Cheese sauce

as eaten · per 100 g: 197 kcal · 10.3 g protein · 0.1 g fiber

satiety per calorie · 0–100 · not a virtue scale

Why this score

easy to overeat

Dense calories with little protein, volume or fiber to fill you up.

Three routes to fullness — one is enough

21% of kcal

68% water

1 g/Mcal

What pulls it down

How scores work

Per

Calories: 197
Protein: (21%); 10 g
Fat: (68%); 15 g
Carbohydrates: (11%); 5 g
of which sugar: <1 g
Fiber: <1 g
Sodium: 493 mg

Percentages are the share of calories from each macronutrient.

Better in this aisle

Cheese

Higher-scoring cheese, ranked by fullness per calorie.

98
Nonfat cheddar cheese32 g protein · 157 cals / 100 g
91
Cottage cheese (1%)12 g protein · 72 cals / 100 g
88
Quark10 g protein · 64 cals / 100 g
84
Dry curd cottage cheese10 g protein · 72 cals / 100 g
83
Kefir4 g protein · 43 cals / 100 g

Compare Cheese sauce with another food

Per 100 g. Source: usda-sr-legacy #172200 — listed by USDA as “Cheese sauce, prepared from recipe”. Every number is traceable, every score recomputable. The score measures satiety per calorie. It is not a virtue scale, and no food here is forbidden. How the score works.