Cheese: fewest calories
Of the 13,604 products in the cheese aisle of USDA's branded food database, Frigo, Ricotta Cheese by Frigo has the fewest calories: 65 per 100 g (40 per 62 g serving); the aisle's median is 357 calories. It shares that value with 3 other products; ties are listed by more protein. 0% of those with a declared serving (34) are at or under FDA's "low calorie" line per labeled serving: 40 calories or less, also per 50 g for servings of 30 g or less, 120 per 100 g for meal and main-dish products (21 CFR 101.60(b)(2) and (b)(3); FDA tests per reference amount).
Source: USDA FoodData Central branded foods, April 30, 2026 release; values per 100 g as submitted by manufacturers; one product per UPC.
Updated · By GetFoodFacts · data: USDA FoodData Central, April 30, 2026 release · how the figures are checked
Which cheese has the fewest calories per 100 g?
- 1Frigo · 62 g serving65per 100 g · 40 per serving
- 2Winn-dixie · 62 g serving65per 100 g · 40 per serving
- 3Essential Everyday · 62 g serving65per 100 g · 40 per serving
- 4Essential Everyday · 62 g serving65per 100 g · 40 per serving
- 5Salpica · 30 g serving67per 100 g · 20 per serving
- 6Plant Based Pantry · 66 g serving68per 100 g · 45 per serving
- 7Plant Based Pantry · 66 g serving68per 100 g · 45 per serving
- 8Plant Based Pantry · 66 g serving68per 100 g · 45 per serving
- 9Shy Brothers Farm · 29 g serving69per 100 g · 20 per serving
- 10Shy Brothers Farm · 29 g serving69per 100 g · 20 per serving
- 11Shy Brothers Farm · 29 g serving69per 100 g · 20 per serving
- 12Wegmans · 62 g serving73per 100 g · 45 per serving
- 13Giant · 62 g serving73per 100 g · 45 per serving
- 14Shoprite · 62 g serving73per 100 g · 45 per serving
- 15Harris Teeter · 62 g serving73per 100 g · 45 per serving
- 16Price Chopper · 62 g serving73per 100 g · 45 per serving
- 17Hannaford · 62 g serving73per 100 g · 45 per serving
- 18Wegmans · 62 g serving73per 100 g · 45 per serving
- 19Harris Teeter · 62 g serving73per 100 g · 45 per serving
- 20Galbani · 62 g serving73per 100 g · 45 per serving
- 21Desert Pepper Trading Company · 33 g serving76per 100 g · 25 per serving
- 22Fresh Made · 32 g serving78per 100 g · 25 per serving
- 23Lifeway · 32 g serving78per 100 g · 25 per serving
- 24Alpenrose Dairy · 57 g serving79per 100 g · 45 per serving
- 25Cupful · 30 g serving80per 100 g · 24 per serving
- 26Big Y · 62 g serving81per 100 g · 50 per serving
- 27Weis · 62 g serving81per 100 g · 50 per serving
- 28Galbani · 62 g serving81per 100 g · 50 per serving
- 29Galbani · 62 g serving81per 100 g · 50 per serving
- 30Galbani · 62 g serving81per 100 g · 50 per serving
- 31Sargento · 62 g serving81per 100 g · 50 per serving
- 32Dutch Farms · 62 g serving81per 100 g · 50 per serving
- 33Lifeway · 30 g serving83per 100 g · 25 per serving
- 34Philadelphia · 33 g serving91per 100 g · 30 per serving
- 35Philadelphia · 33 g serving91per 100 g · 30 per serving
- 36Tnuva · 33 g serving91per 100 g · 30 per serving
- 37Foodtown · 62 g serving97per 100 g · 60 per serving
- 38Food Club · 62 g serving97per 100 g · 60 per serving
- 39Spartan · 62 g serving97per 100 g · 60 per serving
- 40Fareway · 62 g serving97per 100 g · 60 per serving
- 41Roundy's · 62 g serving97per 100 g · 60 per serving
- 42Meijer · 62 g serving97per 100 g · 60 per serving
- 43Essential Everyday · 62 g serving97per 100 g · 60 per serving
- 44Frigo · 62 g serving97per 100 g · 60 per serving
- 45Market Pantry · 62 g serving97per 100 g · 60 per serving
- 46Frigo · 62 g serving97per 100 g · 60 per serving
- 47Freedom's Choice · 62 g serving97per 100 g · 60 per serving
- 48Galbani · 62 g serving97per 100 g · 60 per serving
- 49Western Family · 62 g serving97per 100 g · 60 per serving
- 50Kroger · 62 g serving97per 100 g · 60 per serving
- 51Kroger · 62 g serving97per 100 g · 60 per serving
- 52Sargento · 62 g serving97per 100 g · 60 per serving
- 53B-l · 62 g serving97per 100 g · 60 per serving
- 54Dutch Farms · 62 g serving97per 100 g · 60 per serving
- 55Miceli's · 62 g serving97per 100 g · 60 per serving
