Whole milk ricotta vs Brie cheese
In short
For the same 100 calories you eat 67 g of whole milk ricotta or 30 g of brie cheese. Both get most of their calories from fat.
More in whole milk ricotta: calcium (2.5×). More in brie cheese: sodium (2.6×), saturated fat and folate (7.3×). Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.
Calories, and where they come from
66.7 g · 5 g protein · 4.8 g carbs (0.18 g sugars) · 6.8 g fat
29.9 g · 6.2 g protein · 0.13 g carbs (0.13 g sugars) · 8.3 g fat
Share of the calories fromproteincarbsfat
Where they differ
Each dot is the share of a day's needs (FDA Daily Value) in 100 calories of each. Every row uses the same scale, so a short gap is a small difference. Color says which food, never which is better.
- Calcium11% vs 4%
137 mg vs 55.1 mg
- Sodiumlimit3% vs 8%
73.3 mg vs 188 mg
- Saturated fatlimit21% vs 26%
4.3 g vs 5.2 g
- Folate1% vs 5%
2.7 µg vs 19.5 µg
Where they are alike
Less than 4% of a day apart, in 100 calories of each.
- Protein5 g · 6.2 g10%·12%
- Total fat6.8 g · 8.3 g9%·11%
- Cholesterollimit32.7 mg · 29.9 mg11%·10%
- Carbohydrates4.8 g · 0.13 g2%·<1%
- Fiber0 g · 0 g0%·0%
- Potassium146 mg · 45.5 mg3%·1%
- Iron0.087 mg · 0.15 mg<1%·1%
- Magnesium13.3 mg · 6 mg3%·1%
- Phosphorus103 mg · 56.3 mg8%·5%
- Zinc0.35 mg · 0.71 mg3%·6%
- Copper0.012 mg · 0.006 mg1%·1%
- Manganese0.007 mg · 0.01 mg<1%·<1%
- Selenium3.9 µg · 4.3 µg7%·8%
- Vitamin A80 µg · 52.1 µg9%·6%
- Vitamin C0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Vitamin D0.13 µg · 0.15 µg1%·1%
- Vitamin E0.073 mg · 0.072 mg<1%·<1%
- Vitamin K0.73 µg · 0.69 µg1%·1%
- Thiamin (B1)0.009 mg · 0.021 mg1%·2%
- Riboflavin (B2)0.2 mg · 0.16 mg15%·12%
- Niacin (B3)0.091 mg · 0.11 mg1%·1%
- Pantothenic acid (B5)0.31 mg · 0.21 mg6%·4%
- Vitamin B60.065 mg · 0.07 mg4%·4%
- Vitamin B120.57 µg · 0.49 µg24%·21%
- Choline11.7 mg · 4.6 mg2%·1%
From USDA FoodData Central: Whole milk ricotta (SR Legacy 170851), Brie cheese (SR Legacy 172177). Daily Values are the FDA's for adults and children 4 years and older. Missing values are never shown as zero. For exploring the data, not dietary advice.