Parmesan
Checked by us One serving: 15 g (about 1½ one-inch cubes) · 59 kcal
Protein, plus some calcium.
Nothing to watch for most people.
Worth knowing for some people: Listeria; tyramine and MAO inhibitors.
Good for
How we counted this
What one serving (15 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.
- Some
Protein
Your muscles, and every other tissue, are built and repaired from it.
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5.36 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
Calcium
Builds your bones and teeth.
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178 mg in one serving: 18% 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
20 more nutrients at a little or less
- A little
Niacin (B3, niacin equivalents)
More than 400 of your enzymes need it to work.
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1.25 mg in one serving: 8% of the 16 mg a day men need, 9% 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
Vitamin B12
Your body needs it to make red blood cells and keep nerves working.
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0.18 µg in one serving: 8% 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
- A little
Selenium
Your thyroid uses it to make its hormones.
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3.38 µg in one serving: 6% 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
- 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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0.05 mg in one serving: 4% of the 1.3 mg a day men need, 5% 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
Zinc
Your immune system and healing wounds depend on it.
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0.41 mg in one serving: 4% of the 11 mg a day men need, 5% 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
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.
31.1 µg in one serving: 3% of the 900 µg a day men need, 4% 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
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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44.6 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
Magnesium
Your muscles and nerves need it to work.
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6.6 mg in one serving: 2% of the 400 mg a day men need, 2% 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
- Almost none
Vitamin B6
Helps you use protein, and your brain needs it to make its chemical messengers.
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0.01 mg in one serving: 1% 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
Iron
Carries oxygen in your blood.
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0.12 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
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.
0.08 µg in one serving: 1% 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
- Almost none
Thiamin (B1)
Your cells use it to get energy from food, and so to grow and work.
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0.01 mg in one serving: 1% of the 1.2 mg a day men need, 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
Choline
Your cells need it for their membranes, and to make acetylcholine, a messenger for memory, mood and muscle control.
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2.31 mg in one serving: under 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
Potassium
Your nerves, muscles and kidneys need it to work.
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13.8 mg in one serving: under 1% of the 3,400 mg a day men need, 1% 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
Folate
Your body needs it to make DNA and to divide new cells.
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1.05 µg in one serving: under 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
Vitamin E
Shields the fats in your cells from damage; your immune system uses it too.
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0.03 mg in one serving: under 1% 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
- Almost none
Vitamin K1
Your blood needs it to clot.
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0.26 µg in one serving: under 1% of the 120 µg a day men need, under 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
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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0 mg in one serving: under 1% 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
- 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
Checked for histamine, cadmium and lead: fine at normal amounts.
Histamine
Nothing to watchYou’d need about 21 servings in one meal of this food alone to reach the limit.
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One serving carries 2.44 mg
How we got this
310 g in one meal reaches the limit
The dataset’s rating: Nothing to watch: under the limit
2.44 mg per 15 g serving at this level, 4.9% of EFSA's 50 mg per meal for healthy adults: no flag for healthy adults. People with histamine intolerance, and people taking isoniazid, whose label says to avoid histamine-containing foods such as tuna, keep a separate flag.
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 0.02 µg
How we got this
A serving a day adds 0.1% 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, 140,000 g a week would reach the limit.
Why this rating: Eating it daily comes to 105 g a week, which stays within the 41,000 g of room left before the limit.
The dataset’s rating: Nothing to watch: under the limit
A daily serving adds 0.11% 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 B
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 0.3% to what an average adult already takes in. There is no limit to take a share of.
One serving carries 0.1 µg
How we got this
The dataset’s rating: Nothing to watch: doesn’t double average intake
One 15.0 g serving a day adds 0.28% to the average adult intake (35 µg/day), so no cap.
Health Canada, Canadian Total Diet Study – Trace Elements (2005–2018 composites) · grade B
For some people
Hard cheese such as Parmesan is listed as safer, pasteurized or not (pregnancy page)
Aged cheese category; Parmesan is not named on the label; Parmigiano Reggiano n = 7 measured at 6.99-11.4 mg/kg tyramine (Poland retail) but a 2-sample grated dehydrated cheese reached 262
Worth knowing
No limit applies, so none is rated.
