Cheddar vs Cream cheese: Which Has More Calories?


Per 100 g, Cheddar has 410 kcal and Cream cheese has 350 kcal, so Cream cheese has 15% fewer calories.

Cheddar has more protein (24.3 g vs 6.15 g). Cream cheese has more carbohydrates (5.52 g vs 2.13 g). Relative to calories, Cheddar is the better protein source (5.91 g vs 1.76 g of protein per 100 kcal).

Cheddar - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition
Cheddar - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Cheddar
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handful (20g)slice (18g)cup, shredded (123g)
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* The % Daily Value (DV) shows how much a nutrient in one serving of food contributes to your total daily diet. A 2000-calorie daily intake is used as a general guideline for nutrition advice.
Cream Cheese
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standard serving size (102g)tablespoon (30g)teaspoon (10g)cup (270g)half cup (135g)
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* The % Daily Value (DV) shows how much a nutrient in one serving of food contributes to your total daily diet. A 2000-calorie daily intake is used as a general guideline for nutrition advice.

Cheddar vs Cream Cheese 100g Compare


per 100gCheddarCream cheese
Calories410 350
Carbohydrates2.13 g5.52 g
Fat33.82 g34.44 g
Protein24.25 g6.15 g
Water36.15 g52.62 g
Calcium711 mg97 mg
Iron0.16 mg0.11 mg
Magnessium27 mg9 mg
Potassium76 mg132 mg
Sodium644 mg314 mg
Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine)0.027 mg0.023 mg
Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin)0.434 mg0.23 mg
Vitaminium B3 (Niacin)0.039 mg0.091 mg
Vitaminium B60.075 mg0.056 mg
Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid)0.027 µg0.009 µg
Vitaminium E0.78 mg0.86 mg
Vitaminium K0.002 µg0.002 µg

More Calories in Cheddar

At first glance, you can see that in cheddar is more calories than in cream cheese.

Cheddar has 410 kcal per 100g and cream cheese 350 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 17%.

In cheddar and in cream cheese most calories came from fat.

See tables below to compare cheddar with cream cheese in details.

Cheddar 100g

410kcal

Calories source

  • 2% CARBS.
  • 24% PROTEIN
  • 74% FAT

Cream cheese 100g

350kcal

Calories source

  • 6% CARBS
  • 7% PROTEIN
  • 87% FAT

About the data

Nutrition values on this page are given per 100 g of the food and are based on the official United States Department of Agriculture FoodData Central database. The exact record used for each food is linked under the tables.

Marcin Piotrowicz – calories-info.com creator · Healthy diet and healthy lifestyle promoter. The information is for general purposes and is not medical or dietary advice.