Part-Skim Ricotta Nutrition Facts for Recipe Portions

Ricotta can be a filling, a spread, or a topping, which makes its contribution easy to lose inside a finished recipe. A weighed ingredient reference helps keep that contribution visible. This card uses ricotta made from part-skim milk and a simple gram portion. It describes the plain cheese, not a complete baked dish or a dessert with sweeteners and other ingredients. A 100-gram portion of part-skim ricotta provides 138 calories, 11.4 grams of protein, and approximately 7.9 grams of total fat in the USDA reference. The fat value is rounded to one decimal place. These figures are ingredient information, not a claim that a recipe containing ricotta meets a particular dietary target or produces a specific weight outcome. The source is USDA FoodData Central food 171248, “Cheese, ricotta, part skim milk.” Per 100 grams, the record lists 138 calories, 11.4 grams of protein, and 7.91 grams of total fat. The card uses the same 100-gram amount, so no household-measure conversion is required before rounding. Source: https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/food-details/171248/nutrients Measure the cheese before mixing it with other ingredients. Put an empty bowl on a scale, reset the reading, and spoon in the ricotta. A heaped spoon or a loosely filled cup can make visual estimates inconsistent. The gram amount remains useful whether you spread the cheese thinly, leave it in a mound, or mix it through a filling. For a shared recipe, record the full ricotta amount along with every other ingredient and divide the finished dish according to the servings produced. If some cheese is reserved as an extra topping, record where that portion is used. A single ingredient's calorie value should not be assigned to the entire dish, even when the cheese is a prominent part of its name or appearance. Check the product description and label. Whole-milk ricotta, part-skim ricotta, flavored products, and prepared cheese mixtures may have different values. The generic entry is useful only when it reasonably matches the food being measured. Compare serving weights before comparing nutrient figures across labels, because a larger stated portion can explain a larger number without indicating a different composition. Save this card as a recipe-planning reference that keeps the cheese type and weight explicit. It is not a universal serving recommendation, a daily protein target, or a reason to label a food as automatically suitable or unsuitable. The related wellness supplement is a separate catalog item. It is not mixed into the ricotta, is not a recipe ingredient, and is not presented as the source of the cheese's nutrients. #WeightLossRecipes #Ricotta #NutritionFacts #RecipeIngredients #PortionControl