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Cottage cheese is back and all over TikTok. Two dietitians explain why social media’s obsessed
The Conversation
23/08/2024
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Abstract
You might remember cottage cheese from your childhood. Back then, it was considered “diet food”. You ate it out of the tub, with celery or spread it on crackers for a low-calorie snack. Then cottage cheese went out of fashion.
But cottage cheese is having a resurgence. In recent months, Google searches for “cottage cheese” have risen to the highest levels since 2004.
Social media influencers have been promoting its benefits on TikTok and Instagram with hashtags such as #cottagecheese, #cottagecheeseforlife, and #cottagecheeserecipe. Sales of cottage cheese around the world have skyrocketed.
Let’s see why cottage cheese is having such a moment.
Details
- Title
- Cottage cheese is back and all over TikTok. Two dietitians explain why social media’s obsessed
- Creators
- Lauren Ball - The University of QueenslandEmily Burch - Southern Cross University, Faculty of Health
- Publication Details
- The Conversation
- Publisher
- The Conversation Media Group
- Identifiers
- 991013214110902368
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Health
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Magazine article