Calories in dried cheese and macros by flavour: a table

Short answer: 480–690 kcal per 100 g depending on the flavour, or 135–195 kcal per 28 g pack. These are cheese calories: protein and milk fat, with almost no carbohydrates. The lightest is SUPERFOOD (478 kcal, 60 g of protein), the most calorie-dense is Primaggio (688 kcal, 53 g of protein). All figures below are taken from the labels, per 100 g of product.

Macronutrient table by flavour

“Cheese + nut” mixes (20 g): 568–705 kcal per 100 g, 27–31 g of protein, 43–58 g of fat, 7–14 g of carbohydrates — i.e. 115–140 kcal per 20 g pack. Crispy olives: 579 kcal, 4.6 g of protein, 55.8 g of fat, 3.4 g of carbohydrates.

Why there are “so many” calories

Because there’s no water. Fresh Gouda has about 350 kcal per 100 g, but 40% of its weight is water. Take the water away and the same calories fit into 60 g. That’s why comparing dried cheese with fresh cheese per 100 g is misleading; the fair comparison is per serving. In calories, a 28 g pack equals 70 g of fresh cheese, two eggs fried in butter or a handful of nuts, and in protein it beats all of them.

How to count it in your diet

• One serving is one pack. 28 g = 135–195 kcal, 12–17 g of protein. That’s a full snack, not a “light” one.
• On keto, count carbs: 0.3–0.6 g per pack for plain cheeses, 1.5–3 g for the mixes. More details — keto snacks.
• For muscle gain, look at protein: SUPERFOOD and Primaggio provide 15–17 g per pack. More details — Protein snack.
• For weight loss, the flavours with less fat are the better choice: SUPERFOOD (24 g) and smoked Sulguni (40 g). One pack instead of a pastry with your coffee — and you stay full until lunch.
• Salt: 0.5–0.9 g per pack in most flavours, 1.7 g in smoked Sulguni. The WHO recommends no more than 5 g per day.

How much protein per pack

For a comparison with other cheeses per 100 g, see the article how much protein is in cheese. All the figures are also on the product pages in the catalogue: there they are given per pack and per 100 g.

Questions and answers

How many calories are in one pack of dried cheese?

135–195 kcal per 28 g pack depending on the flavour: the fewest in SUPERFOOD (134), the most in Primaggio (193).

Why does dried cheese have more calories than fresh cheese?

Because it contains no water: 100 g of dried cheese equals 250 g of fresh cheese. Per serving, it has as many calories as 70 g of fresh cheese.

Which dried cheese has the fewest calories?

SUPERFOOD — 478 kcal per 100 g with 60 g of protein and 24 g of fat.

What to try

Dried snEco Cheese “Superfood”, 28 g €3.30 Dried snEco Cheese “Sulguni”, 28 g €3.13 Dried snEco Cheese “Mozzarella”, 28 g €3.30

Author: Pylyp Gryshyn, co-founder of snEco, head of production