Dead heat · 4 categories decided · 1 tie
American: serving (19 g) · Low-fat cheddar cheese: 100 g.
The verdict
It's a dead heat — each wins 2 of 4 match-ups.
Pick American for less saturated fat and less sodium.
Pick Low-fat cheddar cheese for more protein and less sugar.
Evenly matched on fiber.
Head-to-head
- Energy50 kcal173 kcal
- Proteinmore is better3 g24.35 gWIN
- Carbohydrate2 g1.91 g
- Fibermore is better0 g0 g
- Total sugarsless is better1 g0.52 gWIN
- Total fat3 g7 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN2 g4.34 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN210 mg873 mg
- Potassiummore is better—66 mg
- Calciummore is better—415 mg
- Ironmore is better—0.42 mg
- Magnesiummore is better—16 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better—0 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.