Processed cheese slices
Checked by us One serving: 30 g (about 1½ slices) · 110 kcal
Lots of calcium.
A lot per serving: sodium and saturated and trans fat. Worth knowing: dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs.
Good for
How we counted this
What one serving (30 g) gives you.
Your body needs enough of each of these. Past enough, more doesn’t help. Amounts are what the food databases list, not what your body absorbs, unless a row says it was measured.
The words: “A lot” means one serving gives 20% or more of Health Canada’s daily amount, “Some” 10% to 19%, “A little” 2% to 9%, “Almost none” under 2%. Strongest word first; within a word, protein and fibre lead, then the biggest share. ?
A milligram (mg) is a thousandth of a gram, and a microgram (µg) a thousandth of a milligram: 1,000 µg make 1 mg.
- A lot
Calcium
Builds your bones and teeth.
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314 mg in one serving: 31% of the 1,000 mg a day.
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, calcium fact sheet for health professionals
21 more nutrients below “a lot”
- Some
Protein
Your muscles, and every other tissue, are built and repaired from it.
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5.44 g in one serving: 10% of the 56 g a day men need, 12% of the 46 g women need. The word follows the smaller share, which is the share of the higher amount. ?
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. Institute of Medicine 2005, Dietary Reference Intakes for Energy, Carbohydrate, Fiber, Fat, Fatty Acids, Cholesterol, Protein, and Amino Acids
- Some
Vitamin B12
Your body needs it to make red blood cells and keep nerves working.
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0.45 µg in one serving: 19% of the 2.4 µg a day.
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, vitamin B12 fact sheet for health professionals
- Some
Vitamin D
Your body needs it to absorb calcium and keep your bones hard.
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Your skin also makes it in sunlight, so food is only one of its sources.
2.25 µg in one serving: 15% of the 15 µg a day.
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, vitamin D fact sheet for health professionals
- Some
Selenium
Your thyroid uses it to make its hormones.
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6.06 µg in one serving: 11% of the 55 µg a day.
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, selenium fact sheet for health professionals
- Some
Vitamin A
Your eyes need it to see in dim light.
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Getting enough matters; more than enough doesn’t sharpen your sight.
95.1 µg in one serving: 11% of the 900 µg a day men need, 14% of the 700 µg women need. The word follows the smaller share, which is the share of the higher amount. ?
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, vitamin A fact sheet for health professionals
- A little
Zinc
Your immune system and healing wounds depend on it.
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0.75 mg in one serving: 7% of the 11 mg a day men need, 9% of the 8 mg women need. The word follows the smaller share, which is the share of the higher amount. ?
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, zinc fact sheet for health professionals
- A little
Niacin (B3, niacin equivalents)
More than 400 of your enzymes need it to work.
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1 mg in one serving: 6% of the 16 mg a day men need, 7% of the 14 mg women need. The word follows the smaller share, which is the share of the higher amount. ?
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, niacin fact sheet for health professionals
- A little
Riboflavin (B2)
Your cells use it to make energy and handle fats. It also helps turn tryptophan into niacin and activate vitamin B6.
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0.07 mg in one serving: 5% of the 1.3 mg a day men need, 6% of the 1.1 mg women need. The word follows the smaller share, which is the share of the higher amount. ?
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, riboflavin fact sheet for health professionals
- A little
Omega-3: ALA
The one omega-3 your body can’t make: it must come from food. Your cells build it into their membranes and burn it for energy.
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41.4 mg in one serving: 3% of the 1,600 mg a day men need, 4% of the 1,100 mg women need. The word follows the smaller share, which is the share of the higher amount. ?
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, omega-3 fatty acids fact sheet for health professionals
- A little
Omega-3: EPA + DHA
Long-chain omega-3s, built into your cell membranes. DHA is concentrated in your brain and retinas.
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5.4 mg in one serving: 2% of the 250 mg a day.
Health Canada sets no daily amount for these fats, so the daily figure here is the European Food Safety Authority’s.
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, omega-3 fatty acids fact sheet for health professionals
- A little
Magnesium
Your muscles and nerves need it to work.
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7.8 mg in one serving: 2% of the 400 mg a day men need, 3% of the 310 mg women need. The word follows the smaller share, which is the share of the higher amount. ?
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, magnesium fact sheet for health professionals
- A little
Vitamin E
Shields the fats in your cells from damage; your immune system uses it too.
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0.24 mg in one serving: 2% of the 15 mg a day.
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, vitamin E fact sheet for health professionals
- A little
Vitamin B6
Helps you use protein, and your brain needs it to make its chemical messengers.
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0.02 mg in one serving: 2% of the 1.3 mg a day.
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, vitamin B6 fact sheet for health professionals
- Almost none
Potassium
Your nerves, muscles and kidneys need it to work.
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39.6 mg in one serving: 1% of the 3,400 mg a day men need, 2% of the 2,600 mg women need. The word follows the smaller share, which is the share of the higher amount. ?
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, potassium fact sheet for health professionals
- Almost none
Iron
Carries oxygen in your blood.
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0.19 mg in one serving: 2% of the 8 mg a day men need, 1% of the 18 mg women need. The word follows the smaller share, which is the share of the higher amount. ?
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, iron fact sheet for health professionals
- Almost none
Choline
Your cells need it for their membranes, and to make acetylcholine, a messenger for memory, mood and muscle control.