Sugar
0 g of sugar in a 15 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: 0–0.9 g per 100 g, so about 0–0.14 g in a 15 g serving. · US food database (USDA Foundation Foods), UK food tables (CoFID 2021) · grade B
Oxalate: 2 mg per 100 g in the sources we hold. · Oxalosis & Hyperoxaluria Foundation, Dairy oxalate list · grade C
We haven’t rated this food for oxalate. We count only a figure that comes from a grade A or B source and says it was measured per 100 g of the food as eaten, and none of the figures here does both.
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, 15 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 protein: no other dairy foods or toppings we’ve checked give clearly more, in the same 15 g.
For calcium: no other dairy foods or toppings we’ve checked give clearly more, in the same 15 g.
More nutrients per serving, counted together
The other dairy foods or toppings 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 cheeseMore vitamin B12 (0.45 µg vs 0.18 µg)
Chia seeds, ground- More omega-3: ALA (2,675 mg vs 44.6 mg)
- More fibre (5.16 g vs 0 g)
- More magnesium (50.3 mg vs 6.6 mg)
Chia seeds- More omega-3: ALA (2,675 mg vs 44.6 mg)
- More fibre (5.16 g vs 0 g)
- More magnesium (48.9 mg vs 6.6 mg)
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.
Mozzarella, part-skim45 kcal in 15 g (this food: 59)- Chia seeds, ground
- More fibre (5.16 g vs 0 g)
- More omega-3: ALA (2,675 mg vs 44.6 mg)
- More magnesium (50.3 mg vs 6.6 mg)
- Chia seeds
- More fibre (5.16 g vs 0 g)
- More omega-3: ALA (2,675 mg vs 44.6 mg)
- More magnesium (48.9 mg vs 6.6 mg)
None of the 17 other dairy foods or toppings we could compare gives clearly more protein, and more calories, per 100 g.
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The numbers
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Name in the database: Parmesan cheese, hard
How the serving was set: 15 g (Health Canada D.4, hard cheese, including grated, such as parmesan or romano)
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 | 0.297 g | 0.04 g | 0.08 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| Calcium | 1,184 mg | 177.6 mg | 302.04 mg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| 1,025 mg | 153.75 mg | 261.48 mg | second database · not used | UK food tables (CoFID 2021) #12-526 | C | |
| 1,184 mg | 177.6 mg | 302.04 mg | copy of USDA · not used | Canadian Nutrient File 2026 #40 | C | |
| Carbohydrate | 3.22 g | 0.48 g | 0.82 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| Choline | 15.4 mg | 2.31 mg | 3.93 mg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| Energy | 392 kcal | 58.8 kcal | – | FDC Energy (kcal) used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) | – |
| Omega-3: EPA + DHA | 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| Fat | 25 g | 3.75 g | 6.38 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| 29.7 g | 4.46 g | 7.58 g | second database · not used | UK food tables (CoFID 2021) #12-526 | C | |
| Cholesterol | 68 mg | 10.2 mg | 17.35 mg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| Fatty acids, total saturated | 14.85 g | 2.23 g | 3.79 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| Fibre | 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | second database · not used | UK food tables (CoFID 2021) #12-526 | C | |
| Folate | 7 µg | 1.05 µg | 1.79 µg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| 12 µg | 1.8 µg | 3.06 µg | second database · not used | UK food tables (CoFID 2021) #12-526 | C | |
| Iron | 0.82 mg | 0.12 mg | 0.21 mg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| 0.8 mg | 0.12 mg | 0.2 mg | second database · not used | UK food tables (CoFID 2021) #12-526 | C | |
| Magnesium | 44 mg | 6.6 mg | 11.22 mg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| 41 mg | 6.15 mg | 10.46 mg | second database · not used | UK food tables (CoFID 2021) #12-526 | C | |
| Niacin (B3, niacin equivalents) | 8.304 mg | 1.25 mg | 2.12 mg | listed used | Canadian Nutrient File 2026 #40 | C |
| Phosphorus | 694 mg | 104.1 mg | 177.04 mg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| 680 mg | 102 mg | 173.47 mg | second database · not used | UK food tables (CoFID 2021) #12-526 | C | |
| Potassium | 92 mg | 13.8 mg | 23.47 mg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| 152 mg | 22.8 mg | 38.78 mg | second database · not used | UK food tables (CoFID 2021) #12-526 | C | |
| Protein | 35.75 g | 5.36 g | 9.12 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| 36.2 g | 5.43 g | 9.23 g | second database · not used | UK food tables (CoFID 2021) #12-526 | C | |
