How many calories are in Light Cheese?

100 g of Light Cheese has 260 kcal. Serving, 1 portion, 20 g (20 g): about 52 kcal.

Is Light Cheese high in protein?

Light Cheese contains 29.5 g of protein per 100 g (59% of the 50 g Daily Value), or 5.9 g in serving, 1 portion, 20 g (20 g). About 45% of its calories come from protein. Compared with other dairy and eggs, that is among the highest quarter (median 21.4 g).

How many carbs are in Light Cheese?

Light Cheese has 0.5 g of total carbohydrates per 100 g, including 0.5 g of sugars. Label conventions differ: in the EU and some other regions carbohydrates are declared without fiber.

How much fat is in Light Cheese?

Light Cheese contains 16 g of fat per 100 g.

Where does this nutrition data come from?

From Open Food Facts, record dated July 24, 2026. FoodFactly last checked it on November 12, 2026. Each value above shows whether it was measured, calculated or taken from a label.

Light Cheese

Packaged product Dairy and Eggs Leerdammer

Light Cheese contains 260 kcal per 100 g. A serving, 1 portion, 20 g (20 g) provides about 52 kcal.

Roughly 55% of its calories come from fat, with 45% from protein and 0.8% from carbohydrates (estimated with general energy factors).

That is less energy than the typical item in dairy and eggs on FoodFactly, where the median is 333 kcal per 100 g across 12,820 products.

The values are as declared on the product label and entered by Open Food Facts contributors.

260kcal per 100 g

29.5 gprotein

0.5 gcarbohydrates

16 gfat

52kcal in serving, 1 portion, 20 g (20 g)

Nutrition facts

Amount

Nutrition facts for the selected amount
Nutrient	Amount per 100 g	% DV
Calories L	260 kcal
Total fat L	16 g	21%
Saturated fat	not reported
Sodium	not reported
Total carbohydrates L	0.5 g	0.2%
Dietary fiber	not reported
Total sugars L	0.5 g
Protein L	29.5 g	59%

% 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 45%
Carbohydrates 0.8%
Fat 55%

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

Nutritional insights

Protein29.5 gin the top quarter of dairy and eggs (median 21.4 g)
Fat16 gin the lowest quarter of dairy and eggs (median 26.3 g)
Protein per 100 kcal11.3 gprotein density, useful for comparing foods with different calorie levels

Product details

Brand: Leerdammer
Barcode: 8721800406725
Label serving: 1 portion (20 g)
Category: Cheeses

Ingredients

Ingredients not reported.

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Per 100 g. Calories in kcal. n/a: not reported by the source.

Source of the nutrition information

Open Food Facts, record 8721800406725. License: ODbL 1.0 (Open Food Facts). Source record dated July 24, 2026. Imported November 12, 2026.

Last updated: November 12, 2026. Data quality score: 75/100 (how it is calculated).

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