Grilled cheese

as eaten · per 100 g: 343 kcal · 11.0 g protein · 1.2 g fiber

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

Why this score

engineered against fullness

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

Three routes to fullness — one is enough

13% of kcal

38% water

3 g/Mcal

What pulls it down

19%

How scores work

Per

Calories: 343
Protein: (13%); 11 g
Fat: (54%); 21 g
Carbohydrates: (33%); 28 g
of which sugar: 5 g
Fiber: 1 g
Sodium: 822 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 Grilled cheese with another food

Per 100 g. Source: usda-survey-fndds #2705801 — listed by USDA as “Grilled cheese sandwich, NFS”. 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.