat in dry matter” · Ciqual: “Ricotta cheese, from cow's milk” · CoFID: “Cheese, Ricotta” · USDA: “Cheese, ricotta, whole milk”. Databases measure different samples, so some spread is normal. Nutriely's values are what the app uses. Sources and licences.
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- Cheese, mozzarella cheese, 20% fat 264 kcal / 100 g
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Where the data comes from
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