USDA ingredient referenceUpdated August 22, 2026

Cheese, cheddar in 63 Feast-indexed USDA foods

Within Feast’s 3,850-record USDA FNDDS reference corpus, “Cheese, cheddar” appears as a formulation input in 63 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

This page helps you find complete foods that include Cheese, cheddar in USDA’s nutrition data. Choose the record that most closely matches what you ate; Feast does not turn a collection average into a standalone ingredient estimate.

What the code means

One exact source label across 63 complete records.

Every occurrence collected here uses ingredient code 1009 and the source description “Cheese, cheddar.” 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 White potatoes, baked or boiled (8), Burritos and tacos (7), Mashed potatoes and white potato mixtures (7). 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

7.1%–16.6%

The middle half of linked records spans 9.5 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

White potatoes, baked or boiled

8 of 63 linked records (13%) sit in this USDA category. The remainder span 18 other categories.

Most populated share band

5% to under 15%

32 records (51%) fall in this band after repeated rows for code 1009 are combined within each food.

Most frequent eligible co-input

Salt, table

It appears alongside code 1009 in 44 linked records (70%). 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 1009 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 1009 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 1009 have been combined.

Under 1%0 records
0 of 63
1% to under 5%12 records
12 of 63
5% to under 15%32 records
32 of 63
15% to under 30%13 records
13 of 63
30% to under 60%5 records
5 of 63
60% to 100%1 record
1 of 63

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
White potatoes, baked or boiled	8	7.7%	7.5%–7.8%	7.2%–8%
Burritos and tacos	7	4.4%	3.9%–4.5%	3.9%–15.7%
Mashed potatoes and white potato mixtures	7	20.1%	15%–20.7%	10.7%–22.2%
French fries and other fried white potatoes	6	16.7%	16.6%–17.4%	14.8%–18.7%
Poultry mixed dishes	6	7.7%	2.4%–10.2%	1.1%–10.6%
Cheese sandwiches	4	38.7%	36.2%–41.2%	36.2%–41.2%
Meat mixed dishes	4	3.1%	1.4%–6%	1.3%–9.9%
Vegetable dishes	3	7%	6.4%–8.2%	5.7%–9.5%

What the spread can tell you

In this collection, “Cheese, cheddar” ranges from 1.1% to 100% of listed source-input weight, with a median of 9.9%. 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.

Important nutrition boundary

This collection does not support a verified standalone nutrition answer for “Cheese, cheddar.”

No unique exact food-code match or reviewed sole-source bridge qualifies for a direct consumer answer. Feast therefore does not treat the collection median, minimum, maximum, or an arbitrary similar record as the nutrition of this input.

The table below describes the complete linked foods per 100 grams. Use it to find a closer finished-food record, not to infer what this formulation input supplies on its own.

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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 1009, 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	71 kcal	142–221 kcal	173 kcal	409 kcal	63
Proteinper 100 g of the complete food	3.6 g	4.8–9.3 g	6.9 g	23.3 g	63
Carbohydrateper 100 g of the complete food	2.4 g	9.9–17.8 g	15 g	43.8 g	63
Total fatper 100 g of the complete food	3.9 g	6.8–15.4 g	9.8 g	34 g	63
Dietary fiberper 100 g of the complete food	0 g	0.8–1.7 g	1.2 g	3.7 g	63
Sodiumper 100 g of the complete food	106 mg	256–419 mg	322 mg	946 mg	63

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 63 Feast-indexed food records that list code 1009

