Often, the curd is tampered with to make it cheaper, or dubious ingredients are added to make the product last longer.
How to tell the quality of cottage cheese by its appearance and flavor
Natural cottage cheese should be white or creamy in color. Its consistency is homogeneous, the grains have about the same size. Check the smell of cottage cheese – if the aroma of milk is very weak or absent, then the product is made from dried milk and not natural.
How to test cottage cheese with iodine
Iodine can help detect starch in the composition of curd. Take some cottage cheese and drop a couple of drops of iodine on it. Wait five minutes. If the curd turned blue or purple, then starch was added to it, while the natural product will be yellow or brown.
How to test cottage cheese for naturalness in hot water
Take a small breast of cottage cheese and put it in boiling water. If the cottage cheese is completely melted and turns into a sticky mass, and the water remains clean, then you have a quality product in front of you. Non-natural curd in boiling water does not melt or break up into flakes. Also counterfeit indicates an oily film on the surface of the water.
How to know if there is palm oil in cottage cheese
Leave the cottage cheese breast at room temperature for half a day. If the curd has turned yellow, but the taste and smell have not changed, there is palm or other vegetable oils in it. If the cottage cheese begins to sour and changes its smell, the product is natural.