Nonfat dry milk leads 7–2 · 9 categories decided · 1 tie
American cheese: 100 g · Nonfat dry milk: 100 g.
The verdict
Nonfat dry milk comes out ahead, winning 7 of 9 nutrient match-ups.
Pick American cheese for less sugar and more iron.
Pick Nonfat dry milk for more protein, less saturated fat, less sodium, more potassium, more calcium, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Evenly matched on fiber.
Head-to-head
- Energy290 kcal362 kcal
- Proteinmore is better16.41 g36.16 gWIN
- Carbohydrate8.73 g51.98 g
- Fibermore is better0 g0 g
- Total sugarsless is betterWIN7.32 g51.98 g
- Total fat21.23 g0.77 g
- Saturated fatless is better13.33 g0.5 gWIN
- Sodiumless is better1625 mg535 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is better242 mg1794 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better562 mg1257 mgWIN
- Ironmore is betterWIN0.33 mg0.32 mg
- Magnesiummore is better29 mg110 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg6.8 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.

