Dead heat · 8 categories decided · 2 ties
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
It's a dead heat — each wins 4 of 8 match-ups.
Pick Brick cheese for more protein, less sugar, less sodium and more iron.
Pick Queso fresco for less saturated fat, more potassium, more calcium and more magnesium.
Evenly matched on fiber and vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN6.26 g6.05 g
- Carbohydrate0.75 g1 g
- Fibermore is better0 g0 g
- Total sugarsless is betterWIN0.14 g0.78 g
- Total fat8 g7.97 g
- Saturated fatless is better5.06 g4.33 gWIN
- Sodiumless is betterWIN150.94 mg251.17 mg
- Potassiummore is better36.66 mg43.14 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better181.67 mg189.3 mgWIN
- Ironmore is betterWIN0.12 mg0.07 mg
- Magnesiummore is better6.47 mg8.03 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.

