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Blue cheese

Blue cheese is an aged cheese with blue or green mold veins, commonly used in salads, sauces, dressings, and cheese boards.

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About Blue cheese

Blue cheese is cheese ripened with selected mould cultures that produce blue, green, or blue-green veins or patches through the paste. It may be made from cow, sheep, goat, or mixed milk and is served on cheese boards or used crumbled or melted in savoury dishes.

Its flavour is commonly salty, tangy, earthy, and pungent, though intensity varies by style and age. Texture can range from soft and creamy to firm and crumbly, with moisture and paste structure differing between varieties.

The rind, paste, moisture, and vein pattern depend on the cheese variety and ripening process. It is used in salads, dressings, sauces, soups, fillings, and baked dishes; crumbling preserves pieces, while melting makes the paste more fluid and distributes its flavour.

Ingredient type
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Local names for blue cheese

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English

Blue cheese

English

blue cheese (dehydrated)

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English

cold-pack blue cheese

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English

imitation blue cheese

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Blue cheese nutrition & diet

Blue cheese nutritional value

Cheese, blue

Per 100 g of the edible portion in the recorded food form.

Calories
353kcal
Protein
21.4g
Carbs
2.3g
Fat
28.7g

Reference values for the specific food form shown. Other varieties, brands and preparations can differ.

Portions & preparation

Match the reference to the particular blue cheese style and its edible portion, since moisture, aging, milk source, and formulation vary. Assess crumbled, sliced, or sauce forms separately. Dressings and sauces may add cream, oil, starch, salt, or other ingredients beyond the cheese itself.

Compare the right form: Reference should match the named blue cheese style, milk source, age, and edible form, such as wedge, slice, crumble, or sauce.

Diet considerations

Blue cheese is animal-derived dairy cheese made with milk and mold cultures. It does not fit vegan diets, and dressings or sauces may add egg, dairy, meat ingredients, cereal thickeners, or alcohol. Plain cheese has a portion-dependent carbohydrate pattern; processed preparations require the full recipe.

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

Dietary compatibility

  • Vegan
    Typically incompatible
  • Vegetarian
    Depends on the version
  • Pescatarian
    Depends on the version
  • Keto
    Depends on the version
  • Paleo
    Typically incompatible
  • Low-carb
    Depends on the version
  • Halal
    Not established
  • Kosher
    Not established
What these diet assessments mean
Vegan · Typically incompatible
The ingredient profile identifies an animal-derived food or derivative.
Vegetarian · Depends on the version
Check the coagulant or rennet source: animal rennet and vegetarian alternatives are both relevant to this category.
Pescatarian · Depends on the version
Check the coagulant or rennet source: animal rennet and vegetarian alternatives are both relevant to this category.
Keto · Depends on the version
Compatibility depends on the portion and preparation. A sourced carbohydrate amount for a defined serving is not available.
Paleo · Typically incompatible
This profile falls outside the conventional paleo pattern used here (grains and pseudograins, legumes, dairy or refined sugar).
Low-carb · Depends on the version
Compatibility depends on the portion and preparation. A sourced carbohydrate amount for a defined serving is not available.
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: USDA FoodData Central — Cheese, blue ↗. 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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