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Cheese, American, Restaurant

375 calories and 17.5 g of protein per 100 g.

USDA FoundationPublished Dec 2019

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Cheese, American, restaurant

Source category: Dairy and Egg Products
Nutrition basis: Per 100 g
Source record: USDA FDC 747429
Publication date: Dec 2019

On a 100 g basis, this record has more protein than 35% of 236 other complete cheese profiles.

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Amount gUse a portion

60calories

in 16 g

Nutrient	Amount	Daily value
Protein	2.8 g	—
Carbohydrate	1 g	0%
Fat	5 g	6%
Fiber	—	—
Total sugars	0.6 g	—
Sodium	256 mg	11%
Saturated fat	2.8 g	14%
Potassium	28 mg	1%
Calcium	81 mg	6%
Iron	0.04 mg	0%
Magnesium	4 mg	1%
Vitamin C	—	—
Vitamin D	—	—

Estimated energy from macros

Protein 19%Carbs 7%Fat 75%

Uses 4 kcal/g for protein and carbohydrate, 9 for fat. Fiber, alcohol, and label rounding can make this differ from reported calories.

Daily values use the FDA adult reference for a 2,000-calorie diet. Your needs may differ. A dash means no reported value or no daily value shown.

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Reported variation in the reference data

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Where the source reports a minimum and maximum, you can see that range alongside the displayed value.

Nutrient	Displayed value	Reported minimum	Reported maximum	Data points
WaterPer 100 g	39.5 g	37.1 g	40.6 g	73
NitrogenPer 100 g	2.74 g	2.31 g	3.3 g	73
ProteinPer 100 g	17.5 g	14.7 g	21 g	—
Total lipid (fat)Per 100 g	31.1 g	29.1 g	33.8 g	73
AshPer 100 g	5.57 g	4.8 g	6.38 g	73
GlucosePer 100 g	0.01 g	0 g	0.22 g	70
LactosePer 100 g	3.62 g	0.72 g	6.34 g	70
GalactosePer 100 g	0.12 g	0 g	0.32 g	65

These are source-reported summary fields, not a predicted range for your particular food or a statistical confidence interval.

All 97 reported nutrient values Per 100 g

Nutrient	Amount	USDA identifier
Water	39.5 g	1051
Energy (Atwater General Factors)	375 kcal	2047
Energy (Atwater Specific Factors)	373 kcal	2048
Energy	375 kcal	1008
Energy	1,570 kj	1062
Nitrogen	2.74 g	1002
Protein	17.5 g	1003
Total lipid (fat)	31.1 g	1004
Total fat (NLEA)	26.6 g	1085
Ash	5.57 g	1007
Carbohydrate, by difference	6.35 g	1005
Sugars, Total NLEA	3.76 g	1063
Sucrose	0 g	1010
Glucose	0.01 g	1011
Fructose	0 g	1012
Lactose	3.62 g	1013
Maltose	0 g	1014
Galactose	0.12 g	1075
Calcium, Ca	508 mg	1087
Iron, Fe	0.24 mg	1089
Magnesium, Mg	25 mg	1090
Phosphorus, P	380 mg	1091
Potassium, K	173 mg	1092
Sodium, Na	1,600 mg	1093
Zinc, Zn	2.45 mg	1095
Copper, Cu	0.042 mg	1098
Manganese, Mn	0.018 mg	1101
Iodine, I	54.1 µg	1100
Fatty acids, total saturated	17.7 g	1258
SFA 4:0	0.656 g	1259
SFA 5:0	0 g	2003
SFA 6:0	0.526 g	1260
SFA 7:0	0 g	2004
SFA 8:0	0.327 g	1261
SFA 9:0	0 g	2005
SFA 10:0	0.759 g	1262
SFA 11:0	0 g	1335
SFA 12:0	0.856 g	1263
SFA 14:0	2.75 g	1264
SFA 15:0	0.295 g	1299
SFA 16:0	8.3 g	1265
SFA 17:0	0.172 g	1300
SFA 18:0	3.02 g	1266
SFA 20:0	0.041 g	1267
SFA 21:0	0.004 g	2006
SFA 22:0	0.016 g	1273
SFA 23:0	0 g	2007
SFA 24:0	0.008 g	1301
Fatty acids, total monounsaturated	6.62 g	1292
MUFA 12:1	0.016 g	2008
MUFA 14:1 c	0.215 g	2009
MUFA 15:1	0 g	1333
MUFA 16:1 c	0.367 g	1314
MUFA 17:1	0.052 g	1323
MUFA 17:1 c	0.052 g	2010
MUFA 18:1 c	5.9 g	1315
MUFA 20:1 c	0.049 g	2012
MUFA 22:1 c	0.002 g	1317
MUFA 22:1 n-9	0.002 g	2014
MUFA 22:1 n-11	0 g	2015
MUFA 24:1 c	0.001 g	1312
Fatty acids, total polyunsaturated	1.23 g	1293
PUFA 18:2 c	1.06 g	2016
PUFA 18:2 n-6 c,c	0.936 g	1316
PUFA 18:2 CLAs	0.123 g	1311
PUFA 18:3 c	0.153 g	2018
PUFA 18:3 n-3 c,c,c (ALA)	0.143 g	1404
PUFA 18:3 n-6 c,c,c	0.01 g	1321
PUFA 18:4	0.005 g	1276
PUFA 20:2 c	0.006 g	2026
PUFA 20:2 n-6 c,c	0.006 g	1313
PUFA 20:3 c	0.035 g	2020
PUFA 20:3 n-3	0.001 g	1405
PUFA 20:4 n-6	0.034 g	1406
PUFA 20:3 n-9	0 g	1414
PUFA 22:3	0 g	2021
PUFA 20:4	0.042 g	1271
PUFA 20:4c	0.042 g	2022
PUFA 20:5c	0.009 g	2023
PUFA 20:5 n-3 (EPA)	0.009 g	1278
PUFA 22:2	0.002 g	1334
PUFA 22:5 c	0.017 g	2024
PUFA 22:4	0.007 g	1411
PUFA 22:5 n-3 (DPA)	0.017 g	1280
PUFA 22:6 c	0.001 g	2025
PUFA 22:6 n-3 (DHA)	0.001 g	1272
Fatty acids, total trans	1.01 g	1257
Fatty acids, total trans-monoenoic	0.832 g	1329
TFA 14:1 t	0.047 g	1281
TFA 16:1 t	0.087 g	1303
TFA 18:1 t	0.698 g	1304
TFA 20:1 t	0 g	2013
TFA 22:1 t	0 g	1305
Fatty acids, total trans-dienoic	0.175 g	1330
TFA 18:2 t not further defined	0.175 g	1306
Fatty acids, total trans-polyenoic	0.003 g	1331
TFA 18:3 t	0.003 g	2019

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