Colby cheese vs. Port Salut — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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A recap on differences between colby cheese and port Salut

Colby cheese has more phosphorus and vitamin B2; however, port Salut is higher in vitamin B12.
Port Salut covers your daily vitamin B12 needs 28% more than colby cheese.
Port Salut contains 2 times less vitamin B2 than colby cheese. Colby cheese contains 0.375mg of vitamin B2, while port Salut contains 0.24mg.
Port Salut has less saturated fat.

Food varieties used in this article are Cheese, colby and Cheese, port de salut.

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Mineral Comparison

Mineral comparison score is based on the number of minerals by which one or the other food is richer. The "coverage" charts below show how much of the daily needs can be covered by 300 grams of the food.

Colby cheese

Port Salut

Contains more IronIron	+76.7%
Contains more CopperCopper	+90.9%
Contains more ZincZinc	+18.1%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+26.9%

Contains less SodiumSodium

-11.6%

~equal in Magnesium ~24mg

~equal in Calcium ~650mg

~equal in Potassium ~136mg

~equal in Manganese ~0.011mg

~equal in Selenium ~14.5µg

Vitamin Comparison

Vitamin comparison score is based on the number of vitamins by which one or the other food is richer. The "coverage" charts below show how much of the daily needs can be covered by 300 grams of the food.

Colby cheese

Port Salut

Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+16.7%
Contains more Vitamin DVitamin D	+20%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+56.3%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+55%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+49.1%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+12.5%

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+19.3%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+80.7%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin B1 ~0.014mg

~equal in Vitamin B5 ~0.21mg

~equal in Folate ~18µg

~equal in Choline ~15.4mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Vitamin B12	0.83µg	1.5µg	28%
Saturated fat	20.218g	16.691g	16%
Phosphorus	457mg	360mg	14%
Vitamin B2	0.375mg	0.24mg	10%
Cholesterol	95mg	123mg	9%
Fats	32.11g	28.2g	6%
Vitamin A	264µg	315µg	6%
Zinc	3.07mg	2.6mg	4%
Calcium	685mg	650mg	4%
Iron	0.76mg	0.43mg	4%
Sodium	604mg	534mg	3%
Calories	394kcal	352kcal	2%
Copper	0.042mg	0.022mg	2%
Vitamin B6	0.079mg	0.053mg	2%
Vitamin D	0.6µg	0.5µg	1%
Carbs	2.57g	0.57g	1%
Polyunsaturated fat	0.953g	0.729g	1%
Protein	23.76g	23.78g	0%
Net carbs	2.57g	0.57g	N/A
Vitamin D	24IU	21IU	0%
Magnesium	26mg	24mg	0%
Potassium	127mg	136mg	0%
Sugar	0.52g	0.57g	N/A
Vitamin E	0.28mg	0.24mg	0%
Manganese	0.012mg	0.011mg	0%
Selenium	14.5µg	14.5µg	0%
Vitamin B1	0.015mg	0.014mg	0%
Vitamin B3	0.093mg	0.06mg	0%
Vitamin B5	0.21mg	0.21mg	0%
Vitamin K	2.7µg	2.4µg	0%
Folate	18µg	18µg	0%
Choline	15.4mg	15.4mg	0%
Monounsaturated fat	9.28g	9.338g	0%
Tryptophan	0.305mg	0.343mg	0%
Threonine	0.845mg	0.876mg	0%
Isoleucine	1.475mg	1.446mg	0%
Leucine	2.275mg	2.482mg	0%
Lysine	1.978mg	1.987mg	0%
Methionine	0.622mg	0.734mg	0%
Phenylalanine	1.251mg	1.323mg	0%
Valine	1.586mg	1.707mg	0%
Histidine	0.834mg	0.686mg	0%