Every 100 kcal of cream cheese brings 1.8 g of protein. On that measure it ranks 78th of the 81 dairy foods in this database and 721st of all 796 foods on the site. Measured by weight instead, its 6.15 g per 100 g ranks 57th in its group.
Only about 7% of the calories in cream cheese come from protein, so it is more of an energy food than a protein food. It is worth eating for other reasons; the protein it adds to a day is incidental.
By weight, fat outweighs protein in cream cheese: 34.4 g of fat per 100 g against 6.15 g of protein, a ratio of 0.2 to 1.
Set against sweet whey powder, another dairy food entry in the database, a serving carries about 0.7 g more protein (sweet whey powder has 1 g per 1 tbsp).
It is a complete protein - it supplies all nine essential amino acids in adequate amounts, so it can carry a meal's protein on its own. The serving quoted here is measured by weight at 28 g, and it covers about 3% of the 50 g FDA Daily Value for protein.
Cream cheese is mostly fat and water, so it is one of the lowest-protein cheeses.
Serving sizes
Protein in common portions of cream cheese
Protein and calories in Cream cheese for 100 g, the site serving and USDA household portions.
Portion
Weight
Protein
Calories
100 g
100 g
6.15 g
350 kcal
1 oz (serving used here)
28 g
1.7 g
98 kcal
1 tbsp
14.5 g
0.9 g
51 kcal
1 cup
232 g
14.3 g
812 kcal
1 tbsp, whipped
10 g
0.6 g
35 kcal
1 cubic inch
16 g
1 g
56 kcal
1 package, small (3 oz)
85 g
5.2 g
298 kcal
Portion weights are the household measures listed on the USDA record; protein and calories scale from the per-100 g figures.
Amino acids
Essential amino acids in cream cheese
The nine essential amino acids in Cream cheese, per 100 g, per serving and per gram of protein.
Amino acid
Per 100 g
Per serving
mg per g protein
leucine
0.657 g
0.18 g
107
lysine
0.567 g
0.16 g
92
valine
0.395 g
0.11 g
64
isoleucine
0.324 g
0.09 g
53
threonine
0.233 g
0.07 g
38
phenylalanine
0.291 g
0.08 g
47
methionine
0.191 g
0.05 g
31
histidine
0.175 g
0.05 g
28
tryptophan
0.069 g
0.02 g
11
Per-100 g values are the amino acid analysis on the USDA record. The serving and per-gram-of-protein columns are arithmetic on those values; they are not a protein quality score.
SampleWhat goal trends look like after a week
109 g
Average per logged day
4 of 7
Days goal met
71%
Complete-protein share
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
Sample figures for one made-up week against a 110 g goal, not your data. Red bars met the goal. Your own log fills this in with Premium.
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Half and half - 2.4 g per 100 kcal, 0.5 g per 1 tbsp
6.15 g. The 1 oz serving used on this page weighs 28 g and so carries 1.7 g.
How much protein do you get per 100 calories of cream cheese?
1.8 g. That figure divides its 6.15 g of protein per 100 g by its 350 kcal per 100 g, so it does not depend on serving size.
Is the protein in cream cheese complete?
Yes. The protein in cream cheese supplies all nine essential amino acids in adequate amounts, so it can carry a meal's protein on its own.
What share of the protein Daily Value is one serving of cream cheese?
About 3%. One 1 oz serving has 1.7 g, and the FDA Daily Value for protein is 50 g.
Figures from USDA FoodData Central record #173418 (Cheese, cream), SR Legacy data. USDA data is in the public domain. Values are the published reference figures for that record, not lab measurements for a specific brand or batch.