- 56Crystal Farms · 62 g serving97per 100 g · 60 per serving
- 57Hy-vee · 30 g serving100per 100 g · 30 per serving
- 58Tops · 30 g serving100per 100 g · 30 per serving
- 59Wegmans · 30 g serving100per 100 g · 30 per serving
- 60Hannaford · 30 g serving100per 100 g · 30 per serving
- 61Shoprite · 30 g serving100per 100 g · 30 per serving
- 62Market Pantry · 30 g serving100per 100 g · 30 per serving
- 63Karoun · 30 g serving100per 100 g · 30 per serving
- 64John F. Martin & Sons · 30 g serving100per 100 g · 30 per serving
- 65Salpica · 30 g serving100per 100 g · 30 per serving
- 66Athenos · 28 g serving107per 100 g · 30 per serving
- 67Athenos · 28 g serving107per 100 g · 30 per serving
- 68Athenos · 28 g serving107per 100 g · 30 per serving
- 69Nikos · 28 g serving107per 100 g · 30 per serving
- 70Great Value · 28 g serving107per 100 g · 30 per serving
- 71Harris Teeter · 28 g serving107per 100 g · 30 per serving
- 72Harris Teeter · 28 g serving107per 100 g · 30 per serving
- 73Winn-dixie · 28 g serving107per 100 g · 30 per serving
- 74Southern Home · 28 g serving107per 100 g · 30 per serving
- 75Hy-vee · 28 g serving107per 100 g · 30 per serving
- 76Essential Everyday · 28 g serving107per 100 g · 30 per serving
- 77Wegmans · 28 g serving107per 100 g · 30 per serving
- 78Raskas · 28 g serving107per 100 g · 30 per serving
- 79Hannaford · 28 g serving107per 100 g · 30 per serving
- 80Ahold · 28 g serving107per 100 g · 30 per serving
- 81Wayfare · 28 g serving107per 100 g · 30 per serving
- 82Yover's · 55 g serving109per 100 g · 60 per serving
- 83Miceli's · 55 g serving109per 100 g · 60 per serving
- 84Best Choice · 55 g serving109per 100 g · 60 per serving
- 85Bolani · 32 g serving109per 100 g · 35 per serving
- 86Jardines · 32 g serving109per 100 g · 35 per serving
- 87Custom Non-exclusive · 63 g serving111per 100 g · 70 per serving
- 88Great Value · 62 g serving113per 100 g · 70 per serving
- 89365 Whole Foods Market · 31 g serving113per 100 g · 35 per serving
- 90365 Whole Foods Market · 31 g serving113per 100 g · 35 per serving
- 91Ricos · 62 g serving113per 100 g · 70 per serving
- 92Kraft · 61 g serving115per 100 g · 70 per serving
- 93Philadelphia · 30 g serving117per 100 g · 35 per serving
- 94Bandi Foods · 55 g serving118per 100 g · 65 per serving
- 95Food Club · 34 g serving118per 100 g · 40 per serving
- 96Food Club · 34 g serving118per 100 g · 40 per serving
- 97Senora Verde · 34 g serving118per 100 g · 40 per serving
- 98Snyder's of Hanover · 34 g serving118per 100 g · 40 per serving
- 99Big Y · 34 g serving118per 100 g · 40 per serving
- 100Meijer · 21 g serving119per 100 g · 25 per serving
How this ranking is made
13,604 products in the aisle declare calories; 12,019 are ranked, leaving out 1 placeholders with near-zero energy; 868 records whose label contradicts itself or that sit outside the aisle's range; 716 that do not declare all seven core label values (each rule). Values are per 100 g as each manufacturer submitted them to USDA, one product per UPC (its newest submission that meets the data contract), and one per product sold under several UPCs with the same label. The top 100 are shown; each was read again from USDA's live record at this release, and USDA's corrections are applied.
Download: the top 250 as CSV (CC BY 4.0).
What this ranking does not measure
Taste, price, where it is sold and whether the recipe changed since the manufacturer's last submission. Each product page shows the date of its record.
Sources for this page
- USDA FoodData Central
- the food and product records, April 30, 2026 release. fdc.nal.usda.gov
- FoodData Central documentation
- what each data type is and how branded records are submitted. fdc.nal.usda.gov
- 21 CFR 101.9, Nutrition labeling of food
- the label format, rounding and Daily Values. ecfr.gov
- 21 CFR 101 subpart D, Nutrient content claims
- the thresholds for "low sodium", "sugar free", "high in". ecfr.gov
- FDA, How to Understand and Use the Nutrition Facts Label
- the 5% and 20% Daily Value rule. fda.gov