Pasteurized process cheese food or product Cheese Calories and Nutrition Facts

Cheese, pasteurized process cheese food or product, American, singles nutrition facts

The table below shows the complete nutritional profile for cheese, pasteurized process cheese food or product, american, singles per 100 g (the laboratory analytical standard), alongside the share of the FDA Daily Value each nutrient covers. Most of its calories come from fat, and it is high in protein (15.6 g per 100 g).

*Percent Daily Value per 100 g, against the FDA reference intakes for adults and children 4+ years (50 g protein, 275 g carbohydrate, 28 g fibre, 78 g fat, 20 g saturated fat, 2300 mg sodium). Total sugars has no Daily Value — the 50 g reference applies to added sugars only, and USDA reports total sugars here.

Pasteurized process cheese food or product Cheese calories by weight: ounces, pounds and grams

USDA publishes this food per 100 g, so here is the same profile converted to the weights a kitchen scale and a US recipe actually use. At 3.1 kcal per gram (medium energy density), medium energy density — portion size starts to matter, so weigh it if you are tracking closely.

How pasteurized process cheese food or product cheese compares to other dairy & eggs

Against the 40 dairy & eggs in this database, pasteurized process cheese food or product cheese ranks 24th lowest in calories and 19th highest in protein. The category averages 243 kcal per 100 g, so this one is 28% above it. The lightest option in the category is milk, nonfat, fluid, with added vitamin a and vitamin d (fat free or skim) at 34 kcal per 100 g, and the protein leader is egg, white, dried at 79.9 g per 100 g.

Portion planning with pasteurized process cheese food or product cheese

• 100 calories comes to about 32 g (1.1 oz).
• 20 g of protein takes about 128 g, bringing 397 kcal with it — that is 5 g of protein per 100 calories.
• Macro split by calories: 11% carbs, 20% protein, 69% fat.

Nutrient screening detail

The badges near the top of this page come from screening the per-100 g values against the FDA nutrient-content thresholds in 21 CFR 101.54–101.62. The regulations define those claims per reference serving rather than per 100 g, so treat these as a like-for-like comparison between foods, not as a statement about a product label:

• High protein — 15.6 g per 100 g (≥ 20% DV)
• Sugar free — 0 g total sugars per 100 g (< 0.5 g)

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