Parmesan, grated leads 5–3 · 8 categories decided · 2 ties
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Parmesan, grated comes out ahead, winning 5 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Brie cheese for less sodium, more potassium and more iron.
Pick Parmesan, grated for more protein, less sugar, less saturated fat, more calcium and more magnesium.
Evenly matched on fiber and vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better6.21 g6.77 gWIN
- Carbohydrate0.13 g3.31 g
- Fibermore is better0 g0 g
- Total sugarsless is better0.13 g0.02 gWIN
- Total fat8.29 g6.63 g
- Saturated fatless is better5.21 g3.66 gWIN
- Sodiumless is betterWIN188.32 mg429.52 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN45.51 mg42.86 mg
- Calciummore is better55.09 mg203.1 mgWIN
- Ironmore is betterWIN0.15 mg0.12 mg
- Magnesiummore is better5.99 mg8.1 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.

