Do grilled cheese and normal cheese without grilled contain the same amount of calories?

SparklesFer097 wrote: »

This may sound like a stupid question lol. I mean sometimes the oil comes out of it after it’s being grilled so this makes me wonder.

The difference would be a few calories if it was even measurable. Don't overthink this! And no such thing as a stupid question

I agree with some of the above. Don't worry about such minute things. All calorie values are wild estimates anyway. Just track your cheese as it's listed on the package.

a slice of cheese is about 80-100 calories a slice depending on brand and weight.now if you add bread and butter or whatever it is you use to grill it then yes it will add calories but if you add bread and butter or another condiment and dont grill it,its going to be close to the same amount of calories. unless you just eat the cheese alone.then high ho the dairy O the cheese stand alone(hahahahaha)

Any difference is going to be due to the oil/butter used on the outside when grilling the sandwich, which (depending on how much you use, and how much of it the bread absorbs) could be a substantial difference in calories.

The fact that a little oil may come out of the cheese when you heat it - that part makes very little difference. If you pat some of that oil off, it will reduce the fat you eat a tiny bit but (1) not very much, (2) you can't possibly estimate it accurately, (3) you need to eat some fats anyway for good health (especially as a woman) because your body needs fats and can't manufacture what it needs from other foods. (It can be worth patting some oil off something like a super greasy burger or pizza, unless the oiliness is part of what makes you enjoy it.)

Don't worry about it with a sandwich, except considering what you may be adding in the grilling process. If it's a restaurant, I'd probably log a teaspoon of oil for something grilled without much oil/butter and not noticeably oily on the surface (like some pannini) up to a tablespoon or more for one grilled on a flat grill surface/pan that seems very buttery/oily.

Don't obsess about it. It's not worth stressing - stress burns no extra calories - just log as accurately as you can estimate, and go on with life. Sometimes you'll guess under, sometimes you'll guess over; as long as you try not to underestimate, it's likely to even out in the long run.