Parmesan vs Mascarpone cheese: Which Has More Calories?


Per 100 g, Parmesan has 392 kcal and Mascarpone cheese has 429 kcal, so Parmesan has 9% fewer calories.

Parmesan has more protein (35.8 g vs 3.57 g). Mascarpone cheese has more fat (42.9 g vs 25 g). Relative to calories, Parmesan is the better protein source (9.12 g vs 0.83 g of protein per 100 kcal).

Parmesan - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition
Parmesan - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Parmesan
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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.
Mascarpone
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tablespoon (28g)teaspoon (9g)cup (120g)half cup (60g)
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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.

Parmesan vs Mascarpone 100g Compare


per 100g Parmesan Mascarpone cheese
Calories 392 429
Carbohydrates 3.22 g 3.57 g
Fat 25 g 42.86 g
Protein 35.75 g 3.57 g
Calcium 1184 mg 143 mg
Sodium 1175 mg 54 mg
Vitaminium A 781 IU 1786 IU

Less Calories in Parmesan

At first glance, you can see that in Parmesan is just a little less calories than in mascarpone.

Parmesan has 392 kcal per 100g and mascarpone 429 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 9%.

In Parmesan and in mascarpone most calories came from fat.

See tables below to compare Parmesan with mascarpone in details.

Parmesan 100g

392kcal

Calories source

  • 3% CARBS.
  • 38% PROTEIN
  • 59% FAT

Mascarpone cheese 100g

429kcal

Calories source

  • 3% CARBS
  • 3% PROTEIN
  • 93% 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.