| Riboflavin (B2) | 0.332 mg | 0.05 mg | 0.08 mg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| 0.32 mg | 0.05 mg | 0.08 mg | second database · not used | UK food tables (CoFID 2021) #12-526 | C | |
| Selenium | 22.5 µg | 3.38 µg | 5.74 µg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| 12 µg | 1.8 µg | 3.06 µg | second database · not used | UK food tables (CoFID 2021) #12-526 | C | |
| Sodium | 1,175 mg | 176.25 mg | 299.74 mg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| 660 mg | 99 mg | 168.37 mg | second database · not used | UK food tables (CoFID 2021) #12-526 | C | |
| Sugars | 0.11 g | 0.02 g | 0.03 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| 0.9 g | 0.14 g | 0.23 g | second database · not used · 8.2× | UK food tables (CoFID 2021) #12-526 | C | |
| Thiamin (B1) | 0.039 mg | 0.01 mg | 0.01 mg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| 0.03 mg | 0 mg | 0.01 mg | second database · not used | UK food tables (CoFID 2021) #12-526 | C | |
| Vitamin A | 207 µg | 31.05 µg | 52.81 µg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| Vitamin B12 | 1.2 µg | 0.18 µg | 0.31 µg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| 3.3 µg | 0.5 µg | 0.84 µg | second database · not used · 2.8× | UK food tables (CoFID 2021) #12-526 | C | |
| Vitamin B6 | 0.091 mg | 0.01 mg | 0.02 mg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| 0.11 mg | 0.02 mg | 0.03 mg | second database · not used | UK food tables (CoFID 2021) #12-526 | C | |
| Vitamin C | 0 mg | 0 mg | 0 mg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| Vitamin D | 0.5 µg | 0.08 µg | 0.13 µg | listed used | Canadian Nutrient File 2026 #40 | C |
| 0.3 µg | 0.05 µg | 0.08 µg | second database · not used | UK food tables (CoFID 2021) #12-526 | C | |
| 0.5 µg | 0.08 µg | 0.13 µg | second database · not used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C | |
| Vitamin E | 0.22 mg | 0.03 mg | 0.06 mg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| 0.76 mg | 0.11 mg | 0.19 mg | second database · not used · 3.5× | UK food tables (CoFID 2021) #12-526 | C | |
| Vitamin K1 | 1.7 µg | 0.26 µg | 0.43 µg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| Water | 30 g | 4.5 g | 7.65 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| 27.6 g | 4.14 g | 7.04 g | second database · not used | UK food tables (CoFID 2021) #12-526 | C | |
| Zinc | 2.75 mg | 0.41 mg | 0.7 mg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| 5.1 mg | 0.77 mg | 1.3 mg | second database · not used | UK food tables (CoFID 2021) #12-526 | C |
| Nutrient | Per 100 g | Per serving | Per 100 calories | How | Source | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beta-carotene | 66 µg | 9.9 µg | 16.84 µg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| 233 µg | 34.95 µg | 59.44 µg | second database · not used · 3.5× | UK food tables (CoFID 2021) #12-526 | C | |
| Copper | 0.032 mg | 0 mg | 0.01 mg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| 0.84 mg | 0.13 mg | 0.21 mg | second database · not used · 26.3× | UK food tables (CoFID 2021) #12-526 | C | |
| Ash | 6.04 g | 0.91 g | 1.54 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| Alcohol, ethyl | 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| Caffeine | 0 mg | 0 mg | 0 mg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| Theobromine | 0 mg | 0 mg | 0 mg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| Energy | 1,641 kj | 246.15 kj | 418.62 kj | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| Vitamin A, IU | 781 iu | 117.15 iu | 199.23 iu | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| Carotene, alpha | 0 µg | 0 µg | 0 µg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| Vitamin D (D2 + D3), International Units | 19 iu | 2.85 iu | 4.85 iu | second database · not used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) | 0.5 µg | 0.08 µg | 0.13 µg | second database · not used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| Cryptoxanthin, beta | 0 µg | 0 µg | 0 µg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| Lycopene | 0 µg | 0 µg | 0 µg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| Folic acid | 0 µg | 0 µg | 0 µg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| Folate, food | 7 µg | 1.05 µg | 1.79 µg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| Folate, DFE | 7 µg | 1.05 µg | 1.79 µg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| Tryptophan | 0.482 g | 0.07 g | 0.12 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| Threonine | 1.317 g | 0.2 g | 0.34 