Fontina PDO

Fontina PDO is a firm cheese made from milk. Cooks pair it with meat.

Dairy
Allergen: milk

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Category: Dairy & eggs
Made from: Milk
Part used: Milk
Texture: Firm
Cooked most in: Europe
Top country: Italy
Dishes: 1 in the catalogue
Energy: 389 kcal per 100 g

Photo: Dominik Hundhammer · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use Fontina PDO

Cooking with it

Mature Fontina melts well despite being hard.

Goes well with

meat

Flavour

Taste and texture

Texture

Firm

Nutrition

What 100 g of Fontina PDO holds

Per 100 g. Averages from USDA; real values vary by variety, season and growing conditions.

Protein 44%Fat 53%Carbohydrate 3%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of Fontina PDO
Energy	389 kcal · 1,628 kJ
Protein	26 g
Fat	31 g
of which saturated	19 g
Carbohydrate	1.6 g
of which sugars	1.6 g
Fibre	0 g
Sodium	800 mg
Cholesterol	116 mg

Nutrition per 100 g of Fontina PDO: minerals and vitamins
Potassium	64 mg
Calcium	550 mg
Iron	0.23 mg
Magnesium	14 mg
Zinc	3.5 mg
Vitamin A (RAE)	261 µg
Folate	6 µg
Vitamin B12	1.7 µg

Source: USDA FoodData Central (food 170843), public domain. Minerals and vitamins are listed only where USDA measured a non-zero amount.

On the table

Dishes made with Fontina PDO

1 dish in the catalogue uses it.

Pizza quattro formaggi
Italy

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include Fontina PDO.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: Fontina PDO in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.

Allergens: Contains: milk
Animal origin: From: dairyChecked and not found: egg, fish, meat, honey, insect, poultry, shellfish, other animal.
Caffeine: None

Family

Related forms

Made from: milk
A kind of: cheese

Around the world

What Fontina PDO is called

Names in 30 languages, from Wikidata.

Spanish
Fontina DOP
French
Fontina AOP · fontina
Italian
Fontina DOP
Portuguese
Fontina DOP
German
Fontina g.U.
Dutch
Fontina
Russian
Фонтина
Polish
Fontina
Arabic
Fontina DOP
Persian
فونتینا
Hebrew
פונטינה
Chinese
Fontina DOP

Show all 30 languages

Armenian
Ֆոնտինա
Arpitan
Fontina · Frontina
Cantonese
芳提娜芝士
Catalan
fontina
Cebuano
Fontina DOP
Czech
Fontina
Egyptian Arabic
فونتينا (جبنه)
Esperanto
Fontina DOP
Finnish
Fontina
Hungarian
fontina
Indonesian
Fontina
Japanese
Fontina DOP
Korean
Fontina DOP
Latin
Fontina
Norwegian Bokmål
Fontina
Swedish
Fontina
Ukrainian
Фонтіна
Uzbek
Fontina

Sources and credits

Data

GlobeCooks editorial: descriptions, kitchen notes and classification, written by GlobeCooks from checked sources
USDA FoodData Central (Foundation, SR Legacy): nutrition values (Public domain (US government work, CC0))
Wikidata: names, classification and dishes (CC0 1.0)
Wikimedia Commons: photos

Wikidata item: Q534043

Photos