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5.76 mg in one serving: 1% of the 550 mg a day men need, 1% of the 425 mg women need. The word follows the smaller share, which is the share of the higher amount. ?
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, choline fact sheet for health professionals
- Almost none
Vitamin K1
Your blood needs it to clot.
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1.11 µg in one serving: 1% of the 120 µg a day men need, 1% of the 90 µg women need. The word follows the smaller share, which is the share of the higher amount. ?
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, vitamin K fact sheet for health professionals
- Almost none
Folate
Your body needs it to make DNA and to divide new cells.
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2.4 µg in one serving: 1% of the 400 µg a day.
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, folate fact sheet for health professionals
- Almost none
Thiamin (B1)
Your cells use it to get energy from food, and so to grow and work.
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0 mg in one serving: under 1% of the 1.2 mg a day men need, under 1% of the 1.1 mg women need. The word follows the smaller share, which is the share of the higher amount. ?
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, thiamin fact sheet for health professionals
- Almost none
Fibre
Keeps your gut moving.
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0 g in one serving: under 1% of the 38 g a day men need, under 1% of the 25 g women need. The word follows the smaller share, which is the share of the higher amount. ?
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. Institute of Medicine 2005, Dietary Reference Intakes for Energy, Carbohydrate, Fiber, Fat, Fatty Acids, Cholesterol, Protein, and Amino Acids
- Almost none
Vitamin C
Your body makes collagen with it, which wounds need to heal. It also helps you absorb iron from plants.
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0 mg in one serving: under 1% of the 90 mg a day men need, under 1% of the 75 mg women need. The word follows the smaller share, which is the share of the higher amount. ?
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, vitamin C fact sheet for health professionals
Watch out
How we counted this
An average adult is already at or past the limit from other food.
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Flagged for women who are or may become pregnant and for breastfeeding women; no cap for other adults. EFSA's 2026 tolerable weekly intake for dioxins and PCBs is 0.6 pg/kg body weight/week, 42 pg for 70 kg. The data cover all cheese types; processed cheese cannot be told apart. On the upper-bound mean of the same 120 CFIA samples (0.0579 pg/g), about 725 g a week eaten alone would reach it. A 30 g serving is 4.14% of the weekly limit, and a daily one 29.0%, adding 3.1% to 9.2% to the average adult's weekly exposure, far from doubling it.
3 other measurements of this food, same verdict
An average adult is already at or past the limit from other food.
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Flagged for women who are or may become pregnant and for breastfeeding women; no cap for other adults. EFSA's 2026 tolerable weekly intake for dioxins and PCBs is 0.6 pg/kg body weight/week, 42 pg for 70 kg. The data cover all cheese types; processed cheese cannot be told apart. On the lower-bound mean of 120 CFIA samples (0.0202 pg/g; 72.8% of congener results were below detection), about 2,081 g a week eaten alone would reach it; non-detects count as zero, so it could be lower. A 30 g serving is 1.44% of the weekly limit, and a daily one 10.1%, adding 1.1% to 3.2% to the average adult's weekly exposure, far from doubling it.
An average adult is already at or past the limit from other food.
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Flagged for women who are or may become pregnant and for breastfeeding women; no cap for other adults. EFSA's 2026 tolerable weekly intake for dioxins and PCBs is 0.6 pg/kg body weight/week, 42 pg for 70 kg. These are EFSA's data for cheese of all types in Europe (923 samples), not processed cheese: a lower-bound mean of 0.24 pg/g of fat, which at American cheese's 30.6% fat is 0.0734 pg/g. About 572 g a week eaten alone would reach the limit. A 30 g serving is 5.25% of it, and a daily one 36.7%, adding 3.9% to 11.7% to the average adult's weekly exposure, far from doubling it.
An average adult is already at or past the limit from other food.
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Flagged for women who are or may become pregnant and for breastfeeding women; no cap for other adults. EFSA's 2026 tolerable weekly intake for dioxins and PCBs is 0.6 pg/kg body weight/week, 42 pg for 70 kg. On EFSA's data for cheese of all types in Europe (923 samples), the upper-bound mean of 0.30 pg/g of fat is 0.0918 pg/g at American cheese's 30.6% fat. About 458 g a week eaten alone would reach the limit. A 30 g serving is 6.56% of it, and a daily one 45.9%, adding 4.9% to 14.6% to the average adult's weekly exposure, far from doubling it.
Added phosphates
Nothing to watchYou’d need about 15 servings in a day of this food alone to reach the limit.
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One serving carries 192 mg
This amount varies a lot from one batch to the next: the figures we hold for this food differ twofold or more. Every figure on this site uses the same one, the food’s listed value.
How we got this
A serving a day adds 12–17% to what an average adult already takes in: a share of that intake, not of the limit.
440 g a day reaches the limit
The dataset’s rating: Nothing to watch: under the limit
No cap: EFSA's group acceptable daily intake for phosphates (2019) is 40 mg/kg body weight/day expressed as phosphorus, 2,800 mg a day for 70 kg. It covers phosphorus from all sources, natural and added, so the cheese's total phosphorus is the right comparison; no source separates the added part. Eaten alone, about 437 g of this cheese a day would reach it. A 30 g serving carries 192 mg phosphorus on the USDA listing, 6.9% of the limit, and adds 12% to 17% to the average adult's whole-diet intake of 16-22 mg/kg body weight/day, which is already 40% to 55% of the limit. USDA's Foundation sample of a vitamin D-fortified cheese lists less, 540 mg per 100 g. The limit does not apply to people with moderate to severe reduced kidney function.
Checked for nickel, cadmium, aluminum and lead: fine at normal amounts.
Nickel
Nothing to watchYou’d need more than 100 servings in a day of this food alone to use up what the highest average adult intake we found leaves under the limit.
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One serving carries 4.07 µg
How we got this
The highest average adult intake we found already takes up about 26% of the limit. One serving a day fits in the room left.
Counted from zero, with no allowance for what adults already take in from other food, 6,700 g a day would reach the limit.
Why this rating: Eating it daily comes to 30 g a day, which stays within the 5,000 g of room left before the limit.
The dataset’s rating: Nothing to watch: under the limit
No cap: nickel is rated against EFSA's tolerable daily intake of 13 µg/kg body weight/day (2020). The average adult already takes in 22-26% of it, under half, so a food would have to reach the limit on its own to matter. Eaten alone, about 6,713 g of this cheese a day would reach it.
Health Canada, Canadian Total Diet Study – Trace Elements (2005–2018 composites) · grade A
Cadmium
Nothing to watchYou’d need more than 100 servings a day, every day, of this food alone to use up what an average adult’s intake leaves under the limit.
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One serving carries 0.05 µg
How we got this
A serving a day adds 0.3% to what an average adult already takes in: a share of that intake, not of the limit. With that serving every day, an average adult would be at about 71% of the limit.
An average adult already takes in about 71% of the limit. One serving a day fits in the room left.
Counted from zero, with no allowance for what adults already take in from other food, 100,000 g a week would reach the limit.
Why this rating: Eating it daily comes to 210 g a week, which stays within the 30,000 g of room left before the limit.
The dataset’s rating: Nothing to watch: under the limit
A daily serving adds 0.29% to an average adult's cadmium intake (EFSA 2012 adult median, 1.77 µg/kg body weight/week; Canadian adults in 2007: 1.2-1.75), far from doubling it, so no cap.
Health Canada, Canadian Total Diet Study – Trace Elements (2005–2018 composites) · grade A
Aluminum
Nothing to watchYou’d need more than 100 servings a day, every day, of this food alone to reach the limit.
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One serving carries 28.6 µg
How we got this
73,000 g a week reaches the limit
The dataset’s rating: Nothing to watch: under the limit
No cap: EFSA's tolerable weekly intake for aluminium is 1 mg/kg body weight/week, 70,000 µg a week for 70 kg. Eaten alone, about 73,411 g (73 kg) of this cheese a week would reach it. A 30 g serving carries 28.61 µg, 0.041% of the weekly limit.
Health Canada, Canadian Total Diet Study – Trace Elements (2005–2018 composites) · grade A
Lead
Nothing to watchYou’d need more than 100 servings a day, every day, of this food alone to double the lead an average adult already gets. No dose is known to be safe, so doubling is where we flag.
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A serving a day adds 0.7% to what an average adult already takes in. There is no limit to take a share of.
One serving carries 0.26 µg
How we got this
The dataset’s rating: Nothing to watch: doesn’t double average intake
No cap: a 30 g serving adds 0.2558 µg, 0.73% of the average adult's lead intake of 35 µg/day (EFSA), far from doubling it. No safe threshold is set for lead. Health Canada Total Diet Study, processed cheese.
Health Canada, Canadian Total Diet Study – Trace Elements (2005–2018 composites) · grade A
Worth knowing
No limit applies, so none is rated.
Sodium and saturated fat
One 30 g serving, as a share of the label’s daily value: sodium 501 mg (22%) · saturated and trans fat 5.8 g (29%)
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We name one of these whenever a serving gives 20% or more of its daily value on Health Canada’s Table of Daily Values (sodium 2,300 mg, saturated and trans fat together 20 g), the same 20% that reads “a lot” under Good for. The same rule applies to every food. Daily values are what labels count against, not limits.
Source: Health Canada, Table of Daily Values (nutrition labelling)
Sugar
0.7 g of sugar in a 30 g serving, natural and added together.
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Shown, not rated. The food tables we read give total sugar, and few give added sugar, so the site can’t yet tell sugar added in making a food from the sugar in fruit or milk.
Also measured in it
Figures from the dataset. None has a limit to be rated against, so none is a verdict.
Lactose: 1.2–5.6 g per 100 g, so about 0.37–1.68 g in a 30 g serving. · McCance and Widdowson, Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset, Health Canada, Canadian Nutrient File, local raw table…, Shakerdi 2022, Fdc 2026, US food database (USDA SR Legacy) · grade A, B
Also checked (nothing to act on) · 1
Noted for context, or not measured in this food yet.
Context only, never scored. No figure for processed cheese or any Canadian cheese was found.
Better options
How we counted this
“Better” here always means better at something the row names: more of one nutrient, more nutrients per serving, or the goal you pick. It never means better in every way.
Every amount below is for the same weight, 30 g, the size of one serving of this food, so a swap compares like with like. A serving of another food can be bigger or smaller.
A food is listed only if it gives clearly more: at least a fifth more than this food, and at least 10% of the daily amount more.
More of what it’s good for
For calcium: no other dairy foods we’ve checked give clearly more, in the same 30 g.
More nutrients per serving, counted together
The other dairy foods we’ve checked with more nutrients per serving than this one, counting at most 100 kcal. One score ranks them all, so the same few often lead.
