Top 10 · Updated October 2026

Highest-Protein Soft Cheeses

Soft cheeses: typically 16 g of protein per 100 g (median of 50 products). The soft cheeses with the most protein per 100 g. Useful if you are trying to increase your protein intake. We checked 45 soft cheeses with complete data.

1

Rahm-Emmentaler

Schärdinger · 150 g

d NOVA 3 328 kcal 0 g sugar 29 g protein 32 g fat

Also: Palm oil free · Vegetarian · No additives
2

Synnøve gulost

Synnøve · 1kg

d NOVA 3 338 kcal 26 g protein 26 g fat

Also: Palm oil free
3

Riven Texmexost

Garant · 150G

d NOVA 3 359 kcal 0 g sugar 24 g protein 29 g fat

Also: Palm oil free · No additives
4

Smoky Cheddar

The Cheese Emporium

d 399 kcal 0.1 g sugar 23.5 g protein 32.7 g fat
5

Bayrischer Weinkäse

Bauer · 2 x 62,5 g

d NOVA 4 295 kcal 0.1 g sugar 22 g protein 23 g fat

Also: Palm oil free · No additives
6

Queijo Mina Cremoso

Quinta dos Açores

d 361 kcal 0.5 g sugar 20 g protein 31 g fat
7

Far free quark soft cheese

Waitrose

a NOVA 3 118 kcal 6.5 g sugar 19.8 g protein 0.8 g fat

Also: Palm oil free · Vegetarian · No additives
8

Cremiger Weichkäse grüner Pfeffer

Gutes Land · 150 g

d NOVA 3 305 kcal 0.4 g sugar 19.5 g protein 25 g fat

Also: Palm oil free · Vegetarian · No additives
9

Lieblingskäse würzig&cremig

Bergader · 190 g

d NOVA 4 276 kcal 0.5 g sugar 19 g protein 22 g fat
10

Ostehaps

Lillebror · 6 x 18 g

d 291 kcal 0.9 g sugar 19 g protein 23 g fat

How we built this list

We ranked all published soft 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.

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