Cream cheese leads 7–1 · 8 categories decided · 2 ties
Each value is per 100 g edible portion.
The verdict
Cream cheese comes out ahead, winning 7 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Butter, salted for less sugar.
Pick Cream cheese for more protein, less saturated fat, less sodium, more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Evenly matched on fiber and vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy717 kcal350 kcal
- Proteinmore is better0.85 g6.15 gWIN
- Carbohydrate0.06 g5.52 g
- Fibermore is better0 g0 g
- Total sugarsless is betterWIN0.06 g3.76 g
- Total fat81.11 g34.44 g
- Saturated fatless is better51.37 g20.21 gWIN
- Sodiumless is better643 mg314 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is better24 mg132 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better24 mg97 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better0.02 mg0.11 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better2 mg9 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.

