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Havarti

Danish semi-soft buttery cow-milk cheese.

Havarti — illustrative ingredient image

About Havarti

Havarti is a Danish semi-soft cheese made from cow’s milk. It is eaten as a table cheese and used sliced in sandwiches, melted over food, or incorporated into baked and cooked dishes where a supple cheese is useful.

Its flavour is generally mild, buttery, and lightly tangy, becoming fuller and sometimes sharper with age. The body is smooth, moist, and sliceable, and it melts readily. Age, moisture, salt, and added flavourings can change its firmness and taste.

Havarti is commonly sold as a block, wedge, or pre-sliced cheese. It is usually pale cream to yellow, with a smooth interior and occasional small openings. Plain, aged, dill, and other flavoured styles differ in aroma, surface appearance, and use.

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English

Havarti

English

havarti cheese

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Havarti nutrition & diet

Havarti nutritional value

Product reference: Dofino Creamy Havarti

Per 100 g of the named reference product as sold.

Calories
392.8571kcal
Protein
21.4g
Carbs
0.0g
Fat
32.1g

Manufacturer label accessed 20 September 2026. Per 100 g; normalized from a rounded 28 g label serving. This named product is an example, not a universal average for all brands or recipes. Label zeros can reflect rounding. Check your own package. Pasteurized milk, salt, microbial rennet, culture.

Portions & preparation

Use the edible cheese portion as served, whether sliced, cubed, melted, or incorporated into a recipe. Reference the specific Havarti style, milk treatment, moisture level, aging, salt, flavor additions, and any rind or coating, since these details affect comparability between products.

Compare the right form: Reference should match semi-soft Danish-style Havarti made from the specified milk, with the edible interior and any flavoring or coating identified.

Diet considerations

Typically animal-derived cow-milk cheese, though the exact milk and production method should be confirmed. Compatibility changes with animal enzymes, flavorings, coatings, or cereal-containing additions. Plain Havarti differs from cheese sauces, sandwiches, and baked dishes, where accompanying bread, starches, or other ingredients change the overall carbohydrate pattern.

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
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  • 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: Arla Foods — Dofino Creamy Havarti nutrition label ↗. 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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