Sheep's milk vs Whole milk ricotta
In short
For the same 100 calories you eat 93 g of sheep's milk or 67 g of whole milk ricotta. Most of those in whole milk ricotta come from fat.
More in sheep's milk: riboflavin, vitamin C and thiamin (6.9×). More in whole milk ricotta: vitamin A and selenium (2.5×). Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.
Calories, and where they come from
92.6 g · 5.5 g protein · 5 g carbs · 6.5 g fat
66.7 g · 5 g protein · 4.8 g carbs (0.18 g sugars) · 6.8 g fat
Share of the calories fromproteincarbsfat
Where they differ
Each dot is the share of a day's needs (FDA Daily Value) in 100 calories of each. Every row uses the same scale, so a short gap is a small difference. Color says which food, never which is better.
- Riboflavin (B2)25% vs 15%
0.33 mg vs 0.2 mg
- Vitamin A5% vs 9%
40.7 µg vs 80 µg
- Vitamin C4% vs 0%
3.9 mg vs 0 mg
- Thiamin (B1)5% vs 1%
0.06 mg vs 0.009 mg
- Selenium3% vs 7%
1.6 µg vs 3.9 µg
Where they are alike
Less than 4% of a day apart, in 100 calories of each.
- Protein5.5 g · 5 g11%·10%
- Total fat6.5 g · 6.8 g8%·9%
- Saturated fatlimit4.3 g · 4.3 g21%·21%
- Cholesterollimit25 mg · 32.7 mg8%·11%
- Carbohydrates5 g · 4.8 g2%·2%
- Fiber0 g · 0 g0%·0%
- Sodiumlimit40.7 mg · 73.3 mg2%·3%
- Potassium127 mg · 146 mg3%·3%
- Calcium179 mg · 137 mg14%·11%
- Iron0.093 mg · 0.087 mg1%·<1%
- Magnesium16.7 mg · 13.3 mg4%·3%
- Phosphorus146 mg · 103 mg12%·8%
- Zinc0.5 mg · 0.35 mg5%·3%
- Copper0.043 mg · 0.012 mg5%·1%
- Manganese0.017 mg · 0.007 mg1%·<1%
- Niacin (B3)0.39 mg · 0.091 mg2%·1%
- Pantothenic acid (B5)0.38 mg · 0.31 mg8%·6%
- Vitamin B60.056 mg · 0.065 mg3%·4%
- Folate6.5 µg · 2.7 µg2%·1%
- Vitamin B120.66 µg · 0.57 µg27%·24%
Reported for only one of the two, so not compared: vitamin D, vitamin E, vitamin K, choline.
From USDA FoodData Central: Sheep's milk (SR Legacy 170882), Whole milk ricotta (SR Legacy 170851). Daily Values are the FDA's for adults and children 4 years and older. Missing values are never shown as zero. For exploring the data, not dietary advice.