The exact nutrition stats for Manchego cheese are pretty consistent across brands and across different types of Manchego, so we can easily give indicative values.
The first column is for a nutritionally standard one hundred grams of Manchego, the second is for a more realistic serving size of one ounce.
- Serving Size
- 100g
- 28g
- Calories
- 320
- 90
- Calories from fat
- 70%
- Calories from protein
- 30%
- Calories from carbohydrates
- 0%
- Total fat
- 25g
- 7g
- Saturated fat
- 18g
- 5g
- Trans fat
- 0g
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 70mg
- 20mg
- Minerals
- Sodium
- 500mg
- 150mg
- Calcium
- 1000mg
- 300mg
- Carbohydrate
- 0g
- 0g
- Dietary fibre
- 0g
- 0g
- Sugars
- 0g
- 0g
- Protein
- 25g
- 7g
- Vitamins
- Vitamin A
- 535 IU
- 150 IU
Why is it so?
Manchego is a complex dairy product which concentrates the excellent nutritional values of the sheep’s milk that makes it up. This means it’s got plenty of protein and no carbs – good for building muscles – and a great amount of calcium and vitamin A – good for building bone strength. On the down side, there’s a lot of saturated fat, so you might need to go for a run after a big Manchego session to burn some of it off…