USDA ingredient referenceUpdated August 22, 2026

American cheese in 10 Feast-indexed USDA foods

Calories, portions and nutrition →Cheese, American

Within Feast’s 3,850-record USDA FNDDS reference corpus, “American cheese” appears as a formulation input in 10 finished-food records. Their calories and nutrients describe those complete foods, not the input label by itself. Use the catalog to choose the closest finished food and open its exact FoodData Central citation.

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Exact nutrition reference, complete food catalog and source methodology

For calories, macros, portions, and household measures, use Cheese, American, the exact cited complete FNDDS profile. This page answers the separate formulation question: where USDA lists input code 14410110 across Feast’s reference corpus.

What the code means

One exact source label across 10 complete records.

Every occurrence collected here uses ingredient code 14410110 and the source description “Cheese, American.” The code is preserved exactly as it appears in the FNDDS input-food rows. It is not a FoodData Central FDC ID, so this page does not invent a standalone ingredient-record URL.

The strongest concentrations of linked records are currently Cheese sandwiches (4), Burgers (2), Poultry mixed dishes (2). These are category counts within Feast’s selected 3,850-record corpus. They do not estimate how often the ingredient is eaten, how common it is in recipes generally, or its prevalence across every FNDDS release.

Collection-level interpretation

Grounded ways to understand this source label

These summaries describe the linked FNDDS records in this exact corpus. They do not estimate consumer frequency, market share, or the composition of a meal.

Typical listed-weight range

10.6%–39.9%

The middle half of linked records spans 29.4 percentage points from the 25th to the 75th percentile. This is more resistant to a single extreme record than the full minimum-to-maximum range.

Largest linked category

Cheese sandwiches

4 of 10 linked records (40%) sit in this USDA category. The remainder span 4 other categories.

Most populated share band

30% to under 60%

4 records (40%) fall in this band after repeated rows for code 14410110 are combined within each food.

Most frequent eligible co-input

Beef, ground, patties, frozen, cooked, broiled

It appears alongside code 14410110 in 2 linked records (20%). Co-occurrence describes database structure, not a required recipe.

Where USDA uses this input

Linked records by source-food category

Each record is counted once even if ingredient code 14410110 appears on more than one input row inside that formulation. The category grouping describes the complete linked foods, not a culinary rule about the ingredient.

USDA survey-food categories

Source-formulation evidence

How the share of listed input weight changes

Repeated rows for code 14410110 inside one food are combined before the percentage is calculated. The denominator is the sum of all positive-weight inputs listed for that USDA formulation.

All linked records, not just the extremes

Where the listed-weight shares fall

Each bar counts complete food records after repeated rows for ingredient code 14410110 have been combined.

Under 1%0 records
0 of 10
1% to under 5%2 records
2 of 10
5% to under 15%2 records
2 of 10
15% to under 30%1 record
1 of 10
30% to under 60%4 records
4 of 10
60% to 100%1 record
1 of 10

The role changes by food type

Median listed share in the largest USDA categories

Category medians summarize source-formulation shares, not nutrient content or consumption frequency.

Listed-weight share distribution across the largest complete-food categories
Complete-food category	Records	Median	Middle 50%	Observed span
Cheese sandwiches	4	38.7%	36.2%–41.2%	36.2%–41.2%
Burgers	2	14.6%	13.5%–15.8%	12.3%–16.9%
Poultry mixed dishes	2	2.9%	2.7%–3%	2.6%–3.1%

What the spread can tell you

In this collection, “Cheese, American” ranges from 2.6% to 100% of listed source-input weight, with a median of 26.6%. That variation can help distinguish a food where the input is a small supporting component from a record where it makes up much more of the standardized source formulation.

The spread remains descriptive. It does not show uncertainty around a single recipe, and a high source-weight share does not automatically mean the food supplies more of any particular nutrient. To compare nutrients, use the complete linked records below.

Verified consumer reference

Household measures and per-100-gram nutrition for Cheese, American

The values here come from Cheese, American, the exact complete FNDDS food cited as USDA FoodData Central record 2705764. Household totals are calculated only from gram weights USDA lists for that same record.

They are not an average of this ingredient collection, and they do not transfer automatically to a different product, recipe, preparation, or portion.

The complete FNDDS record's food code exactly matches source-input code 14410110.

