Grilled cheese calories and nutrition facts
Per 100 g: 343 kcal — 11 g protein, 20.8 g fat and 26.9 g carbs.
A grilled cheese sandwich, a cheese toastie in Britain, is buttered bread fried around melted cheese, and in the US it’s often dunked in tomato soup. One sandwich of about 130 g has roughly 445 kcal, much of it from the butter on the outside, along with a good share of calcium from the cheese. Thick sourdough or a second cheese pushes it higher.
- Source of protein
- High in calcium
- High in vitamin D
- High in phosphorus
- Protein 13%
- Fat 55%
- Carbs 32%
In everyday portions
- 1 piece ≈ 130 g 446 kcal
- 100 kcal is 29 g this much of it gives 100 kcal
- 20 g of protein is 180 g this much to eat for 20 g of protein
- Energy density Medium 3.4 kcal per gram: the lower it is, the more food you get for the same calories
Nutrition per 100 g
The percentage is the share of an adult’s daily reference intake set by the EU (Regulation 1169/2011).
Energy and macros
- Energy 343 kcal 17%
- Protein 11 g 22%
- Fat 20.8 g 30%
- Carbs available, without fibre 26.9 g 10%
- Fibre 1.2 g
- Salt 2.1 g 34%
Where the calories come from
- Protein 13%
- Fat 55%
- Carbs 32%
Protein and carbs give 4 kcal a gram, fat 9. “Other” is fibre, alcohol and organic acids.
Vitamins
- Vitamin A 189 µg 24%
- Vitamin D 2.6 µg 52%
- Vitamin E 1.3 mg 11%
- Vitamin K 6.5 µg 9%
- Vitamin C 0 mg 0%
- Vitamin B1 thiamin 0.22 mg 20%
- Vitamin B2 riboflavin 0.247 mg 18%
- Vitamin B3 niacin 2.5 mg 16%
- Vitamin B5 pantothenic acid no data
- Vitamin B6 0.214 mg 15%
- Folate B9 80 µg 40%
- Vitamin B12 0.51 µg 20%
- Choline 18.9 mg
Minerals
- Potassium 139 mg 7%
- Calcium 496 mg 62%
- Phosphorus 293 mg 42%
- Magnesium 25 mg 7%
- Iron 2 mg 14%
- Zinc 1.3 mg 13%
- Copper 0.075 mg 8%
- Manganese no data
- Selenium 18.6 µg 34%
- Iodine no data
- Sodium 822 mg 34%
EU criteria for nutrition claims
Which of them 100 g of this food meets under Regulation (EC) 1924/2006.
- Source of protein
- High in calcium
- High in vitamin D
- High in phosphorus
- High in folate
- High in selenium
- Source of vitamin A
- Source of vitamin B12
- Source of vitamin B1
- Source of vitamin B2
- Source of vitamin B3
- Source of vitamin B6
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Among dishes
The category in the 17 Fit catalog: 691 foods. Compared per 100 g.
- 97% More calories than 97% of dishes.
- 71% More protein than 71% of dishes.
- 99% More calcium than 99% of dishes.
- 98% More vitamin D than 98% of dishes.
- 98% More phosphorus than 98% of dishes.
Similar in composition
The foods with the nearest calories and macros.
- Falafel 333 kcal
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- Cheesecake 321 kcal
- General Tso’s chicken 295 kcal
- Onion rings 352 kcal
- Peanut butter and jelly 361 kcal
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Where these numbers come from
USDA FoodData Central (FNDDS, USA), code 2705801.
Carbs are available carbohydrates, without fibre, as on EU labels.