American cheese leads 6–3 · 9 categories decided · 1 tie
American cheese: 100 g · Chocolate milk: 100 g.
The verdict
American cheese comes out ahead, winning 6 of 9 nutrient match-ups.
Pick American cheese for more protein, less sugar, more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Pick Chocolate milk for more fiber, less saturated fat and less sodium.
Evenly matched on vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy290 kcal78 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN16.41 g2.99 g
- Carbohydrate8.73 g12.13 g
- Fibermore is better0 g0.7 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is betterWIN7.32 g9.55 g
- Total fat21.23 g1.9 g
- Saturated fatless is better13.33 g1.18 gWIN
- Sodiumless is better1625 mg66 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN242 mg123 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN562 mg194 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN0.33 mg0.24 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN29 mg14 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg0 mg
- Vitamin Dmore is better——
Winners are decided by deterministic per-metric rules on the stated basis; ties and missing data don’t score (missing ≠ zero). Educational information only — not medical advice.

