USDA Commodity, cheese, cheddar, reduced fat

Fun Facts

1. Widely available in grocery stores, farmers markets and restaurants, cheddar is a favorite cheese of children and adults. Eaten plain or added to another dish, cheddar cheese delivers not just flavor but nutritional benefits.
2. Each ounce of regular cheddar cheese has 113 calories, with 82 from fat. Of the 9g of fat per ounce, 6g are saturated fat–30 percent of your recommended daily value.
3. The U.S. Department of Agriculture reports that an ounce of shredded reduced-fat cheddar cheese has 80 calories, 5g of total fat, 3g of saturated fat and 5 percent of your daily value of cholesterol.
4. Like yogurt, sardines and milk, cheddar cheese is one of the best sources of calcium, with 20 percent of your recommended daily value of calcium in one serving of regular cheddar cheese and 25 percent in shredded reduced-fat cheddar cheese.
5. Cheddar cheese is not packed with vitamins the way many fruits and vegetables are, but it does contain relatively small amounts of certain vitamins. For instance, an ounce of regular cheddar cheese has 6 percent of your daily value of vitamin A, 6 percent of riboflavin and 4 percent of vitamin B12.