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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63 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
Antipasto with ham, fish, cheese, vegetables	Meat mixed dishes	8 input rows	113.4 g	9.9%	158 kcal	11.6 g	854 mg	FDC 2706874 ↗
Beef and macaroni with cheese sauce	Meat mixed dishes	14 input rows	19 g	1.4%	137 kcal	9.1 g	394 mg	FDC 2706481 ↗
Beef and rice with cheese sauce	Meat mixed dishes	13 input rows	14.2 g	1.3%	142 kcal	8.1 g	298 mg	FDC 2706498 ↗
Beef taco filling: beef, cheese, tomato, taco sauce	Burritos and tacos	5 input rows	10.6 g	15.7%	181 kcal	13 g	473 mg	FDC 2706750 ↗
Broccoli salad with cauliflower, cheese, bacon bits, and dressing	Coleslaw, non-lettuce salads	8 input rows	113 g	11.8%	270 kcal	5.8 g	340 mg	FDC 2709812 ↗
Cheese sandwich, cheddar cheese, on wheat bread	Cheese sandwiches	2 input rows	42 g	41.2%	323 kcal	16.3 g	528 mg	FDC 2705798 ↗
Cheese sandwich, cheddar cheese, on white bread	Cheese sandwiches	2 input rows	42 g	41.2%	325 kcal	15.1 g	534 mg	FDC 2705797 ↗
Cheese souffle	Eggs and omelets	6 input rows	84.8 g	15.5%	207 kcal	9.4 g	314 mg	FDC 2705792 ↗
Cheese, Cheddar	Cheese	Sole source	100 g	100%	409 kcal	23.3 g	654 mg	FDC 2705709 ↗
Cheese, processed, with vegetables	Cheese	4 input rows	50 g	49.4%	356 kcal	14.1 g	946 mg	FDC 2705771 ↗
Chicken and vegetable entree with noodles and cream sauce, frozen meal	Poultry mixed dishes	16 input rows	4 g	1.4%	124 kcal	8.5 g	379 mg	FDC 2707116 ↗
Chicken or turkey garden salad with bacon and cheese, chicken and/or turkey, bacon, cheese, lettuce and/or greens, tomato and/or carrots, other vegetables, no dressing	Poultry mixed dishes	9 input rows	28 g	9.9%	106 kcal	11 g	228 mg	FDC 2706812 ↗
Chicken or turkey garden salad with cheese, chicken and/or turkey, cheese, lettuce and/or greens, tomato and/or carrots, other vegetables, no dressing	Poultry mixed dishes	8 input rows	28 g	10.2%	93 kcal	10.3 g	176 mg	FDC 2706814 ↗
Chicken or turkey tetrazzini	Poultry mixed dishes	8 input rows	28.3 g	1.1%	119 kcal	12 g	386 mg	FDC 2706534 ↗
Chicken or turkey, breaded, fried, garden salad with bacon and cheese, chicken and/or turkey, bacon, cheese, lettuce and/or greens, tomato and/or carrots, other vegetables, no dressing	Poultry mixed dishes	9 input rows	14 g	5.5%	122 kcal	6.8 g	256 mg	FDC 2706813 ↗
Chicken or turkey, breaded, fried, garden salad with cheese, chicken and/or turkey, cheese, lettuce and/or greens, tomato and/or carrots, other vegetables, no dressing	Poultry mixed dishes	5 input rows	28 g	10.6%	123 kcal	6.5 g	217 mg	FDC 2706815 ↗
Egg casserole with bread, cheese, milk and meat	Eggs and omelets	6 input rows	35 g	7.4%	175 kcal	11.4 g	420 mg	FDC 2707192 ↗
Grilled cheese sandwich, cheddar cheese, on wheat bread	Cheese sandwiches	3 input rows	42 g	36.2%	366 kcal	14.4 g	536 mg	FDC 2705805 ↗
Grilled cheese sandwich, cheddar cheese, on white bread	Cheese sandwiches	3 input rows	42 g	36.2%	368 kcal	13.4 g	541 mg	FDC 2705804 ↗
Grits, with cheese, fat added	Grits and other cooked cereals	5 input rows	28 g	9%	108 kcal	3.6 g	143 mg	FDC 2708369 ↗
Grits, with cheese, no added fat	Grits and other cooked cereals	4 input rows	28 g	9.2%	97 kcal	3.6 g	134 mg	FDC 2708368 ↗
Lettuce, salad with cheese, tomato and/or carrots, with or without other vegetables, no dressing	Lettuce and lettuce salads	7 input rows	28.3 g	17.4%	91 kcal	4.9 g	146 mg	FDC 2709825 ↗
Lettuce, salad with egg, cheese, tomato, and/or carrots, with or without other vegetables, no dressing	Lettuce and lettuce salads	8 input rows	28.3 g	9%	71 kcal	4.2 g	106 mg	FDC 2709827 ↗
Macaroni or noodles with cheese	Macaroni and cheese	7 input rows	226 g	14%	223 kcal	8.7 g	358 mg	FDC 2708811 ↗
Macaroni or noodles with cheese, whole grain	Macaroni and cheese	7 input rows	226 g	14%	219 kcal	8.8 g	360 mg	FDC 2708824 ↗
Macaroni or pasta salad with cheese	Pasta mixed dishes, excludes macaroni and cheese	8 input rows	226 g	12.9%	246 kcal	6.9 g	262 mg	FDC 2708947 ↗
Muffin, cheese	Biscuits, muffins, quick breads	7 input rows	84.8 g	10.5%	367 kcal	9.7 g	491 mg	FDC 2707842 ↗
Pasta with tomato-based sauce and cheese	Pasta mixed dishes, excludes macaroni and cheese	5 input rows	56.5 g	4.3%	119 kcal	3.7 g	403 mg	FDC 2708826 ↗
Pastry, egg and cheese filled	Turnovers and other grain-based items	9 input rows	56.5 g	5.4%	349 kcal	8.4 g	216 mg	FDC 2708727 ↗
Pea salad with cheese	Coleslaw, non-lettuce salads	7 input rows	99 g	10%	203 kcal	5 g	293 mg	FDC 2710057 ↗
