Nutrition for Cream Cheese

Cream Cheese Nutrition Summary

One cup of cream cheese (232 grams or 0.5 lb) contains 812 calories and 14.3 grams of protein. Cream cheese consist of 53% water, 6% carbohydrates, 6% protein, and 34% fat.

Cream cheese is an excellent source of many nutrients, including protein, Vitamin A, calcium, potassium and riboflavin. It also contains significant amounts of Vitamin B12, phosphorus, selenium, choline and zinc.

In one cup of cream cheese:

• Calories: 812
• Protein: 14.3 g
• Sugar: 8.7 g
• Fat: 79.9 g, (Saturated: 46.9 g)
• Cholesterol: 234.3 mg
• Sodium: 728.5 mg

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

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

Calories in Cream Cheese

Cream cheese has 812 calories per cup or 350 calories for every 100 grams. Most of its calories are from fat.

87% of calories in cream cheese are from fat, 7% of calories are from protein and 6% of calories are from carbohydrates.

Calories from Carbs

Calories from Fat

Omega-3 and Omega-6 in Cream Cheese

Calories Similar to Cream Cheese

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

• Blue Cheese: +7 calories
• Heavy Cream: -23 calories
• Goat Cheese: +32 calories
• Egg Yolk: -65 calories

Protein in Cream Cheese

An excellent source of protein, a single cup of Cream Cheese contains 29% of recommended daily values or 14.3 grams of protein. In addition, cream cheese contains significant amounts of all 9 essential amino acids.

• Protein: 14.27 g
• Tryptophan: 0.16 g
• Threonine: 0.54 g
• Isoleucine: 0.75 g
• Leucine: 1.52 g
• Lysine: 1.32 g
• Methionine: 0.44 g
• Phenylalanine: 0.68 g
• Valine: 0.92 g
• Histidine: 0.41 g

Protein Similar to Cream Cheese

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

• Ricotta Cheese: +3.2 grams
• Semisweet Chocolate: -4 grams
• Condensed Milk: +4.1 grams
• Kefir: -5.5 grams

Vitamins and Minerals in Cream Cheese

An good source of many nutrients, cream cheese contains abundant amounts of Vitamin A, calcium, potassium and riboflavin. In fact, a single cup of cream cheese contains 102% of recommended daily values or 714.6 ug of Vitamin A.

Vitamins in cream cheese (1 cup):

• Vitamin a: 714.6 ug
• Thiamin: 0.1 mg
• Riboflavin: 0.5 mg
• Niacin: 0.2 mg
• Vitamin b6: 0.1 mg
• Vitamin e: 2 mg
• Folate: 20.9 ug
• Vitamin b12: 0.5 ug
• Vitamin k: 4.9 ug

Minerals in cream cheese (1 cup):

• Calcium: 225 mg
• Potassium: 306.2 mg
• Iron: 0.3 mg
• Magnesium: 20.9 mg
• Zinc: 1.2 mg
• Selenium: 20 ug
• Phosphorus: 248.2 mg
• Choline: 62.2 mg

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

Similar to Cream Cheese for Vitamin A

Here are some other dairy or egg products with similarly abundant amounts of Vitamin A to cream cheese:

• Cheddar Cheese: +67 UG
• Egg Yolk: +169 UG
• Fried Egg: -206 UG
• Goat Cheese: +230 UG

Flavonoids and Carotenoids in Cream Cheese ^[3]

Cream Cheese Nutrition Chart

Cream Cheese in Cooking

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

Friends and Relatives of Cream Cheese

Other similar relatives:

• Cottage Cheese
• Sour Cream
• Milk