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Nutrition in Broccoli & Cheese

Broccoli and Cheese is a great way to enjoy a healthy ingredient. Broccoli and Cheese has both positive and negative nutritional aspects. Understanding the nutritional information can help you to understand if this dish is something that fits into your diet.

  1. Serving

    • Often, people purchase broccoli and cheese in a frozen package. The cheese is in the form of a cheese sauce. This guide assumes a frozen broccoli and cheese package. One serving is one cup, or 168g, of food.

    Calories

    • The cheese is going to add calories to the broccoli and cheese meal. A one-cup serving has about 113 calories.

    Fat

    • The only fat in this meal is going to come from the cheese. This serving has 4g of fat, with only 1g of saturated fat.

    Protein

    • The protein also comes from the cheese, and will change depending on the cheese type and the amount used. This particular serving has 4g of protein.

    Vitamin C and A

    • The broccoli in Broccoli and Cheese provides the health benefits. This particular serving has 45 percent of your daily value of vitamin A, as well as 99 percent of your daily vitamin C.

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