Cheese sauce leads 7–3 · 10 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Cheese sauce comes out ahead, winning 7 of 10 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Brick cheese for more protein, less sodium and more calcium.
Pick Cheese sauce for more fiber, less sugar, less saturated fat, more potassium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN6.26 g5.24 g
- Carbohydrate0.75 g2.78 g
- Fibermore is better0 g0.05 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is better0.14 g0.1 gWIN
- Total fat8 g7.57 g
- Saturated fatless is better5.06 g4.08 gWIN
- Sodiumless is betterWIN150.94 mg250.25 mg
- Potassiummore is better36.66 mg72.08 mgWIN
- Calciummore is betterWIN181.67 mg157.87 mg
- Ironmore is better0.12 mg0.18 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better6.47 mg9.64 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg0.3 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.

