Gaperon cheese
Gaperon, which has been produced for over 1200 years, is a cows’ milk cheese flavoured with cracked peppercorns and garlic. It has a fluffy exterior, and is shaped into a dome. The inside varies from ivory to a pale yellow colour depending on the season.
Gaperon is available all year round with no particular best season, principally because of the pepper and garlic flavouring. The taste is tart when the cheeseis young. As it matures, it turns to a soft and buttery consistency with an intense garlic and pepper flavour.
The cheese is a speciality of the Auvergne and originated from the plateau of Limagne, between Clermont-Ferrand and Vichy in the Puy de Dôme département. It was originally made with the “babeurre” - the left overs from making butter (buttermilk). Milk which was left over after butter-making was mixed with fresh milk to make the cheese curds and further mixed with the local pink garlic and pepper. In previous times, Gaperon was ripened in the fresh air, as it was hung in the farmhouse kitchen or the storeroom.
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 Gaperon 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 Gaperon 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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