American cheese vs Cheestrings

American cheese3

Cheestrings3

Dead heat · 6 categories decided

American cheese: 100 g · Cheestrings: 20 g.

The verdict

It's a dead heat — each wins 3 of 6 match-ups.

Pick American cheese for more protein, more calcium and more iron.

Pick Cheestrings for less sugar, less saturated fat and less sodium.

Equal weight (per 100 g)Common serving Equal calories

Head-to-head

Energy
290 kcal
61 kcal
Proteinmore is better
WIN16.41 g
4.6 g
Carbohydrate
8.73 g
0.5 g
Fibermore is better
0 g
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Total sugarsless is better
7.32 g
0.2 gWIN
Total fat
21.23 g
4.5 g
Saturated fatless is better
13.33 g
2.8 gWIN
Sodiumless is better
1625 mg
142 mgWIN
Potassiummore is better
242 mg
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Calciummore is better
WIN562 mg
156 mg
Ironmore is better
WIN0.33 mg
0 mg
Magnesiummore is better
29 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.