How many calories are in String Cheese?

100 g of String Cheese has 286 kcal. Serving, 1 stick, 28 g (28 g): about 80 kcal.

Is String Cheese high in protein?

String Cheese contains 25 g of protein per 100 g (50% of the 50 g Daily Value), or 7 g in serving, 1 stick, 28 g (28 g). About 36% 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 String Cheese?

String Cheese has 3.6 g of total carbohydrates per 100 g, including 0 g of fiber and 3.6 g of sugars.

How much fat is in String Cheese?

String Cheese contains 17.9 g of fat per 100 g, of which 10.7 g is saturated (54% of the Daily Value).

What vitamins and minerals does String Cheese contain?

Per 100 g, the most notable amounts relative to the Daily Value are Vitamin B12 (95% DV), calcium (41% DV), selenium (30% DV), phosphorus (28% DV) and zinc (27% DV). The full list is in the vitamins and minerals table above.

How much sodium is in String Cheese?

100 g contains 643 mg of sodium, 28% of the 2,300 mg Daily Value.

Where does this nutrition data come from?

From USDA FoodData Central: Branded Foods, record dated May 12, 2026. FoodFactly last checked it on November 7, 2026. Each value above shows whether it was measured, calculated or taken from a label.

String Cheese

Packaged product Dairy and Eggs Lucerne Dairy Farms

String Cheese contains 286 kcal per 100 g. A serving, 1 stick, 28 g (28 g) provides about 80 kcal.

Roughly 59% of its calories come from fat, with 36% from protein and 5% 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.

100 g provides 95% of the Daily Value for Vitamin B12, 41% of the Daily Value for calcium and 30% of the Daily Value for selenium.

The values are label data submitted by the manufacturer to USDA FoodData Central.

Photo: Open Food Facts, CC BY-SA 3.0, Open Food Facts contributors

286kcal per 100 g

25 gprotein

3.6 gcarbohydrates

17.9 gfat

80kcal in serving, 1 stick, 28 g (28 g)

Nutrition facts

Amount

Nutrition facts for the selected amount
Nutrient	Amount per 100 g	% DV
Calories L	286 kcal
Total fat L	17.9 g	23%
Saturated fat L	10.7 g	54%
Trans fat L	0 g
Cholesterol L	71 mg	24%
Sodium L	643 mg	28%
Total carbohydrates L	3.6 g	1%
Dietary fiber L	0 g	0%
Total sugars L	3.6 g
Added sugars L	0 g	0%
Protein L	25 g	50%
Vitamin A L	174 µg	19%
Vitamin C L	0 mg	0%
Vitamin D L	0.4 µg	2%
Vitamin E L	0.19 mg	1%
Thiamin (B1) L	0.03 mg	3%
Riboflavin (B2) L	0.28 mg	22%
Niacin (B3) L	0.1 mg	0.6%
Pantothenic acid (B5) L	0.14 mg	3%
Vitamin B6 L	0.037 mg	2%
Folate (B9) L	7 µg	2%
Vitamin B12 L	2.3 µg	95%
Calcium L	536 mg	41%
Iron L	0 mg	0%
Magnesium L	20 mg	5%
Phosphorus L	354 mg	28%
Potassium L	0 mg	0%
Zinc L	2.9 mg	27%
Copper L	0.011 mg	1%
Manganese L	0.03 mg	1%
Selenium L	16.3 µg	30%
Iodine L	37.2 µg	25%

% 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 36%
Carbohydrates 5%
Fat 59%

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

Protein25 gin the top quarter of dairy and eggs (median 21.4 g)
Sugars3.6 gin the top quarter of dairy and eggs (median 0.5 g)
Fat17.9 gin the lowest quarter of dairy and eggs (median 26.3 g)
Saturated fat10.7 gin the lowest quarter of dairy and eggs (median 17 g)
Protein per 100 kcal8.7 gprotein density, useful for comparing foods with different calorie levels
Water62.7 gwater per 100 g, which largely explains differences between raw, cooked and dried forms

Full nutrient profile

Sugars and starch (1)

Starch L	0 g

Carotenoids (2)

Beta-carotene L	57 µg
Vitamin D (D2 + D3), International Units L	0 IU

Other components (2)

Water L	62.7 g
Alcohol L	0 g

Values by source

More than one dataset describes this food. FoodFactly keeps each source's values separately instead of blending them. The headline values above come from USDA FoodData Central: Branded Foods.

Per 100 g	Open Food Facts	USDA Branded
Calories	286 kcal	286 kcal
Protein	25 g	25 g
Carbohydrates	0 g	3.6 g
Fat	21.4 g	17.9 g
Fiber	0 g	0 g
Sugars	0 g	3.6 g
Sodium	607 mg	643 mg

Product details

Brand: Lucerne Dairy Farms
Barcode: 0021130046959
Quantity: 12 oz
Label serving: 1 STICK (28 g)
Category: Cheeses
Nutri-Score: D as computed by Open Food Facts
NOVA group: 3 processing level (1 to 4), as classified by Open Food Facts

Ingredients

Low moisture part skim mozzarella cheese (pasteurized part-skim milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes).

As listed on the package and transcribed by Open Food Facts contributors. Always check the package for allergens.

Ingredient guides: Milk Salt

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

Source of the nutrition information

USDA FoodData Central: Branded Foods, record 2547911. License: CC0 1.0 (U.S. public domain). Source record dated March 21, 2023. Imported November 6, 2026.
Open Food Facts, record 0021130046959. License: ODbL 1.0 (Open Food Facts). Source record dated May 12, 2026. Imported November 7, 2026.

Last updated: November 7, 2026. Data quality score: 100/100 (how it is calculated).

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