American cheese vs Philadelphia

American cheese2

Philadelphia2

Dead heat · 4 categories decided · 1 tie

Both foods compared at 100 kcal.

The verdict

It's a dead heat — each wins 2 of 4 match-ups.

Pick American cheese for more protein and less saturated fat.

Pick Philadelphia for less sugar and less sodium.

Evenly matched on fiber.

Equal weight (per 100 g)Common serving Equal calories

Head-to-head

Energy
100 kcal
100 kcal
Proteinmore is better
WIN5.66 g
2.5 g
Carbohydrate
3.01 g
2.5 g
Fibermore is better
0 g
0 g
Total sugarsless is better
2.52 g
1.25 gWIN
Total fat
7.32 g
8.75 g
Saturated fatless is better
WIN4.6 g
5.63 g
Sodiumless is better
560.34 mg
156.25 mgWIN
Potassiummore is better
83.45 mg
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Calciummore is better
193.79 mg
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Ironmore is better
0.11 mg
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Magnesiummore is better
10 mg
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Vitamin Cmore is better
0 mg
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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.