Calories in Cheddar (Ireland)

Cheddar ranked by protein density

Showing the top 50 of the 276 cheddar products that carry a comparable calorie figure, ranked by protein per 100 calories. Figures per label, sourced from Open Food Facts and tracker user logs.

What the cheddar numbers show

Median across all 276 of them is 6.1g of protein per 100 calories. 2 clear 10g of protein per 100 calories — about one in 138, and 10g is the line Keith uses for a food that pays for its calories.

Calories run from 83 to 541 per 100g inside this one group, a 7-fold spread, so “cheddar” on its own tells you almost nothing about what a portion costs you.

Own-brand is not the compromise here. The supermarket own-label median is 6.1g of protein per 100 calories across 136 products, against 6g for the 140 name-brand ones.

Lidl is the only Irish chain with enough own-label cheddar to compare fairly — 39 products at a median of 6.1g per 100 calories. Everywhere else this is a name-brand shelf.

What to actually pick

On the numbers the pick is Cathedral City Half Fat Mature Cheddar Cheese: 11.3g of protein per 100 calories, 1.9 times the 6.1g median for the group.

148 of the 276 carry 400 calories or more per 100g — the ones worth weighing rather than eyeballing.

Where this fits

Only one chain carries enough of this own-label to break out separately, so Lidl Cheddar is the one sub-page here, next to everything else Lidl sells.

A protein-per-calorie number is only useful once you know the target, and that is how much protein a day actually works out to.

For one specific product rather than the whole group, the 20,000-product database is searchable on Calories in Ireland, and the same figures are built into the free calorie tracker.

Real cheddar products with a photo

Real barcode-matched products with a confirmed photo — the same rule as Calories in Ireland: a photo only shows where we have a confirmed Open Food Facts match, never a guessed stock image.

SuperValu Medium White Cheddar 200g

6.7g protein / 100kcal

SuperValu Smooth Mature Cheddar Cheese 200g

6.7g protein / 100kcal

Supervalu Mature Red Grated Cheddar Cheese 200g

6.7g protein / 100kcal

Dunnes Stores 10 Irish Mild Red Cheddar Slices 200g

6.4g protein / 100kcal

Dunnes Stores Irish Grated Mild Red Cheddar 475g

6.4g protein / 100kcal

Dunnes Stores Irish Mild Red Cheddar Cheese 500g

6.4g protein / 100kcal

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