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| Isoleucine | 1.894 g | 0.28 g | 0.48 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| Leucine | 3.452 g | 0.52 g | 0.88 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| Lysine | 3.306 g | 0.5 g | 0.84 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| Methionine | 0.958 g | 0.14 g | 0.24 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| Cystine | 0.235 g | 0.04 g | 0.06 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| Phenylalanine | 1.922 g | 0.29 g | 0.49 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| Tyrosine | 1.995 g | 0.3 g | 0.51 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| Valine | 2.454 g | 0.37 g | 0.63 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| Arginine | 1.317 g | 0.2 g | 0.34 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| Histidine | 1.384 g | 0.21 g | 0.35 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| Alanine | 1.048 g | 0.16 g | 0.27 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| Aspartic acid | 2.236 g | 0.34 g | 0.57 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| Glutamic acid | 8.209 g | 1.23 g | 2.09 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| Glycine | 0.622 g | 0.09 g | 0.16 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| Proline | 4.18 g | 0.63 g | 1.07 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| Serine | 2.068 g | 0.31 g | 0.53 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| Vitamin E, added | 0 mg | 0 mg | 0 mg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| Vitamin B-12, added | 0 µg | 0 µg | 0 µg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| SFA 4:0 | 1.299 g | 0.19 g | 0.33 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| SFA 6:0 | 0.487 g | 0.07 g | 0.12 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| SFA 8:0 | 0.26 g | 0.04 g | 0.07 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| SFA 10:0 | 0.648 g | 0.1 g | 0.17 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| SFA 12:0 | 0.873 g | 0.13 g | 0.22 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| SFA 14:0 | 2.911 g | 0.44 g | 0.74 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| SFA 16:0 | 6.966 g | 1.04 g | 1.78 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| SFA 18:0 | 2.301 g | 0.35 g | 0.59 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| MUFA 18:1 | 6.656 g | 1 g | 1.7 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| PUFA 18:2 | 0.272 g | 0.04 g | 0.07 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| PUFA 18:3 | 0.297 g | 0.04 g | 0.08 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| PUFA 20:4 | 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| PUFA 22:6 n-3 (DHA) | 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| MUFA 16:1 | 0.394 g | 0.06 g | 0.1 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| PUFA 18:4 | 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| MUFA 20:1 | 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| PUFA 20:5 n-3 (EPA) | 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| MUFA 22:1 | 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| PUFA 22:5 n-3 (DPA) | 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| Fatty acids, total monounsaturated | 7.515 g | 1.13 g | 1.92 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| Fatty acids, total polyunsaturated | 0.569 g | 0.09 g | 0.15 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| Lutein + zeaxanthin | 0 µg | 0 µg | 0 µg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| Manganese | 0.02 mg | 0 mg | 0.01 mg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| 0.03 mg | 0 mg | 0.01 mg | second database · not used | UK food tables (CoFID 2021) #12-526 | C | |
| Niacin (B3, preformed) | 0.271 mg | 0.04 mg | 0.07 mg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| 0.1 mg | 0.02 mg | 0.03 mg | second database · not used · 2.7× | UK food tables (CoFID 2021) #12-526 | C | |
| Pantothenic acid (B5) | 0.453 mg | 0.07 mg | 0.12 mg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| 0.43 mg | 0.06 mg | 0.11 mg | second database · not used | UK food tables (CoFID 2021) #12-526 | C | |
| Retinol | 201 µg | 30.15 µg | 51.28 µg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170848 | C |
| 371 µg | 55.65 µg | 94.64 µg | second database · not used | UK food tables (CoFID 2021) #12-526 | 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
- Cadmium · Nothing to watch: under the limit · A daily serving adds 0.11% 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 · B
