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Made from local fresh milk, Greek Mountain® Feta Cheese is so versatile you won’t know what you did without it! Crumbled, sliced or cubed, Greek Mountain® Feta can be eaten plain or added to your favorite dish.
Ingredients: Pasteurized sheep’s milk, sea salt, calcium chloride, microbial enzyme, bacterial cultures, brine (water and sea salt).
Available in 8 oz., 14 oz., 28 oz. and 4.4lbs.
Facts about Feta Cheese
- Feta cheese is a legal designation, meaning it has to be produced in Greece to be called “Feta”. Many other countries make similar cheeses, but they cannot call them “feta.”
- The word “feta” is Italian and was adopted by Greeks in the 17th century. It actually means “slice.”
- Feta cheese can be made from goat or sheep’s milk. Feta connoisseurs will tell you that the best comes from sheep’s milk.
- Feta is probably one of the world’s oldest cheeses. There are references to it in Homer’s epic “Odyssey”!
- Feta cheese is 25% fat of which about two-thirds is saturated.
- Feta is high in calcium and vitamin B12
- A 35 gr small piece of Feta cheese has about 100 calories
- Feta is cured in brine for a period of at least three months.
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