Swiss Tilsit cheese

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Swiss Tilsit cheese. Picture courtesy of Swiss Cheese Marketing.

Swiss Tilsit or Tilsiter is a light yellow semi-soft cheese, created in the mid-19th century by Prussian-Swiss settlers, the Westphal family, from the Emmental valley. The same ingredients to make the cheese were not available as in their home country and different moulds, yeasts, and bacteria had to be used. The result was a cheese which was more intense and full flavoured. The settlers named it after Tilsit, the Prussian town they had settled in.

The cheese has a medium-firm texture with irregular holes or cracks. Commercially produced Tilsit is made from pasteurised cows’ milk and has a dark yellow rind. Often flavoured with caraway seeds and peppercorns, Tilsiter is a good accompaniment to hearty brown/rye breads and dark beers.

The cheese has been manufactured in Switzerland since 1893 and is mainly produced in 3 varieties: A mild version (green label) is made from pasteurised milk, a more strongly flavoured one from fresh, unpasteurised milk (red label), and the yellow-labelled "Rahm-Tilsiter" is produced from pasteurised milk with added cream.

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 Swiss Tilsit 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 Swiss Tilsit 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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