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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Hannah Twiggs

Is cottage cheese actually healthy? The truth behind TikTok’s latest obsession

Cottage cheese topped with hot honey – one of the high-protein snacks driving the food’s viral TikTok comeback - (Getty)

Cottage cheese has always been one of those foods that sits quietly in the supermarket, minding its own business, waiting for someone to remember it exists. Then TikTok arrived, pointed a ring light at it, and suddenly, we’re in a boom.

So much so, in fact, that Scottish producer Graham’s Family Dairy has completed a £3.5m extension at its Glenfield site in Fife to meet “all-time record demand” for cottage cheese. The investment is expected to increase production by 50 per cent and create 25 local jobs.

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