''Hushållsost'' ("household cheese") is a
Swedish
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cows'-
milk cheese
Cheese is a dairy product produced in wide ranges of flavors, textures, and forms by coagulation of the milk protein casein. It comprises proteins and fat from milk, usually the milk of cows, buffalo, goats, or sheep. During production, ...
. It is a semi-hard cheese, with small granular holes, and is made from whole milk, which gives it a 26 percent fat content. There is also a version with less fat labeled "17% fetthalt". ''Hushållsost'' is produced in cylinders weighing each, which are today wrapped in plastic film before being aged around 60 days on average. The taste is described as mild yet somewhat sour. The cheese was traditionally produced on farms; the name ''hushållsost'' is found in print at least as early as 1898. It is closely related to
Port-Salut cheese
Port Salut is a semi-soft pasteurised cow's milk cheese from Pays de la Loire, France, with a distinctive orange rind and a mild flavour. The cheese is produced in wheels approximately 23 cm (9 inches) in diameter, weighing approxima ...
.
Consumed at a rate of 15 thousand tonnes a year, ''hushållsost'' is the most popular cheese in Sweden.
It used to have
Traditional Speciality Guaranteed (TSG) Status in the EU and the UK, but that expired 4th of January, 2023.
See also
*
List of cheeses
References
External links
Hushållsost applicationsubmitted to the European Union, 2003.
Cheese.com page
Cow's-milk cheeses
Grainy cheeses
Swedish cheeses
Traditional Speciality Guaranteed products from Sweden
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