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Cheeses - Wellington, New Zealand.
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Cheese

Dairy & eggs

  • 376kcal
  • 25.2 gprotein
  • 0 gfibre

Per 100 g, raw.

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What 100 g is made of

  • Protein 25.2 g
  • Fat 29.2 g
  • Carbohydrate 3.1 g
  • Water and other 42.6 g

“Water and other” is what is left of 100 g after protein, fat and carbohydrate (mostly water, plus ash).

Vitamins and minerals in 100 g

Bars show the share of the US adult daily value. The rank compares 260 ingredients.

Where it comes from

  1. 5500 BCEThe earliest archaeological evidence of cheesemaking was found in present-day Poland.Poland
  2. 5200 BCEEvidence of cheesemaking was found on the Dalmatian coast.Croatia
  3. 1815The first industrial cheese factory opened in Switzerland.Switzerland
  4. 1851Jesse Williams began making cheese on an assembly line in New York.United States of America

Used in GlobeCooks dishes from: Europe (13), Asia (10), Americas (9), Africa (3)

Native range and history are drawn from Wikipedia and Wikidata by GlobeCooks.

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Nutrients: USDA FoodData Central (food 173413), public domain. Identity: Wikidata Q10943. Compiled by GlobeCooks.

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