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

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.
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Coastal Fresh Cheese nutrition & diet
Coastal Fresh Cheese nutritional value
Representative benchmark: Cheese, not further specified
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
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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.
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Dietary compatibility
- VeganTypically incompatible
- VegetarianDepends on the version
- PescatarianDepends on the version
- KetoDepends on the version
- PaleoTypically incompatible
- Low-carbDepends on the version
- HalalNot established
- KosherNot 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: 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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