How many calories are in dried or dry cheese?

100 g of dried or dry cheese has 395 kcal. 1 tablespoon (7 g): about 28 kcal. 1 cup (106 g): about 419 kcal.

Is dried or dry cheese high in protein?

Dried or dry cheese contains 34.8 g of protein per 100 g (70% of the 50 g Daily Value), or 2.4 g in 1 tablespoon (7 g). About 35% of its calories come from protein. Compared with other cheese, that is among the highest quarter (median 22.1 g).

How many carbs are in dried or dry cheese?

Dried or dry cheese has 26.2 g of total carbohydrates per 100 g, including 0 g of fiber and 0.78 g of sugars.

How much fat is in dried or dry cheese?

Dried or dry cheese contains 16.5 g of fat per 100 g, of which 9.3 g is saturated (47% of the Daily Value).

What vitamins and minerals does dried or dry cheese contain?

Per 100 g, the most notable amounts relative to the Daily Value are selenium (71% DV), calcium (65% DV), phosphorus (53% DV), Vitamin B12 (51% DV) and zinc (33% DV). The full list is in the vitamins and minerals table above.

How much sodium is in dried or dry cheese?

100 g contains 1,450 mg of sodium, 63% of the 2,300 mg Daily Value.

Where does this nutrition data come from?

From USDA FoodData Central: FNDDS (Survey), record dated October 31, 2024. FoodFactly last checked it on November 8, 2026. Each value above shows whether it was measured, calculated or taken from a label.

Cheese, Parmesan, dry grated, reduced fat: Nutrition Facts

Generic food Dried or dry Dairy and Eggs

This record duplicates Cheese, parmesan, dry grated, reduced fat from another USDA dataset. Its values are kept for reference; the linked page is the main one.

Cheese, Parmesan, dry grated, reduced fat contains 395 kcal per 100 g. A typical serving of 1 tablespoon (7 g) provides about 28 kcal.

Roughly 38% of its calories come from fat, with 35% from protein and 27% from carbohydrates (estimated with general energy factors).

That is more energy than the typical item in cheese on FoodFactly, where the median is 340 kcal per 100 g across 35 foods.

100 g provides 71% of the Daily Value for selenium, 65% of the Daily Value for calcium and 53% of the Daily Value for phosphorus.

The data comes from the USDA Food and Nutrient Database for Dietary Studies (FNDDS), which calculates values from recipes of the ingredients.

395kcal per 100 g

34.8 gprotein

26.2 gcarbohydrates

16.5 gfat

28kcal in 1 tablespoon (7 g)

Nutrition facts

Amount

Nutrition facts for the selected amount
Nutrient	Amount per 100 g	% DV
Calories C	395 kcal
Total fat C	16.5 g	21%
Saturated fat C	9.3 g	47%
Cholesterol C	54 mg	18%
Sodium C	1,450 mg	63%
Total carbohydrates C	26.2 g	10%
Dietary fiber C	0 g	0%
Total sugars C	0.78 g
Protein C	34.8 g	70%
Vitamin A C	134 µg	15%
Vitamin C C	0 mg	0%
Vitamin D C	0.2 µg	1%
Vitamin E C	0.28 mg	2%
Vitamin K C	1 µg	0.8%
Thiamin (B1) C	0.038 mg	3%
Riboflavin (B2) C	0.2 mg	15%
Niacin (B3) C	0.14 mg	0.9%
Vitamin B6 C	0.09 mg	5%
Folate (B9) C	16 µg	4%
Vitamin B12 C	1.2 µg	51%
Choline C	14.8 mg	3%
Calcium C	842 mg	65%
Iron C	2.7 mg	15%
Magnesium C	38 mg	9%
Phosphorus C	667 mg	53%
Potassium C	392 mg	8%
Zinc C	3.7 mg	33%
Copper C	0.03 mg	3%
Selenium C	39.2 µg	71%

% DV: percent of the FDA Daily Value for adults (reference amounts). Letters show how each value was obtained: M measured, C calculated, L label, Z assumed zero, I imputed. Vitamins and minerals not listed were not reported by the source.

Nutritional breakdown

Protein 35%
Carbohydrates 27%
Fat 38%

Approximate share of calories, using general energy factors (4 kcal/g protein and carbohydrate, 9 kcal/g fat, 7 kcal/g alcohol).

Vitamins and minerals, % Daily Value per 100 g

Nutritional insights

Protein34.8 gin the top quarter of cheese (median 22.1 g)
Sugars0.78 gin the lowest quarter of cheese (median 1.8 g)
Fat16.5 gin the lowest quarter of cheese (median 23.4 g)
Saturated fat9.3 gin the lowest quarter of cheese (median 14 g)
Sodium1,450 mgin the top quarter of cheese (median 819 mg)
Protein per 100 kcal8.8 gprotein density, useful for comparing foods with different calorie levels
Water15.7 gwater per 100 g, which largely explains differences between raw, cooked and dried forms

Full nutrient profile

Fats and cholesterol (2)

Monounsaturated fat C	3.9 g
Polyunsaturated fat C	0.69 g

Individual fatty acids (19)

EPA (omega-3, 20:5 n-3) C	0.004 g
DHA (omega-3, 22:6 n-3) C	0 g
Linoleic acid (omega-6, 18:2) C	0.64 g
SFA 4:0 C	0.34 g
SFA 6:0 C	0.27 g
SFA 8:0 C	0.17 g
SFA 10:0 C	0.39 g
SFA 12:0 C	0.44 g
SFA 14:0 C	1.5 g
SFA 16:0 C	4.4 g
SFA 18:0 C	1.6 g
MUFA 18:1 C	3.9 g
PUFA 18:3 C	0.09 g
PUFA 20:4 C	0.021 g
MUFA 16:1 C	0.24 g
PUFA 18:4 C	0 g
MUFA 20:1 C	0.063 g
MUFA 22:1 C	0 g
PUFA 22:5 n-3 (DPA) C	0.008 g

Carotenoids (6)

Beta-carotene C	6 µg
Lycopene C	0 µg
Lutein + zeaxanthin C	0 µg
Retinol C	134 µg
Carotene, alpha C	0 µg
Cryptoxanthin, beta C	0 µg

Other components (8)

Water C	15.7 g
Alcohol C	0 g
Caffeine C	0 mg
Theobromine C	0 mg
Folic acid C	0 µg
Folate, food C	16 µg
Vitamin E, added C	0 mg
Vitamin B-12, added C	0 µg

Source of the nutrition information

USDA FoodData Central: FNDDS (Survey), record 2705729. License: CC0 1.0 (U.S. public domain). Source record dated October 31, 2024. Imported November 6, 2026.

Last updated: November 8, 2026. Data quality score: 100/100 (how it is calculated).

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