Kefalotyri cheese
Kefalotyri is a rather hard, salty, yellow cheese made from ewes’ milk and/or goats’ milk in Greece and Cyprus.
Depending on the mixture of milk used in the process, the colour can of the cheese can vary between yellow and white. In taste it vaguely resembles Gruyère, except it is harder and saltier.
Being a very hard cheese, Kefalotyri is consumed as it is, fried in olive oil for a dish called saganaki, or added to foods such as spaghetti, meat, or cooked vegetables, and is especially suited for grating. This is a very popular and well-known cheese, establishing its roots in Greece during the Byzantine era. It takes from two to three months to mature.
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 Kefalotyri 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 Kefalotyri 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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