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Kashkaval

Balkan semi-hard yellow cheese used for grilling and grating.

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About Kashkaval

Kashkaval is a Balkan semi-hard yellow cheese used as a table cheese and in cooked dishes. It is commonly sliced for sandwiches, grated over pasta or vegetables, melted in baked dishes, or grilled. Regional styles and milk sources differ, so the name covers cheeses with somewhat different degrees of firmness and maturity.

It generally has a savoury, buttery dairy flavour with a firm, sliceable body. Younger versions tend to be milder and more pliable, while longer-matured cheese is drier, saltier, sharper, and easier to grate. Heating softens the cheese and produces a smooth, stretchy melt, with browning at the surface.

Kashkaval is sold as a wheel, block, wedge, or pre-sliced or grated cheese. Its paste is usually pale yellow to golden, sometimes with a firmer outer rind. Cutting gives clean slices, grating creates shreds, and grilling or baking changes the surface from soft and molten to browned and chewy.

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Kashkaval nutrition & diet

Kashkaval nutritional value

Product example: KASHKAVAL CHEESE (Karabetian Import & Export)

Per 100 g of this specific product as recorded by USDA, per 100 g.

Calories
357kcal
Protein
25.0g
Carbs
0.0g
Fat
28.6g

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Portions & preparation

Match the reference to the named kashkaval style and edible cheese portion, specifying whether it is sliced, grated, melted, grilled, or fried. Aging, moisture, salt, rind removal, and cooking affect the portion used. Count bread, pastry, oil, or sauces as accompanying ingredients.

Compare the right form: Reference should match kashkaval cheese, its milk and aging style where known, and sliced, grated, melted, grilled, or fried form.

Diet considerations

Kashkaval is animal-origin cheese, commonly made from milk, so it is not vegan and may not suit dairy-free patterns. Recipe and brand ingredients can include animal-derived processing aids or cereal-containing coatings. Serving it with bread, pastry, potatoes, or sweet preserves changes the meal’s carbohydrate pattern and compatibility.

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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: USDA FoodData Central branded product — KASHKAVAL CHEESE ↗. 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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