Top 10 · Updated October 2026

Highest-Protein Spanish Cheeses

Spanish cheeses: typically 21.3 g of protein per 100 g (median of 288 products). The spanish cheeses with the most protein per 100 g. Useful if you are trying to increase your protein intake. We checked 283 spanish cheeses with complete data.

1

Queso Afuega'l Pitu

d 398 kcal 1.2 g sugar 37 g protein 25.5 g fat
2

Queso zamorano

El Pastor de Santa Cristina · 250g

d 508 kcal 0 g sugar 29.7 g protein 42.8 g fat
3

Queso gamoneu del valle

la casina de cebia · 500g

e NOVA 3 453 kcal 0.5 g sugar 29 g protein 37 g fat

Also: Palm oil free · No additives
4

Cuña cabrales dop

d NOVA 3 404 kcal 0.5 g sugar 28.8 g protein 31.7 g fat

Also: Palm oil free · No additives
5

Queso Gamoneu

Quesería Vega de Ario

e 386 kcal 0.5 g sugar 28.5 g protein 28.5 g fat
6

Queso Tetilla

punteiro

d 322 kcal 0.5 g sugar 28 g protein 28 g fat
7

Queso light

central lechera gallega

c 305 kcal 0.1 g sugar 27.3 g protein 21.5 g fat
8

MELOUSSA Queso Mahón Menorca

Meloussa

e 403 kcal 0.9 g sugar 27.1 g protein 32.2 g fat
9

Viejo Tostado

Entrepinares · 0.394 kg

d NOVA 4 474 kcal 0.5 g sugar 27 g protein 40 g fat

Also: Palm oil free · Vegetarian
10

Zamorano curado

Froiz · 250 g

d 446 kcal 1.3 g sugar 27 g protein 37 g fat

How we built this list

We ranked all published spanish 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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