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Stracchino cheese

Stracchino is a fresh, soft Italian cow’s-milk cheese with a moist, spreadable texture, used with bread or as a filling and topping.

Stracchino cheese — illustrative ingredient image

About Stracchino cheese

Stracchino is a soft Italian cow’s-milk cheese, also known in some contexts as crescenza. It is usually sold fresh, with a moist, smooth, pale interior and a delicate, mildly tangy, milky flavour. Its texture is spreadable or supple rather than firm, though products can differ by producer and age.

It is eaten with bread and used as a filling or topping, where its softness allows it to spread or melt. It is commonly sold in tubs or wrapped portions. Nutrition comparisons should distinguish fresh stracchino from aged or otherwise processed cheeses and account for differences in moisture and fat content.

Ingredient type
whole food

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Italian

Stracchino

Italian

Crescenza

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Stracchino cheese nutrition & diet

Stracchino cheese nutritional value

Product example: CRESCENZA STRACCHINO, CRESCENZA (Belgioioso Cheese, Inc.)

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

Calories
286kcal
Protein
17.9g
Carbs
3.6g
Fat
25.0g

A product-specific label example, not a generic average. Formulations can change; use the nutrition label on the product being eaten.

Freshness, moisture, and producer formulation affect measurements, so compare like-for-like stracchino products. Prepared foods containing the cheese are not equivalent to the plain cheese.

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 — CRESCENZA STRACCHINO, CRESCENZA ↗. Values are scaled from 100 g of the recorded edible form. Individual portions have no assumed fixed weight.

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