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Asiago

Italian cow-milk cheese, semi-soft when young and hard when aged.

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About Asiago

Asiago is an Italian cow-milk cheese made in styles that range from fresh and semi-soft to aged and hard. It is eaten sliced or cubed, grated over pasta and vegetables, melted into savoury dishes, or served on a cheese board. Its handling and culinary use depend strongly on maturation.

Young Asiago is supple to semi-soft, moist, and mild, with a milky, buttery character. As it ages, it loses moisture and becomes firmer, more crumbly, and easier to grate, while its flavour grows more pronounced, savoury, nutty, and sometimes slightly sharp. Melting behaviour also changes with age.

The cheese is generally pale cream to straw-coloured and may have a smooth or firmer natural rind. Fresh wheels or pieces are cut for slicing; aged forms are cut into wedges, shaved, or grated. Maturation, production style, and format account for substantial differences in appearance, texture, and flavour.

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Asiago nutrition & diet

Asiago nutritional value

Reference: Asiago cheese

Per 100 g of the edible portion of the explicitly named reference food.

Calories
356kcal
Protein
31.4g
Carbs
0.0g
Fat
25.6g

Per 100 g edible portion. ANSES Ciqual 2025; energy and protein follow EU Regulation 1169/2011 (protein = nitrogen × 6.25); carbohydrate excludes fibre. Values describe this food form, not every brand or recipe. Reused under the Etalab Open Licence 2.0: https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/licence-ouverte-open-licence/.

Portions & preparation

Match the cheese’s age and texture because young semi-soft Asiago and aged hard Asiago are different reference foods. Use the edible cheese portion and record grating, slicing, melting, or incorporation into a recipe, along with any rind, oil, sauce, or accompanying ingredients.

Compare the right form: Match a reference to cow-milk Asiago of the specified age and texture, identifying fresh or aged form, rind treatment, and edible portion.

Diet considerations

Asiago is animal-derived cow-milk cheese. Compatibility changes with milk-derived ingredients, seasoning, coatings, rennet or production details, and mixed recipes; certification cannot be inferred from the name. Added cereal coatings, pasta, bread, or sweet accompaniments create a different portion-dependent carbohydrate pattern.

AI-authored reading notes · Awaiting editorial review. Measured values, where available, have a separate source above.

Dietary compatibility

  • Vegan
    Not established
  • Vegetarian
    Not established
  • Pescatarian
    Not established
  • Keto
    Not established
  • Paleo
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  • Low-carb
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  • Halal
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  • Kosher
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What these diet assessments mean
Vegan · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Vegetarian · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Pescatarian · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Keto · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Paleo · Not established
The ingredient form and processing have not been assessed against this dietary pattern.
Low-carb · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Halal · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish halal status.
Kosher · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish kosher status.

For the plain ingredient · Awaiting review. Diet compatibility is not allergy suitability or halal/kosher certification. Keto and low-carb depend on the portion.

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Sources & review

Nutrition reference: ANSES Ciqual 2025 — Asiago ↗. Values are scaled from 100 g of the recorded edible form. Individual portions have no assumed fixed weight.

Expanded overview, name examples and nutrition notes are database drafts awaiting editorial review. Numeric nutrition values, where shown, have their own source and food-form reference.

The ingredient description and dish connections come from the draft catalogue and may change after review.

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