Potato skins, with cheese	French fries and other fried white potatoes	5 input rows	25 g	18.7%	199 kcal	6.1 g	417 mg	FDC 2709489 ↗
Potato skins, with cheese and bacon	French fries and other fried white potatoes	6 input rows	25 g	17.6%	215 kcal	7.6 g	488 mg	FDC 2709490 ↗
Potato, baked, peel eaten, with cheese	White potatoes, baked or boiled	5 input rows	28 g	7.8%	153 kcal	4.1 g	225 mg	FDC 2709527 ↗
Potato, baked, peel eaten, with chili	White potatoes, baked or boiled	5 input rows	28 g	7.2%	143 kcal	4.9 g	259 mg	FDC 2709529 ↗
Potato, baked, peel eaten, with meat	White potatoes, baked or boiled	6 input rows	28 g	7.6%	160 kcal	4.7 g	257 mg	FDC 2709528 ↗
Potato, baked, peel eaten, with vegetables	White potatoes, baked or boiled	5 input rows	28 g	8%	142 kcal	4.1 g	228 mg	FDC 2709530 ↗
Potato, baked, peel not eaten, with cheese	White potatoes, baked or boiled	5 input rows	28 g	7.8%	153 kcal	3.7 g	221 mg	FDC 2709520 ↗
Potato, baked, peel not eaten, with chili	White potatoes, baked or boiled	5 input rows	28 g	7.2%	143 kcal	4.5 g	255 mg	FDC 2709522 ↗
Potato, baked, peel not eaten, with meat	White potatoes, baked or boiled	6 input rows	28 g	7.6%	160 kcal	4.3 g	253 mg	FDC 2709521 ↗
Potato, baked, peel not eaten, with vegetables	White potatoes, baked or boiled	5 input rows	28 g	8%	142 kcal	3.7 g	224 mg	FDC 2709523 ↗
Potato, hash brown, from fast food, with cheese	French fries and other fried white potatoes	2 input rows	20 g	16.7%	295 kcal	6 g	581 mg	FDC 2709479 ↗
Potato, hash brown, from fresh, with cheese	French fries and other fried white potatoes	5 input rows	20 g	14.8%	223 kcal	5.1 g	389 mg	FDC 2709484 ↗
Potato, hash brown, from restaurant, with cheese	French fries and other fried white potatoes	2 input rows	20 g	16.7%	295 kcal	6 g	581 mg	FDC 2709481 ↗
Potato, hash brown, ready-to-heat, with cheese	French fries and other fried white potatoes	3 input rows	20 g	16.5%	249 kcal	6 g	440 mg	FDC 2709487 ↗
Potato, mashed, from fresh, made with milk, with cheese	Mashed potatoes and white potato mixtures	2 input rows	12 g	10.7%	145 kcal	4.4 g	258 mg	FDC 2709497 ↗
Potato, mashed, ready-to-heat, with cheese	Mashed potatoes and white potato mixtures	2 input rows	12 g	10.7%	138 kcal	4.3 g	336 mg	FDC 2709508 ↗
Potato, scalloped, from fast food or restaurant	Mashed potatoes and white potato mixtures	6 input rows	45 g	20.1%	206 kcal	6.7 g	408 mg	FDC 2709449 ↗
Potato, scalloped, from fresh	Mashed potatoes and white potato mixtures	6 input rows	45 g	22.2%	168 kcal	7.1 g	322 mg	FDC 2709450 ↗
Potato, scalloped, from fresh, with meat	Mashed potatoes and white potato mixtures	7 input rows	45 g	21%	173 kcal	7.4 g	358 mg	FDC 2709451 ↗
Potato, scalloped, ready-to-heat	Mashed potatoes and white potato mixtures	6 input rows	45 g	20.3%	178 kcal	6.8 g	400 mg	FDC 2709454 ↗
Potato, scalloped, ready-to-heat, with meat	Mashed potatoes and white potato mixtures	7 input rows	45 g	19.4%	183 kcal	7.1 g	430 mg	FDC 2709455 ↗
Salisbury steak with gravy, macaroni and cheese, frozen meal	Meat mixed dishes	11 input rows	8 g	4.7%	202 kcal	10.4 g	380 mg	FDC 2707101 ↗
Seven-layer salad, lettuce salad made with a combination of onion, celery, green pepper, peas, mayonnaise, cheese, eggs, and/or bacon	Vegetable dishes	10 input rows	113 g	5.7%	229 kcal	4.7 g	265 mg	FDC 2709829 ↗
Soup, broccoli cheese	Soups, cream-based	7 input rows	12 g	11.9%	82 kcal	4.3 g	329 mg	FDC 2709659 ↗
Stuffed pepper, with rice and meat	Vegetable dishes	10 input rows	56.5 g	7%	178 kcal	7.8 g	320 mg	FDC 2709073 ↗
Stuffed pepper, with rice, meatless	Vegetable dishes	7 input rows	56.5 g	9.5%	166 kcal	3.8 g	186 mg	FDC 2709074 ↗
Taco or tostada salad with chicken	Burritos and tacos	14 input rows	113 g	4.4%	167 kcal	7.8 g	315 mg	FDC 2708509 ↗
Taco or tostada salad with chicken and sour cream	Burritos and tacos	15 input rows	113 g	3.9%	171 kcal	7.2 g	282 mg	FDC 2708512 ↗
Taco or tostada salad with meat	Burritos and tacos	14 input rows	113 g	4.5%	179 kcal	7.5 g	319 mg	FDC 2708508 ↗
Taco or tostada salad with meat and sour cream	Burritos and tacos	15 input rows	113 g	3.9%	181 kcal	6.9 g	286 mg	FDC 2708511 ↗
Taco or tostada salad, meatless	Burritos and tacos	10 input rows	113 g	4.5%	163 kcal	5.3 g	268 mg	FDC 2708510 ↗
Taco or tostada salad, meatless with sour cream	Burritos and tacos	11 input rows	113 g	4%	167 kcal	5 g	241 mg	FDC 2708513 ↗
Tuna salad with cheese	Seafood mixed dishes	6 input rows	56.7 g	9.5%	214 kcal	11.3 g	440 mg	FDC 2706839 ↗

