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Goat cheese

Also called goat's cheese, chèvre, goat's-milk cheese and chevre

Goat cheese is a cheese made from goat milk. It can be creamy, firm, or soft, and cooks use it as a dairy ingredient.

  • Dairy
  • May contain animal rennet
  • Allergen: milk

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

Category
Dairy & eggs
Made from
Goat milk
Part used
Milk
Texture
Creamy, firm, soft
Cooked most in
Europe
Top country
France
Goat cheese, whole

Photo: M0tty · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Flavour

Taste and texture

Texture

  • Creamy
  • Firm
  • Soft

Nutrition

What 100 g of goat cheese holds

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

Protein 45%Fat 52%Carbohydrate 3%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of goat cheese
Energy452 kcal · 1,891 kJ
Protein31 g
Fat36 g
of which saturated25 g
Carbohydrate2.2 g
of which sugars2.2 g
Fibre0 g
Sodium423 mg
Cholesterol105 mg
Nutrition per 100 g of goat cheese: minerals and vitamins
Potassium48 mg
Calcium895 mg
Iron1.9 mg
Magnesium54 mg
Zinc1.6 mg
Vitamin A (RAE)486 µg
Folate4 µg
Vitamin B120.12 µg

Source: USDA FoodData Central (food 172197), public domain. Minerals and vitamins are listed only where USDA measured a non-zero amount.

Around the world

Where goat cheese is cooked

2 dishes in the catalogue use goat cheese. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Countries whose dishes use it most

Counts are catalogued dishes from each country that list goat cheese among their ingredients.

Origins

  1. 5,000 BCE

    Goat cheese was made by at least 5000 BCE.

On the table

Dishes made with goat cheese

2 dishes in the catalogue use it.

  • Petatou

    France

  • Warm goat cheese salad

    France

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include goat cheese.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: goat cheese 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: dairySometimes animal rennet (many cheeses are made with animal rennet; vegetarian cheeses use microbial rennet)Checked and not found: egg, fish, meat, honey, insect, poultry, shellfish, other animal.
Caffeine
None

Family

Related forms

Made from
goat milk
A kind of
cheese

Around the world

What goat cheese is called

Names in 59 languages, from Wikidata.

  • Spanish

    queso de cabra · queso de leche de cabra

  • French

    fromage de chèvre · fromage au lait de chèvre

  • Italian

    formaggio di capra

  • Portuguese

    queijo de leite de cabra · queijo de cabra

  • German

    Ziegenkäse

  • Dutch

    geitenkaas

  • Greek

    κατσικίσιο τυρί

  • Turkish

    Keçi peyniri

  • Russian

    козий сыр · сыр из козьего молока

  • Arabic

    جبن الماعز

  • Persian

    پنیر بز

  • Hebrew

    גבינת עיזים

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  • Albanian

    djathe dhie

  • Armenian

    այծի պանիր

  • Asturian

    quesu de cabra · quesu de lleche de cabra

  • Bangla

    ছাগল পনির

  • Basque

    Ahuntz gazta

  • Belarusian (Taraskievica orthography)

    казіны сыр · казіныя сыры · сыр з казінага малака

  • Brazilian Portuguese

    queijo de leite de cabra · queijo de cabra

  • Breton

    keuz gavr

  • Bulgarian

    fromage de

  • Catalan

    formatge de llet de cabra · formatge de cabra

  • Chinese

    山羊奶酪

  • Czech

    kozí sýr

  • Danish

    gedeost

  • Egyptian Arabic

    جبنه ضانى · Dani Cheese

  • Esperanto

    kaprofromaĝo · kaprolakta fromaĝo · kaprinlakta fromaĝo

  • Estonian

    kitsejuust

  • Finnish

    kutunjuusto · vuohenjuusto

  • Galician

    Chèvre

  • Georgian

    თხის ყველი

  • Hungarian

    kecskesajt

  • Icelandic

    Geitaostur

  • Igbo

    chiiz ewu

  • Inari Sami

    kaaicâvuástá

  • Japanese

    シェーブルチーズ · 山羊乳チーズ · ゴート・チーズ

  • Javanese

    Kèju wedhus

  • Korean

    염소젖 치즈 · 염소 치즈 · 셰브르 치즈

  • Latvian

    kazas siers

  • Limburgish

    geitekies

  • Lithuanian

    Ožkos sūris

  • Lule Sami

    gájtsavuosstá

  • Malay

    keju kambing · keju susu kambing

  • Malayalam

    ആട് ചീസ്

  • Norwegian Bokmål

    geitost

  • Norwegian Nynorsk

    geitost

  • Old English

    gāte cȳse

  • Punjabi

    ਬਕਰੀ ਦਾ ਪਨੀਰ

  • rmf

    busjako tšiiran

  • Romanian

    brânză de capră · chèvre

  • Serbian

    козји сир

  • Serbian (Cyrillic)

    козји сир

  • Serbian (Latin)

    Kozji sir

  • Serbian (Latin)

    kozji sir

  • Simplified Chinese

    山羊奶酪

  • Simplified Chinese (China)

    山羊奶酪

  • sje

    gájtsavuasstá

  • Slovak

    kozí syr

  • Slovenian

    kozji sir

  • Swedish

    getost

  • Swiss German

    Ziegenkäse

  • Tamil

    ஆட்டு பாலாடைகட்டி

  • Ukrainian

    козячий сир

  • Western Frisian

    geitetsiis

Sources and credits

Data

Wikidata item: Q198815

Photos

Photo: M0tty · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons