Mozzarella Cheese vs American Cheese: All Nutritional Differences

Where is more calories, protein, carbs - what is more healthy?

Marcin Piotrowicz, healthy lifestyle promoter

Mozzarella cheese - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition

American cheese - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition

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Less Calories in Mozzarella

At first glance, you can see that in mozzarella is less calories than in american cheese.

Mozzarella has 280 kcal per 100g and american cheese 307 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 10%.

In mozzarella and in american cheese most calories came from fat.

See tables below to compare mozzarella with american cheese in details.

Mozzarella And American cheese Nutrition Difference

Calories:
american cheese - 10% more than mozzarella
Carbohydrates:
american cheese - 185% more than mozzarella
Fat:
american cheese - 35% more than mozzarella
Protein:
mozzarella - 71% more than american cheese
Water:
mozzarella - 11% more than american cheese

American cheese vs Mozzarella: Vitamins and Minerals Comparison

per 100g	Mozzarella cheese	American cheese
Calories	280	307
Carbohydrates	3.1 g	8.85 g
Fat	17.1 g	23.06 g
Protein	27.5 g	16.09 g
Water	49.9 g	45.07 g
Calcium	731 mg	1375 mg
Iron	0.25 mg	0.95 mg
Magnessium	26 mg	34 mg
Potassium	95 mg	295 mg
Sodium	16 mg	1279 mg
Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine)	0.02 mg	0.04 mg
Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin)	0.34 mg	0.425 mg
Vitaminium B3 (Niacin)	0.12 mg	0.17 mg
Vitaminium B6	0.08 mg	0.124 mg
Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid)	0.009 mg	0.018 mg
Vitaminium E	0.15 mg	0.84 mg
Vitaminium K	0.002 mg	0.003 mg

More protein in mozzarella

It is aslo easy to see see that in mozzarella is more protein than in american cheese.

There is 16.09g per 100g of american cheese and 27.5g per 100g of mozzarella so using simple math we can see that difference is about 71%.

Less carbohydrates in mozzarella

In mozzarella is less carbohydrates than in american cheese.

There is 8.85g/100g of carbohydrates in american cheese and 3.1g/100g in mozzarella so let me do the math for you again - difference is about 185%.

Less fat in mozzarella

In mozzarella is less fats than in american cheese.

The tables above show us that there is 23.06g/100g of fats in american cheese and 17.1g/100g in mozzarella. In this case difference is about 35%.