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Gorgonzola cheese

Gorgonzola is an Italian blue cheese used in sauces, pasta dishes, salads, and cheese courses.

Gorgonzola cheese — illustrative ingredient image

About Gorgonzola cheese

Gorgonzola is a protected Italian blue-veined cheese made from cow’s milk and ripened to develop internal blue-green mould veining. It is eaten on cheese boards and used in pasta, risotto, polenta, salads, pizzas, fillings, and cream or pan sauces.

It ranges from soft and creamy to denser and more crumbly, with a pale ivory to straw-coloured paste. Flavour may be buttery and milky or distinctly sharp, salty, earthy, and piquant, depending on style and maturation.

Gorgonzola is sold in wedges, portions, and crumbled forms, with softer and firmer styles suited to different applications. Serving it cold preserves its firmer or creamier structure, while heating melts it into a strongly flavoured sauce and changes its texture.

Ingredient type
compound ingredient

Forms & related ingredients

  • Saltcontains · Gorgonzola cheese → Salt
  • Cow Milkcontains · Gorgonzola cheese → Cow Milk

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Local names for gorgonzola cheese

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English

Gorgonzola cheese

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Gorgonzola cheese nutrition & diet

Gorgonzola cheese nutritional value

Reference: Gorgonzola cheese

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

Calories
318kcal
Protein
19.1g
Carbs
Trace
Fat
26.9g

Trace: the source reports a very small amount per 100 g, not zero. No exact quantity is available to calculate for a different portion.

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

Reference the plain Gorgonzola cheese portion and distinguish it from whipped spreads, dressings, sauces, or filled products. Texture, age, crumbling, and melting affect distribution in a recipe, while bread, pasta, fruit, and other carriers should be assessed separately.

Compare the right form: Reference must match Italian cow-milk Gorgonzola cheese, identifying style and age, and separating plain cheese from sauce, spread, or compound preparation.

Diet considerations

Gorgonzola cheese is animal-derived cow-milk cheese. Rennet, cultures, and added ingredients can vary by producer, so compatibility depends on the label rather than the name alone. Compound dishes may add cream, meat, fish, cereal ingredients, or sweeteners, changing portion-dependent carbohydrate patterns.

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: ANSES Ciqual 2025 — Gorgonzola ↗. 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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