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Nutrient span across the linked foods

Every value in this table describes an entire USDA survey-food record per 100 grams. The values are not the nutrient content of ingredient code 14410110, and differences cannot be attributed to this one input.

Nutrient span across complete food records linked to this source ingredient code
Whole-record nutrient	Observed minimum	Middle 50%	Median	Observed maximum	Linked records
Caloriesper 100 g of the complete food	123 kcal	268–341 kcal	296 kcal	343 kcal	10
Proteinper 100 g of the complete food	4.5 g	11.3–13.9 g	13.1 g	16.8 g	10
Carbohydrateper 100 g of the complete food	3.8 g	13.6–27.6 g	20.3 g	31.9 g	10
Total fatper 100 g of the complete food	6.1 g	12.6–21 g	14.6 g	28.5 g	10
Dietary fiberper 100 g of the complete food	0 g	0.7–1.3 g	1.1 g	3.2 g	10
Sodiumper 100 g of the complete food	353 mg	508–852 mg	820 mg	1,430 mg	10

The minimum and maximum preserve the complete observed span. The median is the middle linked-record value, not a prediction for a meal and not an ingredient-specific nutrient estimate.

Complete linked catalog

All 10 Feast-indexed food records that list code 14410110

This is the complete qualifying-corpus catalog, not a hand-picked sample. Search by food name or USDA category, then open a profile for household portions, Feast’s 21-nutrient panel, formulation details, and its exact FDC citation.

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10 records shown

Complete USDA food-record catalog linked to this source ingredient code
Linked USDA food record	USDA category	Formulation	Listed input weight	Weight share	Calories	Protein	Sodium	Citation
Beef sausage with cheese	Sausages	2 input rows	10 g	10%	341 kcal	13.6 g	922 mg	FDC 2706172 ↗
Cheese sandwich, American cheese, on wheat bread	Cheese sandwiches	2 input rows	42 g	41.2%	295 kcal	13.6 g	848 mg	FDC 2705796 ↗
Cheese sandwich, American cheese, on white bread	Cheese sandwiches	2 input rows	42 g	41.2%	297 kcal	12.5 g	853 mg	FDC 2705795 ↗
Cheese, American and Swiss blends	Cheese	Sole source	100 g	100%	340 kcal	16.8 g	1,430 mg	FDC 2705763 ↗
Cheeseburger (Burger King)	Burgers	6 input rows	15 g	12.3%	265 kcal	14 g	527 mg	FDC 2706890 ↗
Chicken or turkey, potatoes, corn, and cheese, with gravy	Poultry mixed dishes	6 input rows	14 g	2.6%	123 kcal	4.5 g	353 mg	FDC 2706666 ↗
Chicken or turkey, rice, corn, and cheese, with gravy	Poultry mixed dishes	6 input rows	12 g	3.1%	149 kcal	5.6 g	424 mg	FDC 2706694 ↗
Double cheeseburger (Burger King)	Burgers	6 input rows	30 g	16.9%	278 kcal	16.3 g	502 mg	FDC 2706913 ↗
Grilled cheese sandwich, American cheese, on wheat bread	Cheese sandwiches	3 input rows	42 g	36.2%	341 kcal	12 g	817 mg	FDC 2705803 ↗
Grilled cheese sandwich, American cheese, on white bread	Cheese sandwiches	3 input rows	42 g	36.2%	343 kcal	11 g	822 mg	FDC 2705802 ↗

Decision support from the exact records on this page

Turn source data into a better next decision

These conclusions and reading paths are computed from 9 exact records behind Cheese, American (USDA input 14410110). Links are chosen by record identity, controlled contrast, formulation input, nutrient spread, or serving context—not by loose keyword similarity.

Equal-weight result

Cheese sandwich, American cheese, on wheat bread is higher in dietary fiber per 100 g

Cheese sandwich, American cheese, on wheat bread reports 3.2 g versus 0 g for Beef sausage with cheese: a 3.2 g difference when both are normalized to 100 g.

Inspect the underlying evidence

The denominator changes the answer

Cheese sandwich, American cheese, on wheat bread is denser; Chicken or turkey, rice, corn, and cheese, with gravy is higher in its source amount

Cheese sandwich, American cheese, on wheat bread reports 295 kcal per 100 g and 301 kcal in USDA source amount (102 g). Chicken or turkey, rice, corn, and cheese, with gravy reports a lower 149 kcal per 100 g but a higher 715 kcal in USDA source amount (480 g).