Swiss cheese- More vitamin B12 (0.91 µg vs 0.45 µg)
- Less vitamin D (0.03 µg vs 2.25 µg)
1 food out of the 6 other dairy foods we’ve checked and could compare gives clearly more nutrients per serving.
Where the calcium card measured that less calcium gets in than from milk, calcium counts for less; everything else is as listed.
Your goal
Your goal changes only this list, not what the food gives you or what to watch.
Losing weight: fewer calories, and more nutrients, protein and fibre for each calorie.
Feta- 82 kcal in 30 g (this food: 110)
- Less calcium (111 mg vs 314 mg)
- Less vitamin D (0.03 µg vs 2.25 µg)
- Swiss cheese
- More vitamin B12 (0.91 µg vs 0.45 µg)
- Less vitamin D (0.03 µg vs 2.25 µg)
2 foods out of the 6 other dairy foods we’ve checked and could compare give clearly more nutrients, protein and fibre per calorie.
Building muscle: more protein and more calories, per 100 g.
Parmesan35.8 g protein · 392 kcal per 100 g- Swiss cheese27 g protein · 393 kcal per 100 g
Cheddar23.3 g protein · 408 kcal per 100 g
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Name in the database: Cheese, pasteurized process, American
How the serving was set: 30 g (Health Canada TRA D.1, cheese; a prepackaged slice is "1 unit (# g)", CNF 7005 regular processed cheddar slice 21 g)
Listed nutrients, per 100 g
For each nutrient, the value this page uses is marked “used”. A row marked “second database” is another database’s figure for a matching food, kept so you can see how far databases disagree (they can differ in the samples analysed, lab methods and rounding). Its own cells are worked out from it, but none of the page’s words or scores are.
| Nutrient | Per serving | Per 100 calories | How | Source | Grade | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Omega-3: ALA | 0.138 g | 0.04 g | 0.04 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| Calcium | 1,045 mg | 313.5 mg | 285.52 mg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| 610 mg | 183 mg | 166.67 mg | second database · not used | UK food tables (CoFID 2021) #12-527 | C | |
| 573 mg | 171.9 mg | 156.56 mg | second database · not used | Canadian Nutrient File 2026 #7005 | C | |
| Carbohydrate | 4.78 g | 1.43 g | 1.31 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| Choline | 19.2 mg | 5.76 mg | 5.25 mg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| Energy | 366 kcal | 109.8 kcal | – | FDC Energy (kcal), SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) | – |
| Omega-3: EPA + DHA | 0.018 g | 0.01 g | 0 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| Fat | 30.71 g | 9.21 g | 8.39 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| 23 g | 6.9 g | 6.28 g | second database · not used | UK food tables (CoFID 2021) #12-527 | C | |
| Cholesterol | 100 mg | 30 mg | 27.32 mg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| Fatty acids, total saturated | 18.057 g | 5.42 g | 4.93 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| Fibre | 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | second database · not used | UK food tables (CoFID 2021) #12-527 | C | |
| Folate | 8 µg | 2.4 µg | 2.19 µg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| 15 µg | 4.5 µg | 4.1 µg | second database · not used | UK food tables (CoFID 2021) #12-527 | C | |
| Iron | 0.63 mg | 0.19 mg | 0.17 mg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| 0.5 mg | 0.15 mg | 0.14 mg | second database · not used | UK food tables (CoFID 2021) #12-527 | C | |
| Magnesium | 26 mg | 7.8 mg | 7.1 mg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| 27 mg | 8.1 mg | 7.38 mg | second database · not used | UK food tables (CoFID 2021) #12-527 | C | |
| Niacin (B3, niacin equivalents) | 3.343 mg | 1 mg | 0.91 mg | listed used | Canadian Nutrient File 2026 #7005 | C |
| Phosphorus | 641 mg | 192.3 mg | 175.14 mg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| 768 mg | 230.4 mg | 209.84 mg | second database · not used | UK food tables (CoFID 2021) #12-527 | C | |
| Potassium | 132 mg | 39.6 mg | 36.07 mg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| 178 mg | 53.4 mg | 48.63 mg | second database · not used | UK food tables (CoFID 2021) #12-527 | C | |
| Protein | 18.13 g | 5.44 g | 4.95 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| 17.8 g | 5.34 g | 4.86 g | second database · not used | UK food tables (CoFID 2021) #12-527 | C | |
| Riboflavin (B2) | 0.234 mg | 0.07 mg | 0.06 mg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| 0.25 mg | 0.08 mg | 0.07 mg | second database · not used | UK food tables (CoFID 2021) #12-527 | C | |
| Selenium | 20.2 µg | 6.06 µg | 5.52 µg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| 5 µg | 1.5 µg | 1.37 µg | second database · not used · 4× | UK food tables (CoFID 2021) #12-527 | C | |
| Sodium | 1,671 mg | 501.3 mg | 456.56 mg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| 1,000 mg | 300 mg | 273.22 mg | second database · not used | UK food tables (CoFID 2021) #12-527 | C | |
| Sugars | 2.26 g | 0.68 g | 0.62 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| 5 g | 1.5 g | 1.37 g | second database · not used · 2.2× | UK food tables (CoFID 2021) #12-527 | C | |
| Thiamin (B1) | 0.015 mg | 0 mg | 0 mg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| 0.06 mg | 0.02 mg | 0.02 mg | second database · not used · 4× | UK food tables (CoFID 2021) #12-527 | C | |
| Vitamin A | 317 µg | 95.1 µg | 86.61 µg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| Vitamin B12 | 1.5 µg | 0.45 µg | 0.41 µg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| 1.2 µg | 0.36 µg | 0.33 µg | second database · not used | UK food tables (CoFID 2021) #12-527 | C | |
| Vitamin B6 | 0.054 mg | 0.02 mg | 0.01 mg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| 0.07 mg | 0.02 mg | 0.02 mg | second database · not used | UK food tables (CoFID 2021) #12-527 | C | |
