Calories in Ricotta cheese: 144 kcal per 100 g

Q: How many calories are in a portion of Ricotta cheese?

A typical portion (30 g, a piece of cheese) gives 43 kcal. Per 100 g the figure is 144 kcal.

Q: Is Ricotta cheese high in calcium?

Yes. Cheese, Ricotta has 240 mg calcium per 100 g, 30 % of the NRV, above the 30 % threshold for a “high in” claim.

Q: Which vitamins and minerals does Ricotta cheese have most of?

By share of the daily reference intake: calcium (240 mg, 30 %), vitamin A (0.2 mg, 25 %) and phosphorus (170 mg, 24 %) per 100 g.

Q: Is Ricotta cheese a good source of protein?

Cheese, Ricotta has 9.4 g protein per 100 g, 26 % of the energy, which meets the UK threshold for “high protein”.

What’s in a 30 g piece

More than half of a piece is water, which is why the calories stay low. What is left is mostly fat.

3.3 gFat

2.8 gProtein

0.6 gCarbohydrate

21.6 gWater

1.7 gMinerals and the rest

3.3 gFat
2.8 gProtein
0.6 gCarbohydrate
21.6 gWater
1.7 gMinerals and the rest

Below average for dairy

Ricotta cheese is 144 kcal per 100 g. The 99 dairy in this database average 224.

Ricotta cheese144

Dairy average224

Low in sugar and salt

Low sugars and low salt by UK labelling rules, per 100 g.

Sugars, per piece0.6 g

Salt, per piece0.08 g

Vitamins and minerals in Ricotta cheese

One of the 13 reach the “high in” level: calcium.

9 %

Calcium

72 mg in a 30 g piece

40th of 98 dairy

Calcium is needed for the maintenance of normal bones and teeth, and contributes to normal muscle function.

Vitamin A0.06 mg7.5 %

Phosphorus51 mg7.3 %

Niacin (vitamin B3)0.69 mg4.3 %

Riboflavin (vitamin B2)0.06 mg4.1 %

Zinc0.39 mg3.9 %

Only a trace

Vitamin C
Manganese

Show all 13 with amounts

Calcium72 mg, 9 %

Vitamin A0.06 mg, 7.5 %

Phosphorus51 mg, 7.3 %

Niacin (vitamin B3)0.69 mg, 4.3 %

Riboflavin (vitamin B2)0.06 mg, 4.1 %

Zinc0.39 mg, 3.9 %

Vitamin B120.00009 mg, 3.6 %

Potassium33 mg, 1.7 %

Magnesium3.9 mg, 1 %

Iron0.12 mg, 0.9 %

Vitamin B60.01 mg, 0.6 %

Thiamin (vitamin B1)0.01 mg, 0.5 %

Vitamin E0.01 mg, <1 %

Badges use the UK legal thresholds per 100 g: 15 % of the reference intake for “source of”, 30 % for “high in”. A trace is shown as “trace” and never counts.

What Ricotta cheese doesn’t give you. And where to find it.

No recorded vitamin C, and only under 1 % of the vitamin E reference intake and 1.8 % of the thiamin reference intake per 100 g.

Vitamin C

Tracein Ricotta cheese

Find it inCherries, West Indian2150 % per 100 g

Vitamin E

<1%in Ricotta cheese, per 100 g

Find it inSunflower seeds, toasted326 % per 100 g

Thiamin (vitamin B1)

1.8%in Ricotta cheese, per 100 g

Find it inWheatgerm164 % per 100 g

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Ricotta cheese against other dairy

Ricotta cheese comes second for calcium here, just behind cheese (Cheddar type, half fat).

840mg

240mg

200mg

162mg

120mg

100mg

Cheese, Cheddar type, half fat+600 mg

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Yogurt, whole milk, plain−40 mg

Yogurt, low fat, plain−78 mg

Milk, soya, non-dairy alternative to milk, unsweetened, fortified−120 mg

Milk, goats, pasteurised−140 mg

All values per 100 g, from the same dataset. Differences are against Ricotta cheese.

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Questions about Ricotta cheese

The questions people ask about Ricotta cheese, answered from the dataset.

How many calories are in a portion of Ricotta cheese?

A typical portion (30 g, a piece of cheese) gives 43 kcal. Per 100 g the figure is 144 kcal.

Is Ricotta cheese high in calcium?

Yes. Cheese, Ricotta has 240 mg calcium per 100 g, 30 % of the NRV, above the 30 % threshold for a “high in” claim.

Which vitamins and minerals does Ricotta cheese have most of?

By share of the daily reference intake: calcium (240 mg, 30 %), vitamin A (0.2 mg, 25 %) and phosphorus (170 mg, 24 %) per 100 g.

Is Ricotta cheese a good source of protein?

Cheese, Ricotta has 9.4 g protein per 100 g, 26 % of the energy, which meets the UK threshold for “high protein”.

How these numbers were made

Every figure comes from the UK Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset (CoFID), 2021 edition, record 12-176, Cheese, Ricotta, published by Public Health England under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Main data references: Milk Products and Eggs Supplement, 1989.. Values are per 100 g of the edible part; a piece is 30 g, a piece of cheese, the usual UK portion for dairy. Reference intakes follow Regulation (EU) 1169/2011 Annex XIII as retained in GB law; “source of”, “high in” and “low” follow Regulation (EC) 1924/2006, assessed per 100 g. Function lines are the authorised wording from the GB register of nutrition and health claims, credited to the nutrient. Energy is rounded to the whole kcal and kJ; other amounts to one decimal, or two below 1. A trace is shown as “trace” and never gets a figure or a badge; a nutrient never analysed is left off the page. We start from the dataset’s 2,887 records and keep 2,322: records weighed with bone, shell or skin, alcoholic drinks, infant foods, brand-named products, records with fewer than eight measured vitamins and minerals and near-identical variants are left out. Group context uses the 99 dairy kept from the dataset; a rank counts only the foods with a measured figure for that nutrient. Food images are illustrations from Ingredient Atlas, released under CC0; they show the food, not the measured sample. Checked 5 October 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.