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American cheese
American cheese4
VS
Feta cheese
Feta cheese4

Dead heat · 8 categories decided · 2 ties

American cheese: 100 g · Feta cheese: 100 g.

The verdict

It's a dead heat — each wins 4 of 8 match-ups.

Pick American cheese for more protein, more potassium, more calcium and more magnesium.

Pick Feta cheese for less sugar, less saturated fat, less sodium and more iron.

Evenly matched on fiber and vitamin C.

Equal weight (per 100 g)Common servingEqual calories

Head-to-head

  • Energy
    290 kcal
    265 kcal
  • Proteinmore is better
    WIN16.41 g
    14.21 g
  • Carbohydrate
    8.73 g
    3.88 g
  • Fibermore is better
    0 g
    0 g
  • Total sugarsless is better
    7.32 g
    0 gWIN
  • Total fat
    21.23 g
    21.49 g
  • Saturated fatless is better
    13.33 g
    13.3 gWIN
  • Sodiumless is better
    1625 mg
    1139 mgWIN
  • Potassiummore is better
    WIN242 mg
    62 mg
  • Calciummore is better
    WIN562 mg
    493 mg
  • Ironmore is better
    0.33 mg
    0.65 mgWIN
  • Magnesiummore is better
    WIN29 mg
    19 mg
  • Vitamin Cmore is better
    0 mg
    0 mg
  • Vitamin Dmore is better
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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.

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