| Vitamin C | 0 mg | 0 mg | 0 mg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| Vitamin D | 7.5 µg | 2.25 µg | 2.05 µg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| Vitamin E | 0.8 mg | 0.24 mg | 0.22 mg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| 0.55 mg | 0.17 mg | 0.15 mg | second database · not used | UK food tables (CoFID 2021) #12-527 | C | |
| Vitamin K1 | 3.7 µg | 1.11 µg | 1.01 µg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| 1.6 µg | 0.48 µg | 0.44 µg | second database · not used · 2.3× | UK food tables (CoFID 2021) #12-527 | C | |
| Water | 39.61 g | 11.88 g | 10.82 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| 47.4 g | 14.22 g | 12.95 g | second database · not used | UK food tables (CoFID 2021) #12-527 | C | |
| Zinc | 2.49 mg | 0.75 mg | 0.68 mg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| 2.6 mg | 0.78 mg | 0.71 mg | second database · not used | UK food tables (CoFID 2021) #12-527 | C |
| Nutrient | Per 100 g | Per serving | Per 100 calories | How | Source | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beta-carotene | 49 µg | 14.7 µg | 13.39 µg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| Copper | 0.046 mg | 0.01 mg | 0.01 mg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| Ash | 6.78 g | 2.03 g | 1.85 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| Sucrose | 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| Glucose | 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| Fructose | 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| Maltose | 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| Alcohol, ethyl | 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| Caffeine | 0 mg | 0 mg | 0 mg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| Theobromine | 0 mg | 0 mg | 0 mg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| Energy | 1,531 kj | 459.3 kj | 418.31 kj | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| Galactose | 0.11 g | 0.03 g | 0.03 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| Fluoride, F | 35 µg | 10.5 µg | 9.56 µg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| Vitamin A, IU | 1,131 iu | 339.3 iu | 309.02 iu | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| Carotene, alpha | 0 µg | 0 µg | 0 µg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| Vitamin D (D2 + D3), International Units | 301 iu | 90.3 iu | 82.24 iu | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| Vitamin D2 (ergocalciferol) | 0 µg | 0 µg | 0 µg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) | 7.5 µg | 2.25 µg | 2.05 µg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| Cryptoxanthin, beta | 7 µg | 2.1 µg | 1.91 µg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| Lycopene | 0 µg | 0 µg | 0 µg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| Tocopherol, beta | 0 mg | 0 mg | 0 mg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| Tocopherol, gamma | 0.13 mg | 0.04 mg | 0.04 mg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| Tocopherol, delta | 0.04 mg | 0.01 mg | 0.01 mg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| Tocotrienol, alpha | 0.02 mg | 0.01 mg | 0.01 mg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| Tocotrienol, beta | 0.02 mg | 0.01 mg | 0.01 mg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| Tocotrienol, gamma | 0.03 mg | 0.01 mg | 0.01 mg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| Tocotrienol, delta | 0.08 mg | 0.02 mg | 0.02 mg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| Vitamin K (Menaquinone-4) | 14.1 µg | 4.23 µg | 3.85 µg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| Folic acid | 0 µg | 0 µg | 0 µg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| Folate, food | 8 µg | 2.4 µg | 2.19 µg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| Folate, DFE | 8 µg | 2.4 µg | 2.19 µg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| Betaine | 2.7 mg | 0.81 mg | 0.74 mg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| Tryptophan | 0.232 g | 0.07 g | 0.06 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| Threonine | 0.772 g | 0.23 g | 0.21 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| Isoleucine | 0.938 g | 0.28 g | 0.26 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| Leucine | 1.716 g | 0.51 g | 0.47 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| Lysine | 1.516 g | 0.45 g | 0.41 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| Methionine | 0.475 g | 0.14 g | 0.13 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| Cystine | 0.11 g | 0.03 g | 0.03 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| Phenylalanine | 0.939 g | 0.28 g | 0.26 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| Tyrosine | 0.916 g | 0.27 g | 0.25 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| Valine | 1.187 g | 0.36 g | 0.32 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| Arginine | 0.518 g | 0.16 g | 0.14 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| Histidine | 0.546 g | 0.16 g | 0.15 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| Alanine | 0.613 g | 0.18 g | 0.17 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| Aspartic acid | 1.551 g | 0.47 g | 0.42 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| Glutamic acid | 4.073 g | 1.22 g | 1.11 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| Glycine | 0.359 g | 0.11 g | 0.1 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| Proline | 1.788 g | 0.54 g | 0.49 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| Serine | 1.093 g | 0.33 g | 0.3 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| Vitamin E, added | 0 mg | 0 mg | 0 