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Coastal Fresh Cheese

Coastal fresh cheese is a soft, mild cheese commonly served fresh or used in savory dishes and spreads.

Coastal Fresh Cheese — illustrative ingredient image

About Coastal Fresh Cheese

Coastal fresh cheese is a regional-style soft cheese associated with coastal food traditions rather than one single fixed recipe. It may be made from cow’s, goat’s, sheep’s, or mixed milk, and is generally eaten young, before substantial aging develops.

Its flavour is usually mild, milky, and lightly salty, while its texture can range from smooth and spreadable to soft, moist, and sliceable. Draining, pressing, salting, and the choice of milk change its firmness, moisture, tang, and crumbliness.

Fresh coastal cheese may be sold as a plain round, block, slab, or loose curd. Spread it on bread, crumble it over savoury dishes, slice it for serving, or cook it in fillings and sauces. Heating can soften it, melt it partly, or make it firmer depending on its moisture.

Ingredient type
derived ingredient

Forms & related ingredients

  • Cow Milkcontains · Coastal Fresh Cheese → Cow Milk

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Where coastal fresh cheese appears

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Local names for coastal fresh cheese

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English

Coastal Fresh Cheese

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Coastal Fresh Cheese nutrition & diet

Coastal Fresh Cheese nutritional value

Representative benchmark: Cheese, not further specified

Representative nutrition benchmarkOfficial table values for a comparable food category, not a laboratory measurement of this exact ingredient.

Per 100 g of 100 g edible portion in the named official reference form.

Calories
313kcal
Protein
18.4g
Carbs
0.9g
Fat
26.2g

Representative benchmark from a comparable official food-composition category; it is not a laboratory measurement of this exact ingredient. The displayed reference form must be considered, and species, cultivar, recipe, brand, processing and preparation can change values.

Portions & preparation

Establish what “coastal fresh cheese” specifically denotes before selecting a reference, including milk species, culture, salt, moisture, pressing, and aging. Match the edible cheese as sold, plain or seasoned. Spreads, baked dishes, and products mixed with herbs or sauces require recipe-level separation.

Compare the right form: Use a reference only after the cheese’s local identity, milk source, processing, and ready-to-eat form are established; brand or maker matters.

Diet considerations

This cheese is animal-derived if its confirmed formulation uses milk, but the milk species and added ingredients must be established. Compatibility changes with animal-derived rennet, dairy additions, coatings, herbs, starches, cereal ingredients, or prepared dishes. Do not infer properties from the regional name alone.

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.

Reviewed ingredient entryIngredient reference · Preparations vary

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Sources & review

Nutrition reference: Pacific Nutrient Database 2020 — 01.1.4.5.0_99 ↗. 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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