Bonassai cheese
Bonassai is a soft cheese obtained from the milk of Sardinian sheep, made all over the island. The Instituto Zootecnico e Caseario per la Sardegna (Sardinia Zootechnical Dairy Institute), in Bonassai (Province of Sassari), provided the name for this product, as a result of its work in refining the technology behind its production, in the 1960’s. Calf’s rennet and lactic bacteria are employed, the coagulant is broken up into small pieces, and shaped in perforated moulds, square or rectangular in shape, followed by draining, light salting and a brief period of maturation.
The product is rhomboid in shape, and weighs between 1.6 and 1.8 kilos; the rind is thin, dry and a little wrinkled, white or straw coloured.
The cheese itself is white, compact, soft and spongy, the taste and smell being lactic and sharp. A table cheese.
Calories in different varieties and various types of cheeses
The number of calories in various types of cheese is very similar when you compare your cheese to a similar types of cheese.
For example, almost cheeses that are similar to Cheddar cheese have around 400 calories per 100g
If the Bonassai cheese is not listed below, select a similar type of cheese from the list below to get a rough idea for the number of calories in Bonassai cheese.
The calorie lists are sortable by clicking the up and down arrows in the heading columns
| Cheese type | Calories per 100g |
|---|---|
| American cheese | 371 |
| Blue cheese | 353 |
| Camembert cheese | 299 |
| Cheddar cheese | 402 |
| Cottage cheese | 98 |
| Edam cheese | 357 |
| Farmer's cheese | 98 |
| Feta cheese | 264 |
| Fontina cheese | 389 |
| Goat cheese | 364 |
| Gouda cheese | 356 |
| Gruyere cheese | 413 |
| Mozzarella cheese | 280 |
| Parmesan cheese | 431 |
| Pimento cheese | 375 |
| Provolone cheese | 352 |
| Queso blanco cheese | 310 |
| Ricotta cheese | 174 |
| Roquefort cheese | 369 |
| Swiss cheese | 380 |
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