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 11 exact records behind Cheese, cheddar (USDA input 1009). 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, cheddar cheese, on wheat bread is higher in dietary fiber per 100 g

Cheese sandwich, cheddar cheese, on wheat bread reports 3.2 g versus 0 g for Cheese, Cheddar: a 3.2 g difference when both are normalized to 100 g.

Inspect the underlying evidence

The denominator changes the answer

Taco or tostada salad with chicken is denser; Potato, baked, peel eaten, with meat is higher in its source amount

Taco or tostada salad with chicken reports 167 kcal per 100 g and 376 kcal in USDA source amount (225 g). Potato, baked, peel eaten, with meat reports a lower 160 kcal per 100 g but a higher 504 kcal in USDA source amount (315 g).

Record identity is part of the estimate

Distinguish “Potato, baked, peel eaten, with meat” from “Cheese, Cheddar”

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.

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Contextual knowledge graph

Follow the relationship that matches your question

For Cheese, cheddar (USDA input 1009), 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, Cheddar

Cheese, Cheddar is 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 sandwich

Cheese sandwich, cheddar cheese, on wheat bread is explicitly linked in this guide, which separates direct name matches from contextual variants.

Follow this evidence path A formulation detail that separates records Butter, stick, salted

USDA input 1001 appears in 3 of 11 context records; its summed listed input weight spans 3–56 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 Potato, hash brown, from fast food, with cheese vs Potato, hash brown, from fresh, with cheese

Potato, hash brown, from fast food, with cheese is held as one side of the comparison. The explicit record-description contrast is Source form: No matching controlled term in the source name versus fresh; it is a selection cue, not evidence of cause.

Follow this evidence path A formulation detail that separates records Beef, ground

USDA input 21500100 appears in 2 of 11 context records; its summed listed input weight spans 123–304 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 Chicken or turkey garden salad with bacon and cheese, chicken and/or turkey, bacon, cheese, lettuce and/or greens, tomato and/or carrots, other vegetables, no dressing vs Chicken or turkey, breaded, fried, garden salad with bacon and cheese, chicken and/or turkey, bacon, cheese, lettuce and/or greens, tomato and/or carrots, other vegetables, no dressing

Chicken or turkey garden salad with bacon and cheese, chicken and/or turkey, bacon, cheese, lettuce and/or greens, tomato and/or carrots, other vegetables, no dressing is held as one side of the comparison. The explicit record-description contrast is Preparation wording: No matching controlled term in the source name versus fried; it is a selection cue, not evidence of cause.

Follow this evidence path 3 context records in this source topic Poultry mixed dishes

Chicken and vegetable entree with noodles and cream sauce, frozen meal and Chicken or turkey tetrazzini belong to this USDA source-category collection. Its displayed ranges and complete exact-record catalog provide the peer set for a manual comparison; the destination does not preselect this page’s record.

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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 1009; 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.