Fourme d'Ambert cheese
Fourme d'Ambert is one of France's oldest cheeses, and dates from as far back as Roman times. It is an AOC and AOP pasteurised, cows’ milk, blue cheese from the Puy-de-Dôme départment of the Auvergne, with a distinct, narrow cylindrical shape.
The semi-hard cheese is inoculated with Penicillium roqueforti spores and matured for at least 28 days. During this time, at weekly intervals, the cheese is injected with Vouvray moelleux, a sweet white wine.
Almost identical to Fourme de Montbrison, the two were protected by the same AOC from 1972 until 2002 when each was recognised as its own cheese with slight differences in manufacture. A likeness of the cheese can be found sculpted above the entrance to a medieval chapel in Chaulme.
Although most often produced with pasteurised milk by a Coopérative, more recently artisanal production has begun using unpasteurised milk, and some sources claim farm or ‘fermier’ production has now started, but others claim to the contrary.
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 Fourme d'Ambert 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 Fourme d'Ambert 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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