Cheddar

Studies in people

• Benefit

  Vitamin K and blood fats³

  In overweight adults over 50, eating cheddar daily for six weeks may improve vitamin K status, with cholesterol effects differing by sex.

• Benefit

  Muscle building after eating⁴

  In people, Cheddar cheese gave a slow, steady release of amino acids that modestly triggered muscle-building signals.

Found in some samples or products

These come from where it was grown, how it was processed or cooked, or what it was made into. They are not about the ingredient itself, so the signal does not count them.

• Food poisoning from cheese⁶

  In 1976, people in Colorado got sick with Salmonella after eating cheddar cheese from one manufacturer.

Allergies and intolerances

These are about people with an allergy, an intolerance or coeliac disease. The signal is about the ingredient itself, and these are about the person eating it, so the signal does not count them.

• Childhood eczema severity⁵

  In children with eczema, being sensitive to cheddar cheese was linked to worse eczema scores.

The signal at the top counts the findings in people and in animal and lab studies. A concern in studies of people outranks animal and lab studies, and “No concerns” needs at least one finding in people. When most findings in people point one way, the page leans that way (“Mostly”), and every finding is still shown. Findings whose study type is not stated are shown but not counted. This page is a reference, not medical advice. It describes what regulators and published research say. Talk to a doctor or dietitian about your own diet.