mg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| Vitamin B-12, added | 0 µg | 0 µg | 0 µg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| Fatty acids, total trans | 1.144 g | 0.34 g | 0.31 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| SFA 4:0 | 0.615 g | 0.18 g | 0.17 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| SFA 6:0 | 0.509 g | 0.15 g | 0.14 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| SFA 8:0 | 0.332 g | 0.1 g | 0.09 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| SFA 10:0 | 0.802 g | 0.24 g | 0.22 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| SFA 12:0 | 0.884 g | 0.27 g | 0.24 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| SFA 14:0 | 2.937 g | 0.88 g | 0.8 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| SFA 16:0 | 8.161 g | 2.45 g | 2.23 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| SFA 18:0 | 3.222 g | 0.97 g | 0.88 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| SFA 20:0 | 0.047 g | 0.01 g | 0.01 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| MUFA 18:1 | 7.204 g | 2.16 g | 1.97 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| PUFA 18:2 | 1.003 g | 0.3 g | 0.27 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| PUFA 18:3 | 0.138 g | 0.04 g | 0.04 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| PUFA 20:4 | 0.045 g | 0.01 g | 0.01 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| PUFA 22:6 n-3 (DHA) | 0.006 g | 0 g | 0 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| SFA 22:0 | 0.021 g | 0.01 g | 0.01 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| MUFA 14:1 | 0.245 g | 0.07 g | 0.07 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| MUFA 16:1 | 0.5 g | 0.15 g | 0.14 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| PUFA 18:4 | 0.007 g | 0 g | 0 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| MUFA 20:1 | 0.224 g | 0.07 g | 0.06 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| PUFA 20:5 n-3 (EPA) | 0.012 g | 0 g | 0 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| MUFA 22:1 | 0.001 g | 0 g | 0 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| PUFA 22:5 n-3 (DPA) | 0.021 g | 0.01 g | 0.01 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| Fatty acids, total monounsaturated | 8.236 g | 2.47 g | 2.25 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| Fatty acids, total polyunsaturated | 1.286 g | 0.39 g | 0.35 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| SFA 15:0 | 0.311 g | 0.09 g | 0.08 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| SFA 17:0 | 0.19 g | 0.06 g | 0.05 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| SFA 24:0 | 0.009 g | 0 g | 0 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| TFA 16:1 t | 0.106 g | 0.03 g | 0.03 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| TFA 18:1 t | 0.844 g | 0.25 g | 0.23 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| TFA 22:1 t | 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| TFA 18:2 t not further defined | 0.194 g | 0.06 g | 0.05 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| PUFA 18:2 CLAs | 0.018 g | 0.01 g | 0 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| MUFA 24:1 c | 0.001 g | 0 g | 0 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| PUFA 20:2 n-6 c,c | 0.009 g | 0 g | 0 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| MUFA 16:1 c | 0.394 g | 0.12 g | 0.11 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| MUFA 18:1 c | 6.36 g | 1.91 g | 1.74 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| PUFA 18:2 n-6 c,c | 0.79 g | 0.24 g | 0.22 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| MUFA 22:1 c | 0.001 g | 0 g | 0 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| PUFA 18:3 n-6 c,c,c | 0.001 g | 0 g | 0 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| MUFA 17:1 | 0.061 g | 0.02 g | 0.02 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| PUFA 20:3 | 0.034 g | 0.01 g | 0.01 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| Fatty acids, total trans-monoenoic | 0.95 g | 0.29 g | 0.26 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| Fatty acids, total trans-polyenoic | 0.194 g | 0.06 g | 0.05 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| MUFA 15:1 | 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| PUFA 18:3 n-3 c,c,c (ALA) | 0.137 g | 0.04 g | 0.04 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| PUFA 20:3 n-6 | 0.033 g | 0.01 g | 0.01 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| PUFA 22:4 | 0.008 g | 0 g | 0 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| Lactose | 2.15 g | 0.65 g | 0.59 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| 5 g | 1.5 g | 1.37 g | second database · not used · 2.3× | UK food tables (CoFID 2021) #12-527 | C | |
| Lutein + zeaxanthin | 21 µg | 6.3 µg | 5.74 µg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| Manganese | 0.041 mg | 0.01 mg | 0.01 mg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| 0.04 mg | 0.01 mg | 0.01 mg | second database · not used | UK food tables (CoFID 2021) #12-527 | C | |
| Niacin (B3, preformed) | 0.076 mg | 0.02 mg | 0.02 mg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| 0.1 mg | 0.03 mg | 0.03 mg | second database · not used | UK food tables (CoFID 2021) #12-527 | C | |
| Pantothenic acid (B5) | 0.403 mg | 0.12 mg | 0.11 mg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| 0.6 mg | 0.18 mg | 0.16 mg | second database · not used | UK food tables (CoFID 2021) #12-527 | C | |
| Retinol | 313 µg | 93.9 µg | 85.52 µg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170853 | C |
| 270 µg | 81 µg | 73.77 µg | second database · not used | UK food tables (CoFID 2021) #12-527 | C |
Change the amount to rescale the first column. Nutrients a database doesn't list are missing, not zero.
