Ever wonder how your favorite foods stack up against each other in terms of nutrition?
We compared the nutritional contents of
cheese
versus
olive oil
(100g each)
below using 2020 USDA and NIH data[1].
For a quick recap of significant nutrients and differences in cheese and olive oil:
Both cheese and olive oil are high in calories. Olive oil has 130% more calories than cheese - cheese has 384 calories per 100 grams and olive oil has 884 calories.
For macronutrient ratios, cheese is much heavier in protein, much lighter in fat and similar to olive oil for carbs. Cheese has a macronutrient ratio of 25:0:75 and for olive oil, 0:0:100 for protein, carbohydrates and fat from calories.
Macro Ratios from Calories:
Cheese | Olive Oil | |
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Protein | 25% | ~ |
Carbohydrates | ~ | ~ |
Fat | 75% | 100% |
Alcohol | ~ | ~ |
Both cheese and olive oil are low in carbohydrates - cheese has 0.13g of total carbs per 100 grams and olive oil does not contain significant amounts.
Cheese is an excellent source of protein and it has more protein than olive oil - cheese has 23.5g of protein per 100 grams and olive oil does not contain significant amounts.
Both cheese and olive oil are high in saturated fat. Cheese has 16% more saturated fat than olive oil - cheese has 16.1g of saturated fat per 100 grams and olive oil has 13.8g of saturated fat.
Olive oil has less cholesterol than cheese - cheese has 95mg of cholesterol per 100 grams and olive oil does not contain significant amounts.
Cheese is an excellent source of Vitamin A and it has more Vitamin A than olive oil - cheese has 174ug of Vitamin A per 100 grams and olive oil does not contain significant amounts.
Cheese has more Vitamin D than olive oil - cheese has 21iu of Vitamin D per 100 grams and olive oil does not contain significant amounts.
Olive oil is an excellent source of Vitamin E and it has 56 times more Vitamin E than cheese - cheese has 0.25mg of Vitamin E per 100 grams and olive oil has 14.4mg of Vitamin E.
Olive oil has 23 times more Vitamin K than cheese - cheese has 2.5ug of Vitamin K per 100 grams and olive oil has 60.2ug of Vitamin K.
Cheese has more thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, pantothenic acid, Vitamin B6, folate and Vitamin B12.
Cheese | Olive Oil | |
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Thiamin | 0.023 MG | ~ |
Riboflavin | 0.318 MG | ~ |
Niacin | 0.114 MG | ~ |
Pantothenic acid | 0.249 MG | ~ |
Vitamin B6 | 0.061 MG | ~ |
Folate | 13 UG | ~ |
Vitamin B12 | 1.23 UG | ~ |
Cheese is an excellent source of calcium and it has 658 times more calcium than olive oil - cheese has 659mg of calcium per 100 grams and olive oil has 1mg of calcium.
Cheese and olive oil contain similar amounts of iron - cheese has 0.59mg of iron per 100 grams and olive oil has 0.56mg of iron.
Cheese has 84 times more potassium than olive oil - cheese has 85mg of potassium per 100 grams and olive oil has 1mg of potassium.
For omega-3 fatty acids, olive oil has more alpha linoleic acid (ALA) than cheese per 100 grams.
Cheese | Olive Oil | |
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alpha linoleic acid | 0.332 G | 0.761 G |
Total | 0.332 G | 0.761 G |
Comparing omega-6 fatty acids, olive oil has more linoleic acid than cheese per 100 grams.
Cheese | Olive Oil | |
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linoleic acid | 0.532 G | 9.762 G |
other omega 6 | ~ | 0.414 G |
Total | 0.532 G | 10.176 G |
The comparison below is by common portions, e.g. cups, packages. You can also see a more concrete comparison by weight at equal weight (by grams) comparison.
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5% | thiamin (Vit B1) | 5% |
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5% | niacin (Vit B3) | 5% |
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5% | pantothenic acid (Vit B5) | 5% |
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5% | folate (Vit B9) | 5% |
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5% | Vitamin B12 | 5% |
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5% | Vitamin E | 5% |
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5% | biotin (Vit B7) | 5% |
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5% | choline | 5% |
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5% | chlorine | 5% |
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5% | chromium | 5% |
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5% | copper | 5% |
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5% | iodine | 5% |
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5% | manganese | 5% |
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5% | molybdenum | 5% |
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5% | selenium | 5% |
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5% | zinc | 5% |
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G | 5% | Water | 5% | G | |||
G | 5% | Starch | 5% | G | |||
G | 5% | Alcohol | 5% | G | |||