32 %
Calcium is needed for the maintenance of normal bones and teeth, and contributes to normal muscle function.
How many calories are in Cheddar type cheese?
81.9kcal
in a 30 g piece
273 kcal per 100 g.
Source: UK CoFID 2021, record 12-348, 16 analysed samples. Checked 5 October 2026.
4.7 gFat
9.8 gProtein
0 gFibre
32 %Daily calcium
What’s in a 30 g piece
About a third of a piece is water. The rest is 9.8 g protein and 4.7 g fat.
- 4.7 gFat
- 9.8 gProtein
- 14.2 gWater
- 1.2 gMinerals and the rest
Above average for dairy
Cheddar type cheese is 273 kcal per 100 g. The 99 dairy in this database average 224.
Cheddar type cheese273
Dairy average224
High in salt
1.7 g of salt per 100 g, which is red on a UK traffic-light label (the line is 1.5 g).
Salt, per piece0.5 g
Vitamins and minerals in Cheddar type cheese
Six of the 20 recorded reach the “high in” level. Calcium leads by a long way.
Show all 20 with amounts
Chloride333 mg, 42 %
Calcium252 mg, 32 %
Phosphorus186 mg, 27 %
Vitamin B120.00039 mg, 16 %
Niacin (vitamin B3)2.3 mg, 14 %
Riboflavin (vitamin B2)0.16 mg, 11 %
Folate0.0168 mg, 8.4 %
Zinc0.84 mg, 8.4 %
Vitamin A0.063 mg, 7.9 %
Selenium0.0033 mg, 6 %
Magnesium11.7 mg, 3.1 %
Vitamin B60.04 mg, 2.8 %
Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5)0.15 mg, 2.6 %
Biotin0.00114 mg, 2.3 %
Potassium33 mg, 1.7 %
Copper0.02 mg, 1.5 %
Vitamin E0.14 mg, 1.2 %
Thiamin (vitamin B1)0.01 mg, 0.8 %
Vitamin D0.00003 mg, 0.6 %
Iron0.06 mg, <1 %
Badges use the UK legal thresholds per 100 g: 15 % of the reference intake for “source of”, 30 % for “high in”. A trace is shown as “trace” and never counts.
What Cheddar type cheese doesn’t give you. And where to find it.
No recorded vitamin C, and only 2 % of the vitamin D reference intake and 1.4 % of the iron reference intake per 100 g.
Vitamin C
Tracein Cheddar type cheese
Find it inCherries, West Indian2150 % per 100 g
Vitamin D
2%in Cheddar type cheese, per 100 g
Find it inBloater, grilled500 % per 100 g
Iron
1.4%in Cheddar type cheese, per 100 g
Find it inThyme, dried, ground883 % per 100 g
100 mgVitamin C, 125 %
0.075 mgSelenium, 136 %
0.00125 mgVitamin D, 25 %
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Cheddar type cheese against other dairy
Per 100 g, milk (skimmed, dried, fortified) has the most calcium in this comparison, followed by cheese (Emmental) and Cheddar type cheese.
1280mg
1025mg
840mg
642mg
485mg
Cheese, Emmental+185 mg
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All values per 100 g, from the same dataset. Differences are against Cheddar type cheese.
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Questions about Cheddar type cheese
What the numbers say to the questions people actually search.
How many calories are in a portion of Cheddar type cheese?
A typical portion (30 g, a piece of cheese) gives 82 kcal. Per 100 g the figure is 273 kcal.
Is Cheddar type cheese high in chloride?
Yes. Cheese, Cheddar type, half fat has 1110 mg chloride per 100 g, 139 % of the NRV, above the 30 % threshold for a “high in” claim.
Which vitamins and minerals does Cheddar type cheese have most of?
By share of the daily reference intake: chloride (1110 mg, 139 %), calcium (840 mg, 105 %) and phosphorus (620 mg, 89 %) per 100 g.
Is Cheddar type cheese a good source of protein?
Cheese, Cheddar type, half fat has 32.7 g protein per 100 g, 48 % of the energy, which meets the UK threshold for “high protein”.
How these numbers were made
Every figure comes from the UK Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset (CoFID), 2021 edition, record 12-348, Cheese, Cheddar type, half fat, 16 analysed samples, published by Public Health England under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Main data references: LGC, Nutrient analysis of cheese, 1999. with inorganics and missing vitamins from MW5 50-230 (1989).. Values are per 100 g of the edible part; a piece is 30 g, a piece of cheese, the usual UK portion for dairy. Reference intakes follow Regulation (EU) 1169/2011 Annex XIII as retained in GB law; “source of”, “high in” and “low” follow Regulation (EC) 1924/2006, assessed per 100 g. Function lines are the authorised wording from the GB register of nutrition and health claims, credited to the nutrient. Energy is rounded to the whole kcal and kJ; other amounts to one decimal, or two below 1. A trace is shown as “trace” and never gets a figure or a badge; a nutrient never analysed is left off the page. We start from the dataset’s 2,887 records and keep 2,322: records weighed with bone, shell or skin, alcoholic drinks, infant foods, brand-named products, records with fewer than eight measured vitamins and minerals and near-identical variants are left out. Group context uses the 99 dairy kept from the dataset; a rank counts only the foods with a measured figure for that nutrient. Food images are illustrations from Ingredient Atlas, released under CC0; they show the food, not the measured sample. Checked 5 October 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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