How many calories are in cheese bread?
A large, thick slice of cheese bread weighs 43 g and carries 175 calories. Per 100 g the loaf runs 408 calories, which puts it among the richest breads in the USDA database. The cheese and the butter are baked into the dough, so the number barely moves depending on what you spread on top.
You'd need to walk about 35 minutes to burn the 175 calories in one large or thick slice (43 g).
How long does it take to burn off cheese bread?
One large or thick slice (43 g) is 175 kcal. Enter your weight and the amount you ate to see how long it takes you to burn that off:
lb
| Activity | Time to burn 175 kcal |
|---|---|
| Walking, brisk | 35 min |
| Cycling, moderate | 22 min |
| Swimming, moderate | 25 min |
| Jogging | 21 min |
| Weight training, moderate | 39 min |
Times are for a 155 lb adult at a steady pace; change the weight to see yours. The amount is set to the portion in the text (43 g); change it to what you actually ate. BodyPal works this out from your steps automatically.
On this page
- Cheese bread quick facts
- US servings from a snack slice to a thick cut
- Toasted cheese bread costs the same per slice
- Garlic bread with melted cheese
- Cheesy breadsticks and Salvadoran sweet cheese bread
- Sodium is the row to watch
- How does cheese bread compare?
- Most popular cheese bread brands
- FAQ
Cheese bread quick facts
The record used here is FNDDS 2707618, "Bread, cheese" — the loaf with cheese worked into the dough, the thing you actually pick up and slice. USDA carries the identical composition under SR Legacy 167944, but only the FNDDS edition attaches US household slices (24 g, 28 g and 43 g), and slice weight is where this food's calorie count is really decided.
| Nutrient | Per 100 g | Per 1 large or thick slice (43 g) | % Daily Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calories | 408 | 175 | — |
| Total fat | 20.83 g | 9.0 g | 11% |
| Saturated fat | 6.25 g | 2.7 g | 13% |
| Carbohydrate | 44.83 g | 19.3 g | 7% |
| Dietary fiber | 2.1 g | 0.9 g | 3% |
| Total sugars | 2.08 g | 0.9 g | — |
| Protein | 10.42 g | 4.5 g | 9% |
| Sodium | 750 mg | 323 mg | 14% |
% Daily Value is based on a 2,000-calorie diet.
Verified nutrition data
Numbers on this page come from USDA FoodData Central, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s food composition database, and from manufacturer labels where a branded product is named. Last verified September 2026. How we verify our data →
Two rows you would expect on a package label are missing on purpose: USDA does not publish added sugars or trans fat for this cheese bread record, so there is nothing honest to put in those cells. The slice also carries 4 mg of cholesterol (1% DV) and 36 mg of potassium (1%), neither of which changes how you should think about it. The Daily Value percentages come from the FDA label rules.
US servings from a snack slice to a thick cut
| Serving | Weight | Calories |
|---|---|---|
| 1 slice, snack-size | 10 g | 41 kcal |
| 1 small or thin slice | 24 g | 98 kcal |
| 1 medium or regular slice | 28 g | 114 kcal |
| 1 oz | 28.3 g | 115 kcal |
| 1 large or thick slice | 43 g | 175 kcal |
| Per 100 g | 100 g | 408 kcal |
The 10 g, 24 g, 28 g and 43 g rows are USDA household measures for this record. The ounce row is our own arithmetic from the USDA 100 g figure, not a USDA serving — and it lands one calorie away from the medium slice, which tells you how close a regular bakery slice is to a flat ounce of bread. The gap that matters is at the other end: the thick cut is 54 percent heavier than the medium one, so the same loaf gives you either 114 or 175 calories depending on how the knife falls.
Store loaves are a different animal. USDA Branded lists Pepperidge Farm Asiago Cheese Bread at 279 calories per 100 g, with 120 for its 43 g label slice, and Base Culture Cheese Bread at 312 per 100 g, or 100 per 32 g slice. Both sit well under the 408 of the bakery-style record, because a sandwich loaf carries far less cheese and butter than a bread built around a cheese crust.
Toasted cheese bread costs the same per slice
| Version | Per 100 g | Typical slice | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheese bread | 408 kcal | 1 large or thick slice, 43 g | 175 kcal |
| Cheese bread, toasted | 448 kcal | 1 large or thick slice, 39 g | 175 kcal |
This is the single most useful thing on the page. Toasting reads like a 10 percent penalty — 448 calories per 100 g against 408 — and plenty of trackers log it that way. But the toaster only drives off water. The same thick slice comes out at 39 g instead of 43 g, and 448 calories per 100 g on 39 g is 175 calories again. Nothing was added. The density went up because the weight went down.
The practical rule: if you log by the slice, toasting changes nothing. If you log by weight on a scale, weigh the bread before it goes in, or you will undercount by about four grams and the calories will still be right.
Garlic bread with melted cheese
| Version | Per 100 g | Typical slice | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garlic bread with melted cheese, from frozen | 343 kcal | 1 medium slice, 88 g | 302 kcal |
| Garlic bread with melted cheese, restaurant | 339 kcal | 1 medium slice, 88 g | 298 kcal |
| Garlic bread with parmesan, from frozen | 351 kcal | 1 medium slice, 79 g | 277 kcal |
Here the cheese sits on top of the loaf instead of inside the dough, so every one of these is lighter per gram than plain cheese bread. Then the portion turns it around. A garlic bread slice is a half-length of Italian loaf at 79 g to 88 g, roughly double a thick cheese bread slice, and it lands at 277 to 302 calories.
The frozen and restaurant versions are four calories apart per slice, which is noise — the restaurant record simply holds a little more water in a softer crumb. The parmesan version looks lighter only because the standard slice is 79 g rather than 88 g; per 100 g it is the densest of the three.
Cheesy breadsticks and Salvadoran sweet cheese bread
| Version | Per 100 g | Serving | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breadsticks, soft, stuffed or topped with melted cheese | 333 kcal | 1 oz, 28.3 g | 94 kcal |
| Bread, salvadoran sweet cheese (quesadilla salvadorena) | 374 kcal | 1 oz, 28.3 g | 106 kcal |
Cheesy breadsticks are the lightest of the generic USDA cheese-and-bread records here per gram, at 333 calories per 100 g, and they carry the most protein: 14.48 g per 100 g against 10.42 g for cheese bread. Soft dough holds more water than a crusted loaf. That says nothing about how many you eat — the ounce serving above is our own arithmetic from the USDA 100 g figure, and a shared order is rarely one ounce.
Salvadoran sweet cheese bread is the outlier of the group at 374 calories per 100 g with 24.9 g of total sugars, roughly twelve times the 2.08 g in plain cheese bread. It behaves like a cake, and it belongs in a dessert slot rather than a bread basket. USDA reports total sugars only, so how much of that is added rather than from the dairy is not something the record can tell you.
For the Brazilian style, USDA Branded is the better source than the generic records: Sabor Zan Brazilian Cheese Bread runs 333 calories per 100 g, or 190 for the 57 g label serving of two balls, and El Sembrador Pandebono rolls come in at 261 per 100 g, 159 for one 61 g roll. Tapioca starch and a hollow bake make both lighter per gram than the wheat loaf.
Sodium is the row to watch
Most people meet cheese bread expecting a fat problem. The label says otherwise. One thick slice is 11% of the Daily Value for total fat and 13% for saturated fat, but 14% of the Daily Value for sodium — 323 mg, or roughly a seventh of a teaspoon of table salt. Sodium is the highest percentage on the slice.
Two slices with dinner put you at 646 mg, more than a quarter of the FDA's 2,300 mg Daily Value, before the soup, the deli meat or the butter. The Dietary Guidelines for Americans flag sodium as one of the nutrients Americans consistently overshoot, and bread is one of the top contributors precisely because nobody thinks of it as salty.
The fiber row is the other honest weakness: 0.9 g in a slice, 3% of the Daily Value. MyPlate asks that at least half your grains be whole grains, and this loaf is not one of them. If you're watching sodium, a plain whole-grain sandwich bread is the calmer weekday pick and cheese bread is the weekend one.
How does cheese bread compare?
| Bread | Per 100 g | US serving | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheese bread | 408 kcal | 1 oz, 28.3 g | 115 kcal |
| Bread, puri | 409 kcal | 1 oz, 28.3 g | 116 kcal |
| Bread, dough, fried | 384 kcal | 1 oz, 28.3 g | 109 kcal |
| Garlic bread, from frozen | 350 kcal | 1 oz, 28.3 g | 99 kcal |
Our take: cheese bread sits one calorie per 100 g behind puri, a bread that is deep-fried, and ahead of dough that has also been fried. That is the useful frame — a baked loaf with cheese in it costs about what fried bread costs. Of the four, garlic bread from frozen is the only one meaningfully lighter per gram, at 350. For weight loss the move is not swapping breads but cutting the slice thinner: a 24 g thin slice at 98 calories beats any of these swaps at a thick 43 g. For fullness, go the other way and pair the thick slice with a protein, because 4.5 g on its own will not hold you.
Most popular cheese bread brands in the United States
Ranked by how widely each product appears among foods sold in the United States, from the BodyPal food database of over 3.3 million products. Calories are the figures printed on each Nutrition Facts label, checked against USDA FoodData Central.
| Product | Calories (per 100 g) |
|---|---|
| Pepperidge Farm Asiago Cheese Bread | 279 cal |
| Sabor Zan Brazilian Cheese Bread Original | 333 cal |
| Goya Cheese Breads | 313 cal |
| Base Culture Cheese Bread | 312 cal |
| El Sembrador Pandebono Cheese Bread Rolls | 261 cal |
| Brazi Bites Cheese Bread Snacks Fire-Roasted Jalapenos | 255 cal |
Brand popularity: BodyPal food database. Nutrition: manufacturer labels / USDA FoodData Central.
Cheese bread FAQs
How many calories are in a slice of cheese bread?
A large or thick slice of 43 g carries 175 calories, and the USDA record runs 408 calories per 100 g. A medium slice of 28 g is 114 calories, a thin 24 g slice is 98, and a snack-size 10 g piece only 41. Slice thickness decides almost everything here.
Is cheese bread healthy?
One slice covers 14% of the Daily Value for sodium and 13% for saturated fat, while delivering just 0.9 g of fiber. It works as an occasional side rather than the everyday loaf. MyPlate asks for whole grains most of the time, and this is a refined-flour bread built around cheese and butter.
How many calories in Brazilian cheese bread?
USDA Branded lists Sabor Zan Brazilian Cheese Bread at 333 calories per 100 g, or 190 calories for the 57 g label serving of two balls. That is lighter per gram than the 408 of the USDA bakery cheese bread record, because pao de queijo uses tapioca starch and bakes hollow.
How much sodium is in cheese bread?
323 mg in a large 43 g slice, which is 14% of the FDA Daily Value of 2,300 mg. Per 100 g the record shows 750 mg. Two thick slices reach 646 mg, more than a quarter of the day, and that is before any butter, deli meat or soup alongside.
Does toasting cheese bread add calories?
Toasting lifts the density to 448 calories per 100 g from 408, but it only drives off water, so the same thick slice weighs 39 g instead of 43 g. Run the arithmetic and the toasted slice still lands at 175 calories. Toasting concentrates the bread, it does not add anything to it.
How many carbs are in cheese bread?
19.3 g of carbohydrate in a 43 g thick slice, 7% of the Daily Value, from 44.83 g per 100 g. Only 0.9 g of that slice is fiber and 0.9 g is total sugars, so it is almost entirely starch. A medium 28 g slice works out to 12.6 g.
Cheese bread vs garlic bread: which has fewer calories?
Garlic bread with melted cheese is lighter per gram at 343 calories per 100 g from frozen and 339 in a restaurant, against 408 for cheese bread. The portion flips the answer: an 88 g medium slice of garlic bread is 302 calories, while a 43 g slice of cheese bread is 175.
How much protein is in cheese bread?
4.5 g of protein in a 43 g slice, 9% of the Daily Value, from 10.42 g per 100 g. That is respectable for a bread, since the cheese does the work, but the same slice brings 9.0 g of fat. Cheesy breadsticks are higher still at 14.48 g per 100 g.
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