Whole milk ricotta vs Sheep's milk
In short
For the same 100 calories you eat 67 g of whole milk ricotta or 93 g of sheep's milk. Most of the calories in whole milk ricotta come from fat.
More in whole milk ricotta: vitamin A and selenium (2.5×). More in sheep's milk: riboflavin, vitamin C and thiamin (6.9×). Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.
Calories, and where they come from
66.7 g · 5 g protein · 4.8 g carbs (0.18 g sugars) · 6.8 g fat
92.6 g · 5.5 g protein · 5 g carbs · 6.5 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)15% vs 25%
0.2 mg vs 0.33 mg
- Vitamin A9% vs 5%
80 µg vs 40.7 µg
- Vitamin C0% vs 4%
0 mg vs 3.9 mg
- Thiamin (B1)1% vs 5%
0.009 mg vs 0.06 mg
- Selenium7% vs 3%
3.9 µg vs 1.6 µg
Where they are alike
Less than 4% of a day apart, in 100 calories of each.
- Protein5 g · 5.5 g10%·11%
- Total fat6.8 g · 6.5 g9%·8%
- Saturated fatlimit4.3 g · 4.3 g21%·21%
- Cholesterollimit32.7 mg · 25 mg11%·8%
- Carbohydrates4.8 g · 5 g2%·2%
- Fiber0 g · 0 g0%·0%
- Sodiumlimit73.3 mg · 40.7 mg3%·2%
- Potassium146 mg · 127 mg3%·3%
- Calcium137 mg · 179 mg11%·14%
- Iron0.087 mg · 0.093 mg<1%·1%
- Magnesium13.3 mg · 16.7 mg3%·4%
- Phosphorus103 mg · 146 mg8%·12%
- Zinc0.35 mg · 0.5 mg3%·5%
- Copper0.012 mg · 0.043 mg1%·5%
- Manganese0.007 mg · 0.017 mg<1%·1%
- Niacin (B3)0.091 mg · 0.39 mg1%·2%
- Pantothenic acid (B5)0.31 mg · 0.38 mg6%·8%
- Vitamin B60.065 mg · 0.056 mg4%·3%
- Folate2.7 µg · 6.5 µg1%·2%
- Vitamin B120.57 µg · 0.66 µg24%·27%
Reported for only one of the two, so not compared: vitamin D, vitamin E, vitamin K, choline.
From USDA FoodData Central: Whole milk ricotta (SR Legacy 170851), Sheep's milk (SR Legacy 170882). 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.