Cheese, cream, fat free

Fun Facts

  1. Low-fat cream cheese has about half the fat and about 40 percent fewer calories than regular cream cheese.
  2. Regular cream cheese has a whopping 100 calories per 1-ounce serving. The same amount of low-fat cream cheese has less than 60 calories. Nearly 90 percent of the calories in regular cream cheese come from fat.
  3. Regular cream cheese is high in fat, providing nearly 10 grams of total fat for a 1-ounce serving. The same amount of low-fat cream cheese contains less than 4.5 grams of fat.
  4. Keep your heart healthy by consuming no more than 10 percent of your total caloric intake from saturated fat, reports the Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2010. All fats have 9 calories per gram.
  5. Regular cream cheese contains less protein than the low-fat version. A 1-ounce portion of regular cream cheese has about 1.5 grams of protein. Low-fat cream cheese has an extra gram of protein per 1-ounce serving, totaling 2.5 grams.

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