Nutritional Information of Popular Cheeses

Cheese Breakdown

February 1, 2008

Since you guys enjoyed my fun cheese quiz, I thought that now would be a good time to break it all down. Yes, we all love cheese, so instead of cutting it out of your diet completely use this helpful breakdown to try and stick to the lesser of the evils in the cheese world.

To see a breakdown of 20 popular cheeses, just read more.

Cheese (1 oz.)	Calories	Fat (g)	Saturated Fat (g)	Sodium (mg)	Protein (g)	Calcium (mg)
American (Slice)	105	8.8	5.5	417	6.2	154.6
Brie	95	7.9	4.9	179	5.9	52.3
Bleu	100	8.2	5.3	396	6.1	150
Camembert	85	6.9	4.3	239	5.6	110.2
Cheddar	114	9.4	6	176	7.1	204.8
Chèvre (Goat Cheese)	103	8.5	5.9	146	6.1	84.5
Feta	75	6	4.2	317	4	140
Gorgonzola	99	8	5.1	312	6	n/a
Gouda	101	7.8	5.0	232	7.1	198.5
Gruyère	117	9.2	5.4	95	8.5	287.1
Laughing Cow	95	8.1	5.4	230	6.8	202.9
Monterey Jack	107	9.7	6	180	6.7	200
Mozzarella (Part-Skim)	72	4.5	2.9	176	6.9	222.1
Mozzarella (Whole Milk)	85	6.3	3.7	178	6.3	143.4
Parmesan	128	8	5.0	18	12	n/a
Provolone	100	7.6	4.9	249	7.3	214.7
Ricotta	39	2.2	1.4	35	3.2	77.1
Roquefort	105	8.7	5.5	514	6.1	188
Swiss	108	7.9	5.0	55	7.6	224.6
Velveeta	81	6.1	4.1	416	5.1	152.1

What's to take from all this? Well Part-Skim Mozzarella is clearly one of the best choices, especially since it's low in calories, saturated fat, and sodium, but high in calcium and not to mention tasty.

Source

Cheese Calorie Breakdown

15 Comments

i am awesomeness 5 years 16 weeks

that was interesting. I like learning about different types of food, and now I know more about cheese! lol

wackdoodle 5 years 16 weeks

Ummm...cheese. Could read...my eyes filled with cheese. Yummy delicious cheese. Hey you forgot cottage.

Spectra 5 years 16 weeks

Ugh, Velveeta is NASTY. It smells like vomit and it tastes almost as bad. If I'm gonna eat cheese, it's going to be some damn good stuff. I usually eat Parmesano-Reggiano, which is high in calories, but I only use a little bit because it's so flavorful. Soft cheeses are almost always lower in calories than hard cheese because they have more water in them.

backnskinnyjeans 5 years 16 weeks

Velveeta always struck me as an orange plastic goo with cheese flavoring. Scary, I know people who eat it by the brick.

hottpink 5 years 16 weeks

Velveeta is so gross! I LOVE mozzarella (part-skim) and swiss! I could eat a whole block of both!

ktacce 5 years 16 weeks

i'm right there with Kiddyind - velveeta is soooo not a cheese! ;)

modernage 5 years 16 weeks

=(.

modernage 5 years 16 weeks

=(.

jasmint 5 years 16 weeks

I used to LOVE cheese, too. I ate way too much of it. I gave it up a year and a half ago and surprisingly haven't really missed it.

GlowingMoon 5 years 16 weeks

I used to love cheese. I'm one of the few people who removed it from her diet due to the saturated fat and sodium.

Stacey Cakes 5 years 16 weeks

I love cheese!

kiddylnd 5 years 16 weeks

Wait - Velveta actually gets counted as CHEESE?! I thought it was more a cheese-like product. Never had it, and not planning on it. :)

Novaraen 5 years 16 weeks

Love Laughing Cow cheese....yummmmmmmmmmmm!

suzanne 5 years 16 weeks

I am ridiculously crazy for Cambozola... a combo of Camembert and Gorgonzola... creamy, yummy, not too salty :DROOL: It prob would not do so well on the list :( ... but making pizza for supper tonight seems a bit better now that I see the part-skim mozzarella ranking. :)

Lovely_1 5 years 16 weeks

Wow! I thought Brie (my all time FAV) was the worst! Guess not...

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