Hi Inna:
Go with what is on the package for the cottage cheese. Maybe another brand has more favorable numbers if you can't eat the full fat cottage cheese.
I don't have the edamame beans you talk about, but I have the Eden brand organic black soy beans in a can. A one-half cup serving contains 5.7g fat, 11g protein, 8 g carbs (of which 7g is fiber) = 1 gram net digestible carbs. I also have a can of Bombay Organic Soya Beans (white ones) and a serving contains 8g fat, 15g protein, 9g carbs (6 g fibre, 3g sugar) = 3 g net carbs.
I didn't know what edamame beans were, so now I know they are green soybeans. I guess we have counts for each color now. When I was looking them up, I found these nutrition counts from another website, but they were based on a 2/3 cup serving: 2g fat, 6g protein, 5g carbs (5g fiber, 1g sugar) -
http://www.sunrich.com/hn/products/...e_nutrition.gif
With the US labelling system, the rounding system makes for some inconsistencies. It looks like there is between .5 and 1 gram of sugar in a 2/3 cup serving of endamame beans. I would guess that your 1/2 cup serving was small enough to bring the sugar count to less than 1/2 g/serving. Kind of the same issue with mayonnaise labelling. So go ahead, enjoy.
I'm going to look for some myself. How do they compare in taste to the white or black soy bean? I did notice, however, that the black and white soybeans are higher in protein (if that is a concern). The green soy beans are almost all fiber, which is also good, depending on one's needs.
Wanda