Nutrition for Blue Cheese

Blue Cheese Nutrition Summary

One cup of blue cheese (135 grams or 0.3 lb) contains 477 calories and 28.9 grams of protein. Blue cheese consist of 42% water, 2% carbohydrates, 21% protein, and 29% fat.

Blue cheese is an excellent source of many nutrients, including protein, Vitamin A, calcium, potassium, riboflavin, pantothenic acid and Vitamin B12. It also contains significant amounts of magnesium, Vitamin B6, zinc, selenium and phosphorus.

In one cup of blue cheese:

• Calories: 477
• Protein: 28.9 g
• Sugar: 0.7 g
• Fat: 38.8 g, (Saturated: 25.2 g)
• Cholesterol: 101.3 mg
• Sodium: 1547.1 mg

There is no significant amounts of dietary fiber in blue cheese.

See the Blue Cheese Nutrition Chart for complete recommended daily values.
The specific nutritional values from USDA is for: Cheese, blue.

Calories in Blue Cheese

Blue cheese has 477 calories per cup or 353 calories for every 100 grams. Most of its calories are from fat and protein.

73% of calories in blue cheese are from fat, 24% of calories are from protein and 3% of calories are from carbohydrates.

Calories from Carbs

Calories from Fat

Omega-3 and Omega-6 in Blue Cheese

Calories Similar to Blue Cheese

Some other dairy or egg products with similar calories to blue cheese by weight:

• Goat Cheese: +15 calories
• Heavy Cream: -18 calories
• Egg Yolk: -42 calories
• Cheese: +42 calories

Protein in Blue Cheese

An excellent source of protein, a single cup of Blue Cheese contains 58% of recommended daily values or 28.9 grams of protein. In addition, blue cheese is also a source of complete protein, meaning it abundantly contains all 9 essential amino acids.

• Protein: 28.89 g
• Tryptophan: 0.42 g
• Threonine: 1.06 g
• Isoleucine: 1.52 g
• Leucine: 2.59 g
• Lysine: 2.5 g
• Methionine: 0.79 g
• Phenylalanine: 1.47 g
• Valine: 2.1 g
• Histidine: 1.02 g

Protein Similar to Blue Cheese

Some other dairy or egg products with similar amounts of protein to blue cheese by weight:

• Goat Cheese: +0.2 grams
• Mozzarella Cheese: +0.3 grams
• Cheddar Cheese: +2 grams
• Cheese: +2.9 grams

Vitamins and Minerals in Blue Cheese

An good source of many nutrients, blue cheese contains abundant amounts of Vitamin A, calcium, potassium, riboflavin and Vitamin B12. In fact, a single cup of blue cheese contains 71% of recommended daily values or 712.8 milligrams of calcium. Also an excellent source of Vitamin A, a single cup of blue cheese contains 38% of recommended daily values or 267.3 ug of Vitamin A.

Vitamins in blue cheese (1 cup):

• Vitamin a: 267.3 ug
• Riboflavin: 0.5 mg
• Niacin: 1.4 mg
• Vitamin b6: 0.2 mg
• Vitamin e: 0.3 mg
• Folate: 48.6 ug
• Vitamin b12: 1.6 ug
• Vitamin k: 3.2 ug

Minerals in blue cheese (1 cup):

• Calcium: 712.8 mg
• Potassium: 345.6 mg
• Iron: 0.4 mg
• Magnesium: 31.1 mg
• Zinc: 3.6 mg
• Selenium: 19.6 ug
• Phosphorus: 522.5 mg
• Copper: 0.1 mg
• Choline: 20.8 mg

There is no significant amounts of manganese, thiamin, pantothenic acid or vitamin c in blue cheese.

Similar to Blue Cheese for Calcium

Here are some other dairy or egg products with similarly abundant amounts of calcium to blue cheese:

• Mozzarella Cheese: +63 MG
• Cheese: +177 MG
• Cheddar Cheese: +246 MG
• Condensed Milk: -329 MG

Flavonoids and Carotenoids in Blue Cheese ^[3]

Blue Cheese Nutrition Chart

Blue Cheese in Cooking

Blue cheese is in the top 10% of most popular ingredients for recipes. Most recipes call for one or two cups of blue cheese.

Friends and Relatives of Blue Cheese

Foods commonly cooked with blue cheese:

• Baguette
• Dijon Mustard
• Endive
• Yellow Mustard
• Pickles
• Whole Wheat Bread