Blue cheese
USDA name: Cheese, Blue or Roquefort
477 calories in 1 cup, crumbled (135 g). Per 100 g, protein: 21.4 g, carbohydrates: 2.3 g, fat: 28.7 g.
Blue cheese, 1 cup, crumbled
477 calories
- Protein
- 28.9 g
- Carbs
- 3.2 g
- Fat
- 38.8 g
- Fiber
- 0 g
- Sugars
- 0.68 g
Nutrition Facts
Calories477
* The % Daily Value tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice. — means not reported. Estimates use the assumptions explained on this page.
vitamins
% of the Daily Value in this serving
- Vitamin B1269% 1.6 µg
- Riboflavin (B2)40% 0.52 mg
- Vitamin A30% 267 µg
- Vitamin B613% 0.22 mg
- Folate12% 48.6 µg
- Niacin (B3)9% 1.4 mg
- Choline4% 20.8 mg
- Vitamin D3% 0.68 µg
- Thiamin (B1)3% 0.039 mg
- Vitamin K3% 3.2 µg
- Vitamin E2% 0.34 mg
Little or none: Vitamin C.
minerals
% of the Daily Value in this serving
- Sodium67% 1,547 mg
- Calcium55% 713 mg
- Phosphorus42% 522 mg
- Selenium36% 19.6 µg
- Zinc33% 3.6 mg
- Magnesium7% 31.1 mg
- Potassium7% 346 mg
- Copper6% 0.054 mg
- Iron2% 0.42 mg
How it compares
Against other records in Cheese, per 100 g. Each nutrient uses only records with a value; matching values are counted separately. Percentages are rounded.
Potassium
Higher than 88%
Same value as 0 of 57 other records.
leastmostCalcium
Lower than 86%
Same value as 0 of 57 other records.
leastmostSodium
Higher than 75%
Same value as 0 of 57 other records.
leastmostCarbohydrates
Lower than 72%
Same value as 0 of 57 other records.
leastmostSugars
Lower than 72%
Same value as 1 of 57 other records.
leastmostProtein
Lower than 65%
Same value as 0 of 57 other records.
leastmost
Questions
- How many calories are in blue cheese?
- 1 cup, crumbled (135 g): 477 calories; protein: 28.9 g, carbohydrates: 3.2 g, fat: 38.8 g.
- How much protein is in blue cheese?
- 21.4 g per 100 g. Its estimated share of calories is 24%, using 4 kcal per gram of protein.
- How many net carbs are in blue cheese?
- 2.3 g per 100 g. Calculated as carbohydrate minus fiber, floored at zero.
All 65 reported nutrients, per 100 g+
| Water | 42.4 g |
| Energy | 353 kcal |
| Protein | 21.4 g |
| Total lipid (fat) | 28.7 g |
| Carbohydrate, by difference | 2.3 g |
| Fiber, total dietary | 0 g |
| Total Sugars | 0.5 g |
| Calcium, Ca | 528 mg |
| Iron, Fe | 0.31 mg |
| Magnesium, Mg | 23 mg |
| Phosphorus, P | 387 mg |
| Potassium, K | 256 mg |
| Sodium, Na | 1,146 mg |
| Zinc, Zn | 2.7 mg |
| Copper, Cu | 0.04 mg |
| Selenium, Se | 14.5 µg |
| Vitamin C, total ascorbic acid | 0 mg |
| Thiamin | 0.029 mg |
| Riboflavin | 0.38 mg |
| Niacin | 1 mg |
| Vitamin B-6 | 0.17 mg |
| Folate, total | 36 µg |
| Folic acid | 0 µg |
| Folate, food | 36 µg |
| Folate, DFE | 36 µg |
| Choline, total | 15.4 mg |
| Vitamin B-12 | 1.2 µg |
| Vitamin B-12, added | 0 µg |
| Vitamin A, RAE | 198 µg |
| Retinol | 192 µg |
| Carotene, beta | 74 µg |
| Carotene, alpha | 0 µg |
| Cryptoxanthin, beta | 0 µg |
| Lycopene | 0 µg |
| Lutein + zeaxanthin | 0 µg |
| Vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol) | 0.25 mg |
| Vitamin E, added | 0 mg |
| Vitamin D (D2 + D3) | 0.5 µg |
| Vitamin K (phylloquinone) | 2.4 µg |
| Fatty acids, total saturated | 18.7 g |
| SFA 4:0 | 0.66 g |
| SFA 6:0 | 0.36 g |
| SFA 8:0 | 0.25 g |
| SFA 10:0 | 0.6 g |
| SFA 12:0 | 0.49 g |
| SFA 14:0 | 3.3 g |
| SFA 16:0 | 9.2 g |
| SFA 18:0 | 3.2 g |
| Fatty acids, total monounsaturated | 7.8 g |
| MUFA 16:1 | 0.82 g |
| MUFA 18:1 | 6.6 g |
| MUFA 20:1 | 0 g |
| MUFA 22:1 | 0 g |
| Fatty acids, total polyunsaturated | 0.8 g |
| PUFA 18:2 | 0.54 g |
| PUFA 18:3 | 0.26 g |
| PUFA 18:4 | 0 g |
| PUFA 20:4 | 0 g |
| PUFA 20:5 n-3 (EPA) | 0 g |
| PUFA 22:5 n-3 (DPA) | 0 g |
| PUFA 22:6 n-3 (DHA) | 0 g |
| Cholesterol | 75 mg |
| Alcohol, ethyl | 0 g |
| Caffeine | 0 mg |
| Theobromine | 0 mg |
Source: USDA Survey foods (FNDDS): foods as Americans report eating them, from What We Eat in America. FDC ID 2705705, published 2024-10-31. Daily Values are the FDA's for adults and children 4 years and older. How we process USDA's data.