La Tercia-Villamanín cheese

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The region of La Tercia lies to the north of the province of León, bordering the Community of Asturias. This is a region rich in tradition and cheese dairy cattle, veal and goat.

The cheeses is soft to semi-hard and made from goats’ milk and animal rennet. It has a unique aroma, a strong flavour and is matured for at least three months. Cylindrical in shape, it has a thin, yellow, hard rind with a compact, white interior.

The size of the cheese ranges from 10 to 15 cm in diameter, 8 to 10 cm in height, has a weight of 600g to 1kg. It is also sold cut sealed in jars of oil.

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La Tercia-Villamanín cheese

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 La Tercia-Villamanín 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 La Tercia-Villamanín 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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