Babia y Laciana cheese
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Babia y Laciana is a fresh or matured artisan cheese, made from whole goats’ milk in the Babia Laciana valley (León). In particular, it is produced in the villages of Cabuelles, Cacabillos, San Félix de Arce, Genestrosa, La Mujúa, of Peñalba Sillero, Quintanilla de Babia, La Riera, Robles, San Felix Arce, Sosas def Laciana, Torrebarrio, El Villar de Santiago and Villaseca Laciana.
The cheese can be fresh or matured. The fresh version is white, with a buttery texture and an acid flavour and is eaten just a few days after production. When matured, it has a rough bluish-green mouldy rind and the taste is more acidic than when fresh.
Having a cylindrical shape, the cheese has a diameter of about 15 cm, is 5 or 6 cm tall and weighs approximately 500 g to 1 kg.
Calories in different varieties and various types of cheeses
The number of calories in various types of cheese is very similar when you compare your cheese to a similar types of cheese.
For example, almost cheeses that are similar to Cheddar cheese have around 400 calories per 100g
If the Babia y Laciana cheese is not listed below, select a similar type of cheese from the list below to get a rough idea for the number of calories in Babia y Laciana cheese.
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| Cheese type | Calories per 100g |
|---|---|
| American cheese | 371 |
| Blue cheese | 353 |
| Camembert cheese | 299 |
| Cheddar cheese | 402 |
| Cottage cheese | 98 |
| Edam cheese | 357 |
| Farmer's cheese | 98 |
| Feta cheese | 264 |
| Fontina cheese | 389 |
| Goat cheese | 364 |
| Gouda cheese | 356 |
| Gruyere cheese | 413 |
| Mozzarella cheese | 280 |
| Parmesan cheese | 431 |
| Pimento cheese | 375 |
| Provolone cheese | 352 |
| Queso blanco cheese | 310 |
| Ricotta cheese | 174 |
| Roquefort cheese | 369 |
| Swiss cheese | 380 |
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