American cheese leads 6–3 · 9 categories decided · 1 tie
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
American cheese comes out ahead, winning 6 of 9 nutrient match-ups.
Pick American cheese for more protein, less sugar, less saturated fat, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Pick Half and half for less sodium, more potassium and more vitamin C.
Evenly matched on fiber.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN5.66 g2.39 g
- Carbohydrate3.01 g3.28 g
- Fibermore is better0 g0 g
- Total sugarsless is betterWIN2.52 g3.15 g
- Total fat7.32 g8.78 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN4.6 g5.37 g
- Sodiumless is better560.34 mg46.56 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is better83.45 mg100.76 mgWIN
- Calciummore is betterWIN193.79 mg81.68 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN0.11 mg0.04 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN10 mg7.63 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg0.69 mgWIN
- 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.

