9.2 %
Phosphorus contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism and to the maintenance of normal bones and teeth.
How many calories are in cheese straws/twists?
153kcal
in a 30 g serving
510 kcal per 100 g.
Source: UK CoFID 2021, record 11-824, 10 analysed samples. Checked 5 October 2026.
9.1 gFat
4.2 gProtein
0.75 gFibre
9.2 %Daily phosphorus
What’s in a 30 g serving
About a third of a serving is carbohydrate. Sugars make up 0.48 g of that.
- 9.1 gFat
- 4.2 gProtein
- 14.5 gCarbohydrate
- 0.75 gFibre
- 1.4 gWater
Above average for cakes, biscuits and pastries
Cheese straws/twists are 510 kcal per 100 g. The 134 cakes, biscuits and pastries in this database average 394.
Cheese straws/twists510
Cakes, biscuits and pastries average394
High in salt
2.4 g of salt per 100 g, which is red on a UK traffic-light label (the line is 1.5 g).
Salt, per serving0.73 g
Sugars, per serving0.48 g
Vitamins and minerals in cheese straws/twists
Two of the 22 recorded reach the “high in” level. Phosphorus leads.
Show all 22 with amounts
Chloride450 mg, 56 %
Phosphorus64.5 mg, 9.2 %
Calcium69.9 mg, 8.7 %
Niacin (vitamin B3)1.3 mg, 7.9 %
Vitamin A0.0552 mg, 6.9 %
Thiamin (vitamin B1)0.08 mg, 6.8 %
Manganese0.14 mg, 6.8 %
Selenium0.0033 mg, 6 %
Folate0.0105 mg, 5.3 %
Copper0.04 mg, 4.2 %
Zinc0.42 mg, 4.2 %
Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5)0.24 mg, 4.1 %
Biotin0.00177 mg, 3.5 %
Vitamin E0.38 mg, 3.2 %
Iron0.35 mg, 2.5 %
Vitamin B120.00006 mg, 2.4 %
Potassium45.9 mg, 2.3 %
Riboflavin (vitamin B2)0.03 mg, 2.1 %
Magnesium7.2 mg, 1.9 %
Iodine0.0027 mg, 1.8 %
Vitamin B60.02 mg, 1.5 %
Vitamin Cnone recorded
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 cheese straws/twists don’t give you. And where to find it.
No recorded vitamin D or vitamin C, and only 5 % of the vitamin B6 reference intake per 100 g.
Vitamin D
Tracein cheese straws/twists
Find it inBloater, grilled500 % per 100 g
Vitamin C
0mgin cheese straws/twists
Find it inCherries, West Indian2150 % per 100 g
Vitamin B6
5%in cheese straws/twists, per 100 g
Find it inWheatgerm184 % per 100 g
100 mgVitamin C, 125 %
0.075 mgSelenium, 136 %
0.00125 mgVitamin D, 25 %
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Cheese straws/twists against other cakes, biscuits and pastries
Per 100 g, scones (cheese) have the most phosphorus in this comparison, followed by oatcakes (plain, retail) and cheese straws/twists.
480mg
383mg
215mg
177mg
89mg
76mg
Scones, cheese+265 mg
Oatcakes, plain, retail+168 mg
Cheese straws/twists, retailthis page
Pastry, shortcrust, uncooked−139 mg
All values per 100 g, from the same dataset. Differences are against cheese straws/twists.
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Questions about cheese straws/twists
Four questions chosen by the facts above, so every food answers differently.
How many calories are in a portion of cheese straws/twists?
A typical portion (30 g, two biscuits) gives 153 kcal. Per 100 g the figure is 510 kcal.
Is cheese straws/twists high in chloride?
Yes. Cheese straws/twists, retail have 1500 mg chloride per 100 g, 188 % of the NRV, above the 30 % threshold for a “high in” claim.
Which vitamins and minerals do cheese straws/twists have most of?
By share of the daily reference intake: chloride (1500 mg, 188 %), phosphorus (215 mg, 31 %) and calcium (233 mg, 29 %) per 100 g.
Are cheese straws/twists high in salt?
Yes by UK label standards: 2.4 g per 100 g is above the 1.5 g that counts as high.
How these numbers were made
Every figure comes from the UK Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset (CoFID), 2021 edition, record 11-824, Cheese straws/twists, retail, 10 analysed samples, published by Public Health England under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Main data references: DH, Nutrient analysis of biscuits, buns, cakes and pastries, 2011. Values are per 100 g of the edible part; a serving is 30 g, two biscuits, the usual UK portion for cakes, biscuits and pastries. 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 134 cakes, biscuits and pastries 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, and where no illustration of the exact food exists the nearest one is shown (here: Blue Cheese). Checked 5 October 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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