- Histamine · Nothing to watch: under the limit · 2.44 mg per 15 g serving at this level, 4.9% of EFSA's 50 mg per meal for healthy adults: no flag for healthy adults. People with histamine intolerance, and people taking isoniazid, whose label says to avoid histamine-containing foods such as tuna, keep a separate flag. · Pawulgruba 2025 · A
- Lead · Nothing to watch: doesn’t double average intake · One 15.0 g serving a day adds 0.28% to the average adult intake (35 µg/day), so no cap. · Health Canada Total Diet Study, trace elements · B
- Listeria · Worth knowing · Hard cheese such as Parmesan is listed as safer, pasteurized or not (pregnancy page) · Health Canada, Safe food handling for pregnant people · A
- Milk allergy · Worth knowing · Milk is a Health Canada priority allergen; casein stays in cheese · Health Canada, priority allergens · A
- Tyramine and MAO inhibitors · Worth knowing · Aged cheese category; Parmesan is not named on the label; Parmigiano Reggiano n = 7 measured at 6.99-11.4 mg/kg tyramine (Poland retail) but a 2-sample grated dehydrated cheese reached 262 · PARNATE · A
Oxalate, phytate and gut-tolerance measurements
- histamine: hard cheeses n = 29: positive in 51.7%; among positives mean 73.4, median 65.1, P95 155, max 163 (the statistics exclude negative samples) mg/kg · as sold, retail, fresh weight · hard cheeses (Parmigiano Reggiano, Grana Padano, cheddar, grated, Gruyere and others), Poland 2022 · grade B · Pawulgruba 2025
- histamine: Parmigiano Reggiano, n = 7 mg/kg · as sold, retail, fresh weight · Parmigiano Reggiano, retail, Poland 2022 · grade A · Pawulgruba 2025
- histamine: mean 73.4 · median 65.1 · max 163 · 48.3% below the detection limit · 51.7% positive · n 29 mg/kg · fresh weight (retail packs) · ripened cheese as sold, hard (Grana Padano, Parmesan type) · grade A · Pawulgruba 2025
- lactose: 0 g/100 g · as sold, fresh weight · as sold · grade B · US food database (USDA Foundation Foods)
- lactose: 0.9 g/100 g · as listed · Cheese, Parmesan, fresh · grade B · UK food tables (CoFID 2021)
- oxalate total: rated Low (L) mg/100 g · as eaten (basis not stated) · not stated · grade C · Oxalosis & Hyperoxaluria Foundation, Dairy oxalate list
- tyramine: hard cheeses n = 29: positive in 31.0%; among positives mean 50.3, median 14.2, P95 190, max 262 mg/kg · as sold, retail, fresh weight · hard cheeses, Poland 2022 · grade B · Pawulgruba 2025
- tyramine: Parmigiano Reggiano, n = 7 (grated dehydrated cheese, n = 2: 29.9-262) mg/kg · as sold, retail, fresh weight · Parmigiano Reggiano, retail, Poland 2022 · grade A · Pawulgruba 2025
- tyramine: mean 50.3 · median 14.2 · max 262 · 69.0% below the detection limit · 31.0% positive · n 29 mg/kg · fresh weight (retail packs) · ripened cheese as sold, hard (Grana Padano, Parmesan type) · grade A · Pawulgruba 2025
Sources
- Health Canada, Canadian Nutrient File 2026 (14th edition)
cnf-2026· dataset · Open Government Licence – Canada 2.0 - Public Health England, Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset (CoFID) 2021
cofid-2021· dataset · Open Government Licence v3.0 - PARNATE (tranylcypromine sulfate) tablet, film coated [Advanz Pharma (US) Corp.], DailyMed SPL set id b72d8187-dfcc-4ea0-b5e9-c0be95b69a27, version 11, published Jul 07, 2025, section 7.2 and Table 5
dailymed-parnate· full text read · Product label (manufacturer copyright) - USDA FoodData Central, Foundation Foods, release 2026-04-30
fdc-foundation-2026-04-30· dataset · CC0 1.0 (public domain) - USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy, 2018-04
fdc-sr-legacy-2018-04· dataset · CC0 1.0 (public domain) - Health Canada, Common food allergens (priority allergens list)
hc-priority-allergens· page · Government of Canada terms (Crown copyright; not OGL) - Health Canada, Safe food handling for pregnant people (published March 2025; page details 2025-06-05)
hc-safe-food-pregnant· page · Government of Canada terms (Crown copyright; not OGL) - Health Canada, Canadian Total Diet Study – Trace Elements (2005–2018 composites)
hc-tds-trace-elements· dataset · Open Government Licence – Canada 2.0 - Oxalosis & Hyperoxaluria Foundation, Dairy oxalate list (web page, (c) 2026, no version date)
ohf-dairy-oxalate· page · not stated - Pawul-Gruba M, Denis E, Kiljanek T, Osek J. Prevalence of biogenic amines and their relation to the bacterial content in ripened cheeses on the retail market in Poland. Foods 2025;14:2478 · doi:10.3390/foods14142478 · PMID 40724300
pawulgruba2025· full text read · CC BY 4.0 (MDPI; licence line not re-checked)
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.