Quark
What the research shows
No concerns
none of the findings here link it to harm
What research says
Studies in people
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Benefit
Muscle building after eating3
Eating quark helped build muscle protein in young and older men, especially after exercise.
The signal at the top counts the findings in people and in animal and lab studies. A concern in studies of people outranks animal and lab studies, and “No concerns” needs at least one finding in people. When most findings in people point one way, the page leans that way (“Mostly”), and every finding is still shown. Findings whose study type is not stated are shown but not counted. This page is a reference, not medical advice. It describes what regulators and published research say. Talk to a doctor or dietitian about your own diet.
Products
The 6 most-scanned of 55 products on Open Food Facts that list quark.
- SEREK WIEJSKI PIĄTNICA · 200 g 0 additives
- Protein 25g Strawberry Grahams · 200 g 1 additive
- KVARG White Chocolate Flavour Nestlé Lindahl's · 150 g 4 additives
- KVARG STRACCIATELLA Nestlé LINDAHLS · 150 g 5 additives
- Quark Grahams · 250 g 0 additives
- Passion Fruit, Mango & Papaya Graham's · 200 g 0 additives
References
- 1Quark: ingredient taxonomy entry. Open Food Facts.
- 2Quark (dairy product). Wikipedia. Accessed September 30, 2026. CC BY-SA 4.0.
- 3Hermans WJ, Fuchs CJ, Nyakayiru J, et al. Acute Quark Ingestion Increases Muscle Protein Synthesis Rates at Rest with a Further Increase after Exercise in Young and Older Adult Males in a Parallel-Group Intervention Trial. J Nutr. 2023;153(1):66-75. doi:10.1016/j.tjnut.2022.10.003