Table 16.7. Nutrient content of 100 g of natural cheeses used as ingredients.
Nutrients and units Cheddar Cheddar/
colby, low - fatColby Monterrey Swiss Mozzarella,
part - skim,
low - moistureBlueNational Database no. 01009 01168 01011 01025 01040 01029 01004
Weight, g 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
% Moisture 36.75 63.10 38.20 41.01 37.12 46.46 42.41
Energy, kcal 403 173 394 373 380 302 353
Energy, kJ 1684 724 1647 1562 1591 1262 1477
Protein, g 24.90 24.35 23.76 24.48 26.93 25.96 21.40
Fat, g 33.14 7.00 32.11 30.28 27.80 20.03 28.74
Saturated fatty acids, g 21.092 4.342 20.218 19.066 17.779 10.877 18.669
Monounsaturated fatty acids, g 9.391 2.082 9.280 8.751 7.274 4.85 7.778
Polyunsaturated fatty acids, g 0.942 0.222 0.953 0.899 0.972 0.508 0.800
Cholesterol, mg 105 21 95 89 92 54 75
Carbohydrate, g 1.28 1.91 2.57 0.68 5.38 3.83 2.34
Dietary fi ber, g 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Calcium, mg 721 415 685 746 791 731 528
Iron, mg 0.68 0.42 0.76 0.72 0.20 0.25 0.31
Magnesium, mg 28 16 26 27 38 26 23
Phosphorus, mg 512 484 457 444 567 524 387
Potassium, mg 98 66 127 81 77 95 256
Sodium, mg 621 612 604 536 192 528 1395
Zinc, mg 3.11 1.82 3.070 3.00 4.36 3.13 2.66
Copper, mg 0.031 0.021 0.042 0.032 0.043 0.027 0.040
Manganese, mg 0.010 0.006 0.012 0.011 0.005 0.011 0.009
Selenium, μ g 13.9 14.5 14.5 14.5 18.2 16.3 14.5
Vitamin C, mg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thiamin, mg 0.027 0.012 0.015 0.015 0.063 0.101 0.029
Ribofl avin, mg 0.375 0.221 0.375 0.390 0.296 0.329 0.382
Niacin, mg 0.080 0.051 0.093 0.093 0.092 0.119 1.016
Pantothenic acid, mg 0.413 0.183 0.210 0.210 0.429 0.090 1.729
Vitamin B 6 , mg 0.074 0.045 0.079 0.079 0.083 0.079 0.166
Folate, total, μ g 18 11 18 18 6 10 36
Folic acid, μ g 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Folate, food, μ g 18 11 18 18 6 10 36
Vitamin B 12 , μ g 0.083 0.49 0.83 0.83 3.34 2.31 1.22
Vitamin A, RAE 265 60 264 198 220 160 198
Vitamin A, IU 1002 207 994 769 830 605 763
Vitamin D, IU 24 5 24 22 20 15 21
Vitamin E, mg 0.29 0.06 0.28 0.26 0.38 0.37 0.25
Vitamin K, μ g 2.8 0.6 2.7 2.5 2.2 1.3 2.4
Amino acids
Tryptophan, g 0.320 0.286 0.305 0.315 0.401 0.603 0.312
Threonine, g 0.886 0.798 0.845 0.871 1.038 0.151 0.785
Isoleucine, g 1.546 1.389 1.475 1.519 1.537 1.329 1.124
Leucine, g 2.385 2.145 2.275 2.344 2.965 2.138 1.919
Lysine, g 2.072 1.866 1.978 2.037 2.585 1.130 1.852
Methionine, g 0.652 0.588 0.622 0.641 0.784 0.603 0.584
Cysteine, g 0.125 0.111 0.119 0.123 0.290 0.135 0.107
Phenylalanine, g 1.311 1.179 1.251 1.289 1.662 1.184 1.087
Tyrosine, g 1.202 1.080 1.147 1.182 1.693 1.222 1.295
Valine, g 1.663 1.496 1.586 1.635 2.139 1.548 1.556
Arginine, g 0.941 0.847 0.898 0.925 0.927 0.603 0.711
Histidine, g 0.874 0.786 0.834 0.859 1.065 0.603 0.758
Alanine, g 0.703 0.633 0.670 0.691 0.914 0.828 0.644
Aspartic acid, g 1.600 1.439 1.527 1.573 1.569 1.912 1.436
Glutamic acid, g 6.092 5.480 5.813 5.990 5.704 5.220 5.179
Glycine, g 0.429 0.385 0.410 0.422 0.508 0.603 0.406
Proline, g 2.809 2.526 2.678 2.759 3.690 2.753 2.100
Serine, g 1.456 1.309 1.389 1.431 1.640 0.860 1.120
Hydroxyproline, g NA NA NA NA NA NA NACalories factors: protein, 4.27; fat, 8.79; carbohydrate, 3.87.
NA, not available
Adapted from USDA (2009)
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