It depends which brand of cheese you buy. There are plenty of American dairy farms which produce ricotta cheese.
Ricotta cheese
No, it is made from sheep's milk..
No, ricotta is cheese, but yogurt is... yogurt.
I like to eat ricotta cheese
Cottage cheese or mascarpone cheese can be used as substitutes for ricotta cheese in a recipe.
Ricotta means "re-cooked." This reflects the way the cheese is made, by recooking the whey left over from mozzarella to form the cheese.
Some alternatives to ricotta cheese include cottage cheese, cream cheese, mascarpone, or tofu. These options can be used as substitutes in recipes that call for ricotta cheese.
There are approximately 16 ounces of ricotta cheese in a pint. This is equivalent to 2 cups of ricotta cheese.
ricotta chease is a fresh white moist cheese that is slightly grainy but smoother than cottage cheese and has a slightly sweet flavor. Most American ricotta is made with a combination of whey and whole or skim milk. Italian ricotta is made from whey drained off while make provolone or mozz cheeses.
You can substitute ricotta cheese for cottage cheese. I don't think it would work with cream cheese.
You can substitute cottage cheese or a mixture of cream cheese and Greek yogurt for ricotta cheese in lasagna.
The traditional filling for cannoli is a mixture of sweetened ricotta cheese and other ingredients.