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Gomber Oveja cheese

Gomber Oveja is a medium strength, semi-soft, ewe's milk cheese produced in the Valle de Cabuérniga at the Gomber dairy, in the Cantabrian village of Sopeña. It began life as a cheese made for personal consumption by Concepción Llano in the early 20th century and the surplus was sold in local markets or exchanged for other products. In 1990, Gabriel, Concepción's great-grandson built a dairy to comply with health regulations. 50% of the milk is purchased under strict health controls and the rest comes from the dairy's own Assaf ewes.

The cheese, which is matured for 1-2 months, has a natural, mouldy rind with a rough texture and is orange, beige and bluish-green in colour. The interior is mate-white (unusual in ewes' milk cheeses) and has very small holes unevenly distributed through the body and the odd hole of mechanical origin. It has a semi-soft to semi-hard texture, but is elastic and buttery when young, tending to become dryer with time. It has an intense, musty aroma, which can be fetid but not aggressive. the flavour is lactic, buttery, slightly salty, with hints of hay. It has a slightly spicy aftertaste.

The cheese is cylindrical in shape with a smooth surface with grooves and cracks on the sides cause by the mould and weighs between 400 and 500g.

Gomber won a Bronze Medal in 2010 and a Silver Medal in 2011 in the World Cheese Awards.

Calories in different varieties and various types of cheeses

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For example, almost cheeses that are similar to Cheddar cheese have around 400 calories per 100g

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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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