Total 2% Milkfat leads 4–1 · 5 categories decided · 1 tie
American cheese: 100 g · Total 2% Milkfat: 170 g.
The verdict
Total 2% Milkfat comes out ahead, winning 4 of 5 nutrient match-ups.
Pick American cheese for more calcium.
Pick Total 2% Milkfat for more protein, less sugar, less saturated fat and less sodium.
Evenly matched on fiber.
Head-to-head
- Energy290 kcal120 kcal
- Proteinmore is better16.41 g17 gWIN
- Carbohydrate8.73 g5 g
- Fibermore is better0 g0 g
- Total sugarsless is better7.32 g5 gWIN
- Total fat21.23 g3.5 g
- Saturated fatless is better13.33 g2.5 gWIN
- Sodiumless is better1625 mg55 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is better242 mg—
- Calciummore is betterWIN562 mg200.01 mg
- Ironmore is better0.33 mg—
- Magnesiummore is better29 mg—
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 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.