Hazard rows as the dataset rates them
- Aflatoxin M1 · Context · Context only, never scored. No figure for processed cheese or any Canadian cheese was found. · PubMed 21873812 · B
- Aluminum · Nothing to watch: under the limit · No cap: EFSA's tolerable weekly intake for aluminium is 1 mg/kg body weight/week, 70,000 µg a week for 70 kg. Eaten alone, about 73,411 g (73 kg) of this cheese a week would reach it. A 30 g serving carries 28.61 µg, 0.041% of the weekly limit. · Health Canada Total Diet Study, trace elements · A
- Cadmium · Nothing to watch: under the limit · A daily serving adds 0.29% to an average adult's cadmium intake (EFSA 2012 adult median, 1.77 µg/kg body weight/week; Canadian adults in 2007: 1.2-1.75), far from doubling it, so no cap. · Health Canada Total Diet Study, trace elements · A
- Dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs · Worth knowing · Flagged for women who are or may become pregnant and for breastfeeding women; no cap for other adults. EFSA's 2026 tolerable weekly intake for dioxins and PCBs is 0.6 pg/kg body weight/week, 42 pg for 70 kg. The data cover all cheese types; processed cheese cannot be told apart. On the lower-bound mean of 120 CFIA samples (0.0202 pg/g; 72.8% of congener results were below detection), about 2,081 g a week eaten alone would reach it; non-detects count as zero, so it could be lower. A 30 g serving is 1.44% of the weekly limit, and a daily one 10.1%, adding 1.1% to 3.2% to the average adult's weekly exposure, far from doubling it. · CFIA dioxins in dairy (2019–2021) · B
- Dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs · Worth knowing · Flagged for women who are or may become pregnant and for breastfeeding women; no cap for other adults. EFSA's 2026 tolerable weekly intake for dioxins and PCBs is 0.6 pg/kg body weight/week, 42 pg for 70 kg. The data cover all cheese types; processed cheese cannot be told apart. On the upper-bound mean of the same 120 CFIA samples (0.0579 pg/g), about 725 g a week eaten alone would reach it. A 30 g serving is 4.14% of the weekly limit, and a daily one 29.0%, adding 3.1% to 9.2% to the average adult's weekly exposure, far from doubling it. · CFIA dioxins in dairy (2019–2021) · B
- Dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs · Worth knowing · Flagged for women who are or may become pregnant and for breastfeeding women; no cap for other adults. EFSA's 2026 tolerable weekly intake for dioxins and PCBs is 0.6 pg/kg body weight/week, 42 pg for 70 kg. These are EFSA's data for cheese of all types in Europe (923 samples), not processed cheese: a lower-bound mean of 0.24 pg/g of fat, which at American cheese's 30.6% fat is 0.0734 pg/g. About 572 g a week eaten alone would reach the limit. A 30 g serving is 5.25% of it, and a daily one 36.7%, adding 3.9% to 11.7% to the average adult's weekly exposure, far from doubling it. · EFSA 2026 · B
- Dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs · Worth knowing · Flagged for women who are or may become pregnant and for breastfeeding women; no cap for other adults. EFSA's 2026 tolerable weekly intake for dioxins and PCBs is 0.6 pg/kg body weight/week, 42 pg for 70 kg. On EFSA's data for cheese of all types in Europe (923 samples), the upper-bound mean of 0.30 pg/g of fat is 0.0918 pg/g at American cheese's 30.6% fat. About 458 g a week eaten alone would reach the limit. A 30 g serving is 6.56% of it, and a daily one 45.9%, adding 4.9% to 14.6% to the average adult's weekly exposure, far from doubling it. · EFSA 2026 · B
- Lead · Nothing to watch: doesn’t double average intake · No cap: a 30 g serving adds 0.2558 µg, 0.73% of the average adult's lead intake of 35 µg/day (EFSA), far from doubling it. No safe threshold is set for lead. Health Canada Total Diet Study, processed cheese. · Health Canada Total Diet Study, trace elements · A
- Milk allergy · Worth knowing · Flagged for people with a milk allergy: milk is a Health Canada priority allergen; cheese is a listed source. · Health Canada, Milk - a priority food allergen · A
- Nickel · Nothing to watch: under the limit · No cap: nickel is rated against EFSA's tolerable daily intake of 13 µg/kg body weight/day (2020). The average adult already takes in 22-26% of it, under half, so a food would have to reach the limit on its own to matter. Eaten alone, about 6,713 g of this cheese a day would reach it. · Health Canada Total Diet Study, trace elements · A
- Added phosphates · Nothing to watch: under the limit · No cap: EFSA's group acceptable daily intake for phosphates (2019) is 40 mg/kg body weight/day expressed as phosphorus, 2,800 mg a day for 70 kg. It covers phosphorus from all sources, natural and added, so the cheese's total phosphorus is the right comparison; no source separates the added part. Eaten alone, about 437 g of this cheese a day would reach it. A 30 g serving carries 192 mg phosphorus on the USDA listing, 6.9% of the limit, and adds 12% to 17% to the average adult's whole-diet intake of 16-22 mg/kg body weight/day, which is already 40% to 55% of the limit. USDA's Foundation sample of a vitamin D-fortified cheese lists less, 540 mg per 100 g. The limit does not apply to people with moderate to severe reduced kidney function. · US food database (USDA SR Legacy) · C
Oxalate, phytate and gut-tolerance measurements
- histamine: 0.0 to 0.8 mg/100 g (0 to 8 mg/kg) in "cheeses" (ripening and processed cheese together); tyramine 1.3 to 20.0 mg/100 g mg/kg · as sold; colorimetric (Hardy and Smith) and TLC · ripening and processed cheese, Poland 1991; processed cheese not separated from ripening cheese · grade B · PubMed 1788507
