Curd cheese: how many calories?

Where do the calories come from?

• Protein 54%
• Carbs 21%
• Fat 25%

Each macro's grams are multiplied by its own calorie value: 4 for protein and carbohydrate, 9 for fat. Fibre sits inside the carbohydrate figure and alcohol is not in the list at all, which is why the three shares add up to exactly one hundred.

What do these numbers mean on the plate?

Curd cheese carries 0.8 calories per gram: 100 calories come to 123 grams. This is the typical range of cooked home food — as the portion grows the calories grow with it, and both move at the same pace.

A typical portion is 50 g. Because tables are written per 100 grams, counting the portion as 100 grams too is a common mistake; for Curd cheese that means overstating the calories by 100%.

In calories, one portion (50 g · 41 kcal) comes to: 49 g Bulgur pilaf — cooked. Bulgur pilaf — cooked page

One portion every day adds up to 14,783 calories a year — roughly a 1.9 kg difference. This is a linear estimate and an upper bound: as weight changes, daily needs change with it. Build your own timeline

In dairy, fat content is what varies most between two products sharing a name: the “light” version can drop to a third of the calories at the same weight.

Household measure equivalents

Cup and spoon equivalents come from the food's bulk density, not from volume: a cup holds 200 millilitres, not 200 grams. Packing and how finely something is chopped move these numbers by 10-20%. Convert your own measure

How much of the daily reference intake?

The reference values are the figures EU Regulation 1169/2011 gives for an average adult — the %RI column on labels rests on the same numbers. They are not a personal target; the fibre row is not in the regulation, the 25 grams there is EFSA's adequate intake for adults. Work out your own calorie needs

Where does it sit within its group?

It is number 3 of the 7 foods in the Breakfast and dairy group by calories per 100 grams. The group averages 196 kcal; Curd cheese is 59% below that average.

Lighter options at the same 50 grams

The “good swap” mark only appears when an option lowers the calories without also lowering protein and fibre per 100 calories. Unmarked rows save calories but give up nutrient density. Try it with your own portion

How long does it take to burn one portion (50 g)?

• Walking — brisk (5.6 km/h)10 min
• Running — 8 km/h (7:30 min/km)5 min
• Cycling — 16-19 km/h6 min

The times are for someone weighing 70 kilos and use NET burn: the resting calories that would have been spent anyway over the same period are subtracted. The heavier the person, the shorter the time. Calculate with your own weight

Foods with similar calories

• Bulgur pilaf — cooked100 g · 83 kcal
• Red wine — dry100 g · 85 kcal
• Tofu100 g · 76 kcal
• Potato — boiled100 g · 87 kcal
• Banana100 g · 89 kcal
• Grapes100 g · 69 kcal

Which claims could its label carry?

EU Regulation 1924/2006 ties every label claim to a numeric threshold. Curd cheese meets 2 of them:

• Low fat100 g → 2.3 g fat · threshold: at most 3.0 g
• High protein54% of its calories come from protein · threshold: at least 20%

The thresholds apply to a product's OWN analysis; the values here come from average composition tables. So this list is not an authorisation, only an estimate of which side of the threshold a product sits on. For drinks the energy and fat thresholds are per 100 millilitres and lower. Interpret your own label