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Cheese: PRAL Values Compared

Cheese is the most acid-forming everyday food. Hard and semi-hard cheeses are at +15 to +21 per 100 g, only fresh cheese stays mild. One slice is roughly equivalent to one egg.

37 foods
Average +14.5
Alkaline 0
Neutral 0
Acidic 37

Common questions about cheese

Is Cheese Acidic or Alkaline?
raw
+17.5
Acidic

All cheese, sorted from alkaline to acid-forming

# Food PRAL
1 Cream cheese spread (plain)prepared +3.0
2 Cream cheeseraw +3.0
3 Ricottaraw +3.4
4 Meat loaf bavarian styleprepared +7.4
5 Cottage cheese, low-fatraw +8.0
6 Cream cheese, light (up to 10% fat)raw +8.1
7 Cottage cheese, regular (4% fat)raw +8.8
8 Brie cheeseraw +9.0
9 Goat cheeseraw +9.9
10 Feta cheeseraw +11.1
11 Goat cheeseraw +11.6
12 Queso frescoraw +12.5
13 Gorgonzola cheeseraw +12.6
14 Blue cheese (general)raw +12.7
15 Mozzarellaraw +12.7
16 Limburger cheeseraw +13.0
17 Roquefort cheeseraw +13.7
18 Camembert cheeseraw +15.2
19 Halloumi cheeseraw +15.4
20 Colby cheeseraw +16.3
21 Monterey Jack cheeseraw +16.7
22 Cheddar cheeseraw +16.9
23 Tilsit cheeseraw +17.3
24 Cotija cheeseraw +17.3
25 Fontina cheeseraw +17.4
26 Raclette cheeseraw +17.4
27 Gouda (young)raw +17.5
28 Paneer cheeseraw +17.9
29 Edam cheeseraw +18.7
30 Butter cheeseraw +19.1
31 Provolone cheeseraw +19.4
32 Harz cheese (sour milk cheese)raw +20.4
33 Gruyere cheeseraw +20.5
34 Appenzeller cheeseraw +20.9
35 Emmental cheeseraw +21.0
36 Alpine cheese (Bergkäse)raw +22.5
37 Parmesan cheeseraw +29.6

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