Parmesan cheese, hard leads 6–2 · 8 categories decided · 2 ties
Each value is per 100 g edible portion.
The verdict
Parmesan cheese, hard comes out ahead, winning 6 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Brick cheese for less sodium and more potassium.
Pick Parmesan cheese, hard for more protein, less sugar, less saturated fat, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Evenly matched on fiber and vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy371 kcal392 kcal
- Proteinmore is better23.24 g35.75 gWIN
- Carbohydrate2.79 g3.22 g
- Fibermore is better0 g0 g
- Total sugarsless is better0.51 g0.11 gWIN
- Total fat29.68 g25 g
- Saturated fatless is better18.76 g14.85 gWIN
- Sodiumless is betterWIN560 mg1175 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN136 mg92 mg
- Calciummore is better674 mg1184 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better0.43 mg0.82 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better24 mg44 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.

