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Brie

Soft French cow-milk cheese with a bloomy white rind.

Brie — illustrative ingredient image

About Brie

Brie is a soft cheese made from cow’s milk and characterized by a bloomy white rind. It is commonly served as a table cheese with bread, crackers, fruit, or savoury accompaniments, and it can also be warmed or incorporated into cooked dishes.

Its flavour is typically creamy and buttery, with a mild to more pronounced earthy or mushroom-like note as it ripens. The interior is soft and yielding, while the rind provides a distinct surface texture; exact flavour and firmness vary with age and style.

Brie is sold as wheels, wedges, or pre-portioned pieces, with the white rind generally left on when served. Chilling keeps the paste firmer, whereas bringing it toward room temperature softens the interior and makes its texture more spreadable; heating makes the cheese softer or molten.

Ingredient type
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Brie nutrition & diet

Brie nutritional value

Cheese, brie

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

Calories
362.6kcal
Protein
18.6g
Carbs
0.0g
Fat
31.8g

Reference values apply to the named food form, not every preparation, variety or brand. © Food Standards Australia New Zealand. AFCD Release 3, food F002407. Available carbohydrate excludes sugar alcohols; energy converted from kJ to kcal (÷4.184). Australian data may not be appropriate for use in other countries. There are limitations associated with food composition databases. Food composition data used in the database or databases may represent an average of the nutrient content of a particular sample of foods and ingredients, determined at a particular time. The nutrient composition of foods and ingredients can vary substantially between batches and brands because of a number of factors, including changes in season, processing practices and ingredient source, and methods of calculation. Data licensed under the FSANZ Data User Licence Agreement, based on CC BY-SA 3.0 AU: https://www.foodstandards.gov.au/science-data/monitoringnutrients/afcd/datauserlicenceagreement.

Portions & preparation

Identify the cow-milk cheese, ripening stage, edible rind, and serving condition. Record the cheese itself separately from crackers, bread, fruit, preserves, or cooking ingredients, and distinguish plain Brie from flavored, baked, stuffed, or processed forms.

Compare the right form: Match the reference to cow-milk Brie with its bloomy rind and specified ripeness, edible portion, and plain or prepared form.

Diet considerations

Animal-derived cheese made from cow’s milk. Compatibility changes with milk source, rennet or other processing aids, added flavorings, coatings, fillings, and accompaniments such as cereal crackers or bread. Baked or stuffed Brie requires the complete recipe rather than a plain-cheese reference.

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
    Not established
  • Low-carb
    Not established
  • Halal
    Not established
  • Kosher
    Not established
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: Australian Food Composition Database, Release 3, 2025 — Cheese, brie ↗. 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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