Pimento Cheese vs. Cream cheese — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Significant differences between pimento Cheese and cream cheese

Pimento Cheese has more phosphorus, calcium, protein, zinc, vitamin B12, selenium, and vitamin B2; however, cream cheese is richer in vitamin A.
Pimento Cheese covers your daily phosphorus needs 91% more than cream cheese.
Cream cheese has 6 times less calcium than pimento Cheese. Pimento Cheese has 614mg of calcium, while cream cheese has 97mg.
Cream cheese contains less sodium.

Specific food types used in this comparison are Cheese, pasteurized process, pimento and Cheese, cream.

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Mineral Comparison

The mineral comparison score is based on which food has a more favorable amount of each mineral. The �coverage� charts below show how much of the daily mineral needs are covered by the selected amount of each food.

Pimento Cheese

Cream cheese

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+144.4%
Contains more CalciumCalcium	+533%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+22.7%
Contains more IronIron	+281.8%
Contains more CopperCopper	+83.3%
Contains more ZincZinc	+496%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+595.3%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+45.5%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+68.6%

Contains less SodiumSodium

-65.7%

Vitamin Comparison

The vitamin comparison score is based on the number of vitamins in which one food is richer than the other. The �coverage� charts below show how much of the daily vitamin needs are covered by the selected amount of each food.

Pimento Cheese

Cream cheese

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin DVitamin D	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+17.4%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+53.9%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+26.8%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+218.2%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+38.1%

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+26.2%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+196.6%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+16.7%
Contains more FolateFolate	+12.5%

~equal in Vitamin B5 ~0.517mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Phosphorus	744mg	107mg	91%
Calcium	614mg	97mg	52%
Protein	22.13g	6.15g	32%
Sodium	915mg	314mg	26%
Zinc	2.98mg	0.5mg	23%
Vitamin B12	0.7µg	0.22µg	20%
Selenium	14.5µg	8.6µg	11%
Vitamin B2	0.354mg	0.23mg	10%
Omega-3 (ALA)		0.125g	8%
Vitamin A	244µg	308µg	7%
Fats	31.2g	34.44g	5%
Omega-6 (Linoleic acid)		0.807g	5%
Iron	0.42mg	0.11mg	4%
Vitamin E	0.29mg	0.86mg	4%
Vitamin C	2.3mg	0mg	3%
Vitamin D*	22 IU	0 IU	3%
Vitamin D	0.5µg	0µg	3%
Magnesium	22mg	9mg	3%
Saturated fat	19.663g	20.213g	3%
Polyunsaturated fat	0.988g	1.483g	3%
Cholesterol	94mg	101mg	2%
Copper	0.033mg	0.018mg	2%
Calories	375kcal	350kcal	1%
Carbs	1.73g	5.52g	1%
Potassium	162mg	132mg	1%
Vitamin B5	0.485mg	0.517mg	1%
Vitamin B6	0.071mg	0.056mg	1%
Vitamin K	2.9µg	2.1µg	1%
Choline	34.7mg	27.2mg	1%
Protein per 100 calories	5.9g	1.8g	N/A
Calories per 10 g protein	169kcal	569kcal	N/A
Weight per 100 calories	27g	29g	N/A
Unsaturated / Saturated Fat ratio	0.5	0.51	N/A
Net carbs	1.63g	5.52g	N/A
Sugar	0.62g	3.76g	N/A
Fiber	0.1g	0g	0%
Starch		0.35g	0%
Manganese	0.016mg	0.011mg	0%
Vitamin B1	0.027mg	0.023mg	0%
Vitamin B3	0.078mg	0.091mg	0%
Folate	8µg	9µg	0%
Monounsaturated fat	8.937g	8.907g	0%
Tryptophan	0.323mg	0.069mg	0%
Threonine	0.718mg	0.233mg	0%
Isoleucine	1.023mg	0.324mg	0%
Leucine	1.956mg	0.657mg	0%
Lysine	2.196mg	0.567mg	0%
Methionine	0.572mg	0.191mg	0%
Phenylalanine	1.124mg	0.291mg	0%
Valine	1.325mg	0.395mg	0%
Histidine	0.902mg	0.175mg	0%
Omega-3 (EPA)	0g	0.01g	N/A
Omega-3 (DPA)	0g	0.02g	N/A
Omega-3 (Eicosatrienoic acid)		0.002g	N/A
Omega-6 (Gamma-linolenic acid)		0.002g	N/A
Omega-6 (Dihomo-gamma-linolenic acid)		0.036g	N/A
Omega-6 (Eicosadienoic acid)		0.007g	N/A