Top 10 · Updated October 2026
Highest-Protein Mexican Cheeses
Mexican cheeses: typically 21.4 g of protein per 100 g (median of 120 products). The mexican cheeses with the most protein per 100 g. Useful if you are trying to increase your protein intake. We checked 33 mexican cheeses with complete data.
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QUESADILLA Mexican Style Melting Cheese
La Chona · 16 oz -
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Four Cheese Mexican Finely Shredded Cheese
Cache Valley Creamery · 8 oz -
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Cotija Mexican Style Grated Cheese
La Chona · 16 oz -
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Cotija
Nuestro Queso · 5 oz -
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How we built this list
We ranked all published mexican cheeses on Foodmetria that have a photo and the required nutrition data, using values per 100 g from the product label. Ties are broken by Nutri-Score and by how often shoppers scan the product. Rankings update automatically as label data changes. Read our methodology.