Parmesan cheese, hard leads 5–4 · 9 categories decided · 1 tie
Each value is per 100 g edible portion.
The verdict
Parmesan cheese, hard comes out ahead, winning 5 of 9 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Buttermilk for less saturated fat, less sodium, more potassium and more vitamin C.
Pick Parmesan cheese, hard for more protein, less sugar, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Evenly matched on fiber.
Head-to-head
- Energy40 kcal392 kcal
- Proteinmore is better3.31 g35.75 gWIN
- Carbohydrate4.79 g3.22 g
- Fibermore is better0 g0 g
- Total sugarsless is better5.36 g0.11 gWIN
- Total fat1.07 g25 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.66 g14.85 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN148 mg1175 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN151 mg92 mg
- Calciummore is better116 mg1184 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better0.05 mg0.82 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better11 mg44 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN1 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.

