Munajuusto cheese
Munajuusto is a soft, artisan cheese which is produced in a rather eccentric manner by adding one or two eggs to the milk, which is then heated until set. After the whey is drained, the curd is pressed lightly in hand-woven baskets. The result is fresh and moist, bright yellow and sometimes the outside is speckled with brown pigments.
Like Juustoleipä the cheese can be toasted in front of a fire or grill before it matures. The same cheese produced in factories is called Ilves.
Note from a reader
Cheesus Maria, Sweden, remarks: This isn't really a cheese. Rather a kind of dessert, like Swedish "äggost" and Russian "paskja".
I miss my favourite: Coffee cheese or Kaffeost. That's an oven baked fresh cheese of reindeer milk, from Swedish and Finnish Laponia. Brought as a small food out in the woods. When firm and cold it's put in a cup of coffee and it becomes soft and squirky!.
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 Munajuusto 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 Munajuusto 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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