American cheese leads 3–2 · 5 categories decided · 1 tie
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
American cheese comes out ahead, winning 3 of 5 nutrient match-ups.
Pick American cheese for less sugar, less saturated fat and more iron.
Pick Greek Yogurt for more protein and less sodium.
Evenly matched on fiber.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better5.66 g8.09 gWIN
- Carbohydrate3.01 g5.04 g
- Fibermore is better0 g0 g
- Total sugarsless is betterWIN2.52 g4.38 g
- Total fat7.32 g13.66 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN4.6 g9.55 g
- Sodiumless is better560.34 mg104.73 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is better83.45 mg—
- Calciummore is better193.79 mg—
- Ironmore is betterWIN0.11 mg0 mg
- Magnesiummore is better10 mg—
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg—
- 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.
