Edam cheese leads 6–1 · 7 categories decided · 3 ties
Blue cheese: 100 g · Edam cheese: 100 g.
The verdict
Edam cheese comes out ahead, winning 6 of 7 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Blue cheese for more potassium.
Pick Edam cheese for more protein, less sugar, less sodium, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Evenly matched on fiber, saturated fat and vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy353 kcal357 kcal
- Proteinmore is better21.4 g24.99 gWIN
- Carbohydrate2.34 g1.43 g
- Fibermore is better0 g0 g
- Total sugarsless is better0.5 g0 gWIN
- Total fat28.74 g28.57 g
- Saturated fatless is better18.67 g18.67 g
- Sodiumless is better1146 mg973 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN256 mg188 mg
- Calciummore is better528 mg731 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better0.31 mg0.44 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better23 mg30 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg0 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.

