Information:  Milk and milk products

Cheese fat data
 

The table below shows the fat content of various cheeses expressed as the percentage of total weight and as the percentage of dry weight.

Cheese Water Fat Fat   per 100g per 100g total per 100g dry         Brie 48.6 26.9 52.33 Caerphilly 41.8 31.3 53.78 Camembert 50.7 23.7 48.07 Cheddar 36.0 34.4 53.75 Cheddar, reduced fat 47.1 15.0 28.36 Cheese spread 53.3 22.8 48.82 Cheshire 40.6 31.4 52.86 Cheshire, reduced fat 46.9 15.3 28.81 Cottage cheese 79.1 3.9 18.66 Cottage cheese, reduced fat 80.2 1.4 7.07 Cream cheese 45.5 47.4 86.97 Danish blue 45.3 29.6 54.11 Derby 38.0 33.9 54.68 Double Gloucester 37.3 34.0 54.23 Edam 43.8 25.4 45.20 Edam, reduced fat 48.2 10.9 21.04 Emmental 35.7 29.7 46.19