Record identity is part of the estimate

Distinguish “Cheese sandwich, American cheese, on wheat bread” from “Cheese, American”

These are separate USDA records with separate formulations or survey descriptions. Match preparation, additions, and the named household amount before borrowing either record’s nutrients.

Inspect the underlying evidence

Contextual knowledge graph

Follow the relationship that matches your question

For Cheese, American (USDA input 14410110), each path states why the destination belongs here, so you can distinguish a true evidentiary connection from a merely similar label.

Best next guide for this exact record Cheese sandwich

Cheese sandwich, American cheese, on wheat bread and Cheese sandwich, American cheese, on white bread are explicitly linked in this guide, which separates direct name matches from contextual variants.

Follow this evidence path Best next guide for this exact record Cheese

Cheese, American and Cheese, American and Swiss blends are explicitly linked in this guide, which separates direct name matches from contextual variants.

Follow this evidence path A formulation detail that separates records Catsup

USDA input 11935 appears in 2 of 9 context records; its summed listed input weight spans 5–5 g across those source formulations. These are source-formulation input weights, not plated or serving weights. Follow the code to inspect every represented occurrence.

Follow this evidence path A formulation detail that separates records Chicken patty, frozen, cooked

USDA input 5324 appears in 2 of 9 context records; its summed listed input weight spans 100–100 g across those source formulations. These are source-formulation input weights, not plated or serving weights. Follow the code to inspect every represented occurrence.

Follow this evidence path Test a nearby record choice Cheese, American vs Cheese, American, nonfat or fat free

Cheese, American is held as one side of the comparison. The explicit record-description contrast is Fat-level wording: No matching controlled term in the source name versus nonfat or fat-free wording; it is a selection cue, not evidence of cause.

Follow this evidence path Test a nearby record choice Cheese, American vs Cheese, American, reduced fat

Cheese, American is held as one side of the comparison. The explicit record-description contrast is Fat-level wording: No matching controlled term in the source name versus reduced-fat wording; it is a selection cue, not evidence of cause.

Follow this evidence path Put the observed spread in corpus context Dietary fiber: density and serving context

In this page’s records, dietary fiber runs from 0 g in Beef sausage with cheese to 3.2 g in Cheese sandwich, American cheese, on wheat bread, all per 100 g.

Follow this evidence path

Method and provenance

How this ingredient-centered page was calculated

Feast begins with its pinned 3,850-record USDA FoodData Central Survey Foods reference corpus for FNDDS 2021–2023. Each exact food profile retains its FDC identifier, source-food description, nutrient values, household measures, and positive-weight input-food rows. This page groups those input rows by the exact ingredient code 14410110; it does not merge similar-looking ingredient names or infer synonyms.

The distinct-record count deduplicates by FDC food record. When the same code is listed more than once inside one source formulation, its input weights are added before the listed-weight share is calculated. Category counts also count each food once. The 25th percentile, median, and 75th percentile use the sorted one-share-per-food values with linear interpolation between adjacent ranks when a percentile falls between two records.

USDA’s current FNDDS documentation explains that many nutrient profiles are generated with calculation recipes designed to represent multiple variants, and that their input codes are not necessarily the exact ingredients in a retail product or an ingredient declaration. It also documents moisture and nutrient-retention adjustments. Feast therefore treats these rows as transparent source-calculation evidence—not as a reverse-engineered recipe.

The complete-food nutrient table uses each linked record’s available published per-100-gram values so the denominator remains consistent; its middle-50% ranges use the same interpolated percentile method. It is presented for record selection and comparison only. No nutrient value is reassigned to the ingredient, no causal effect is inferred, and no “healthy” score is manufactured from the collection.

How to apply the evidence to a meal

Use the ingredient as a discovery clue. Compare the linked record names, food categories, preparation wording, source formulation, and portion measures. If a close record exists, its complete profile can provide a defensible reference estimate. If the meal differs materially in cooking fat, sauce, ingredient ratios, or portion size, keep looking or use recipe weights, a package label, or an editable photo estimate instead.

These pages are educational source indexes. They do not provide medical advice, personalized nutrient targets, food-safety guidance, or a recipe. If a clinician has given you individualized dietary instructions, follow that guidance and use the most specific current source available for the food you actually consumed.