- lactose: 5.0 g/100 g (CoFID 12-527 Cheese, processed, plain; 20 samples, 7 brands) g/100 g · as listed per 100 g · Cheese, processed, plain (UK compiled table) · grade B · McCance and Widdowson, Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset
- lactose: 5.6 g/100 g (CNF 7005 Cheese, processed product, cheddar, slices; 20 observations, SE 0.33); galactose 0.1 g/100 g · as listed per 100 g · Cheese, processed product, cheddar, slices (Canadian Nutrient File; the nearest CNF slice entry, not American) · grade B · Health Canada, Canadian Nutrient File, local raw table…
- lactose: 1247 to 4993 mg/100 g (processed cheese, n = 4: a soft cheese block and cheese slices among them); galactose 30-67 mg/100 g g/100 g · as sold, per 100 g cheese · processed cheese as sold ("processed cheeses including a soft cheese block and cheese slices"); patient-selected products analysed 2016-2021 at the Public Analyst's Laboratory, Galway; purchase setting, brand, fat and ingredient lists not stated · grade A · Shakerdi 2022
- lactose: 2.5 g/100 g (Foundation 325198; 5 data points) g/100 g · as listed per 100 g · Cheese, pasteurized process, American, vitamin D fortified (compiled USDA composition) · grade B · Fdc 2026
- lactose: 2.15 g/100 g (SR Legacy 170853; 5 data points) g/100 g · as listed per 100 g · Cheese, pasteurized process, American, fortified with vitamin D (compiled USDA composition) · grade B · US food database (USDA SR Legacy)
Sources
- CFIA, Food Safety Action Plan targeted survey: dioxins and dioxin-like compounds in dairy products 2019-2021 (open data resource 906855be-4166-44df-a5bf-c90a3c45e61b; Cream n=67, Cheese n=120, Milk 39, Kefir 70 samples)
cfia-dioxins-dairy-2019-2021· dataset · Open Government Licence - Canada - Health Canada, Canadian Nutrient File 2026 (14th edition)
cnf-2026· dataset · Open Government Licence – Canada 2.0 - Foodtopsy working notes (not an outside source)
cnf-nutrient-amount-local· dataset · Government of Canada terms (Crown copyright) - McCance and Widdowson, Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset
cofid· dataset · licence not recorded - Public Health England, Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset (CoFID) 2021
cofid-2021· dataset · Open Government Licence v3.0 - EFSA CONTAM Panel (2026). Update of the risk assessment on dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs in feed and food. EFSA Journal 2026;24(6):10103. · doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2026.10103
efsa-2026-dioxins· full text read · CC BY-ND - USDA FoodData Central Foundation Foods 2026-04-30 (local raw files fdc_foundation/): 2346386 Cream, heavy (NDB 1053); 325198 Cheese, pasteurized process, American, vitamin D fortified (NDB 1042)
fdc-foundation-2026-04· dataset · US government work (public domain) - USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy, 2018-04
fdc-sr-legacy-2018-04· dataset · CC0 1.0 (public domain) - Health Canada, Milk - a priority food allergen
hc-milk-allergen· page · Government of Canada terms (Crown copyright) - Health Canada, Canadian Total Diet Study – Trace Elements (2005–2018 composites)
hc-tds-trace-elements· dataset · Open Government Licence – Canada 2.0 - Gajewska R, Lipka E, Ganowiak Z. [Histamine and tyramine levels in selected food products]. Rocz Panstw Zakl Hig 1991 · PMID 1788507
pmid:1788507· abstract only · licence not recorded - Sakuma H, Kamata Y, Sugita-Konishi Y, Kawakami H. Method for determination of aflatoxin M1 in cheese and butter by HPLC using an immunoaffinity column. Shokuhin Eiseigaku Zasshi 2011 · PMID 21873812
pmid:21873812· abstract only · licence not recorded - Shakerdi LA, Wallace L, Smyth G, Madden N, Clark A, Hendroff U, McGovern M, Connellan S, Gillman B, Treacy EP. Determination of the lactose and galactose content of common foods: relevance to galactosemia. Food Sci Nutr 2022;10:3789-3800 · doi:10.1002/fsn3.2976 · PMID 36348783
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Body map 2026-10-25.1: each nutrient’s job comes from an agency fact sheet, linked beside it under Good for.
The plain words: “a lot” means one serving (100 g when the food has no serving size) gives at least 20% of the daily amount (the reference intake), “some” at least 10%, “a little” at least 2% (the cut-offs are ours, one set for every page: 20% and 10% are borrowed from the US labelling terms “high” and “good source” and applied to Health Canada’s daily amount, whereas Health Canada’s own shopper rule says 15%; provisional: they may change in a later method version). The daily amount is Health Canada’s Dietary Reference Intake for adults 19–30; where men and women need different amounts we use the higher one (protein: 56 g for men, 46 g for women). The percentage printed under each nutrient is the printed amount as a share of that daily amount, rounded to the nearest whole number, and the word is read from that percentage, so the amount, the percentage and the word always agree. Calcium with a measured absorption is scaled by how well it gets in compared with milk.
The scale: “Nothing to watch” means a serving a day stays under the limit at ordinary amounts; “Go easy” means a serving a day can push past the limit for adults who already take in the most, or fewer than 2 servings reach it; “Limit it” means once a week or less. The dataset’s own rating is under “How we got this”. Provisional: the scale may change in a later method version.
Measured absorption under Good for: grade-A studies in adults that tested this preparation of this food, as a share of the listed amount (the share digested, for protein), quoted once each source has passed our evidence check; animal studies and other variants stay in the table above. Provisional: this screen may change in a later method version.