"Arla Natura" cheese: calorie, useful properties. Danish cheese Arla Natura

Cheese is a must-have product in the person's diet, if he wants to stay healthy. Varieties of this sour milk product can not be considered. In this essay we will consider a product called "Arla Natura". Cheese is sold on the shelves of Russian stores, but is it completely a domestic product? And if it is an imported one, does it meet the requirements of GOST in such a case?

Any cheese is, as you know, a fermented milk product. Can those who have an allergy to lactose try Arla Natura? Italians, seasoning pasta, believe that a lot of cheese does not happen. But many people want to keep the wasp waist and want to know what is the caloric content of the product? And gourmets are interested in its gastronomic properties. In this article we will give the most complete analysis of the cheese "Arla Natura".

Who is the manufacturer

The brand belongs to a Danish company. In the commercials the producer claims that "Arla Natura" is cheese made from the milk of cows grazing on the beautiful meadowed with cold dew meadows of Jutland. A fresh sea breeze gives a light salty taste to the product.

Can Russians really afford such a product at a fairly democratic price? Do not flatter yourself! You could try the real Danish product before February 2014. But it was also very expensive, and not everyone could afford it. Three years ago, the Russian holding company Molinvest signed an agreement with the largest Swedish-Danish producer of dairy products Arla Foods in Scandinavia on the use of the Arla Natura brand.

Russian enterprise

Production facilities of the enterprise are located in the Voronezh region, in the city of Kalach. Does this mean that in the shops of the local dairy factory ordinary cheese is made, but it is given for Danish? No, the recipe and manufacturing technology is strictly controlled by representatives of the company Arla Foods. Danish experts check the quality of the product before sending it to the store shelves. The same rigorous control goes and raw materials. Milk is supplied by the best Russian farms.

"Arla Natura" (cheese): gastronomic indices

This product is sold in tight-rolled "kegs". Hermetic packaging allows the product to remain fresh for sixteen weeks, and the final shelf life expires after nine months from release. Cheese should be kept in the refrigerator on the upper shelves. After the breach of the tightness of the package, the product must be consumed within a few days.

Cheese "Arla Natura" - creamy, semi-hard. It has an elastic and homogeneous structure. The "eyes" of this cheese are small. The product is perfectly cut. At the same time the cheese does not crumble, does not stick to the knife. The color of the product varies from creamy to milky-beige. The taste of the "Arla Natura" cheese is delicate. Kislinka is light, hardly felt. The aroma of fresh natural cream is distinguished by the quality product "Arla Natura". The aftertaste is short, but very pleasant and creamy.

The use of "Arla Natura" sour-milk product in cooking

Cheese is semi-hard. It can be used for cooking casseroles, pastes. Thanks to its semi-solid structure, the cheese perfectly rubs. He also melts perfectly in the oven, forming an appetizing creamy "cap" with a bake. But its most appropriate placement is on a slice of bread. A sandwich with cheese, the caloric content of which varies from 200 to 270 units (depending on the bread and the presence of butter), will be an excellent option for snacking, which also keeps fresh for a long time.

Gourmets say that Arla Natura cheese is too simple to serve it on a cheese plate to exquisite wine. It's more like a meal for every day, but it's pretty good. Cheese is the best way to reveal its palatability after it has stood at room temperature for a quarter of an hour. But it is better not to remove it in advance from the package. So the product will reveal its properties more.

Types of cheese "Arla Natura"

Under this brand Kalacheevsky plant in the Voronezh region produces pasteurized milk and butter. In addition, the same enterprise produces mozzarella "Arla Apetina" and a cream for culinary products "Arla Chef Bakin Roll".

As for the product described by us, it comes in two forms. It is a yellow cheese and its fat-free counterpart "Arla Natura Creamy Light". Both kinds are sold in different packages. Available and cuts of 150 grams, and bars in one, two and four and a half kilograms. At the consumer "kegs" are very popular. They can be 200, 400 and 1000 g. Such packages are convenient because when removing the top film the product in the "keg" for a long time remains fresh and does not become airborne. There are also kinds with flavoring fillers - for example, with green onions and dill.

Benefits and harm of the yellow cream cheese "Arla Natura"

Many people should deny themselves the pleasure of eating sour-milk products because of allergies to lactose. But the cheese "Arla Natura Creamy" they can eat without fear. The manufacturer declares that all lactose is removed from the product. And this did not affect the creamy gentle taste of cheese.

As you know, all dairy products contain calcium. Therefore, they are mandatory for children, whose bones are only being built and strengthened. A hundred grams of "Arla Natura" cream cheese is 73% capable of replenishing daily calcium intake for an adult. In addition, this product does not contain any dyes and preservatives. Its long-term storage is only explained by the tightness of the packaging. And there can be no harm from this cheese. It may well be consumed by allergy sufferers. However, weight loss should take into account the nutritional value of the product, which is 330 calories per hundred grams.

Cheese "Creamy Light": benefit and harm

This product contains a natural (not modified) milk protein. And consequently, it can cause an allergic reaction in people who do not tolerate lactose. But "Light Cream" cheese from "Arla Natura" has a lower content of milk fat, which affects its nutritional value - only 260 kcal per hundred grams of product. Those who follow their figure, can fearlessly cook for breakfast a sandwich with cheese. Caloric content of canapes should not exceed 150 kcal. The manufacturer claims that in this form of cheese is even more easily assimilated calcium than in his "fat" fellow.

Composition

One hundred grams of the product replenishes 86% of the daily needs of an adult organism in this mineral. On the packaging of each cheese we can read its composition. It's pretty simple. The cheese contains pasteurized normalized milk, salt, leaven of mesophilic lactic acid bacteria, a coagulating enzyme of microbial origin. The last ingredient, used instead of the traditional abomasum, allows this cheese to be consumed by vegetarians, who in other cases do not eat such dairy products.

Evaluation of the expert commission of Roscontrol

Creamy semi-hard cheese is produced in accordance with GOST R 52686-2006. The Commission found that the product meets its requirements, and its composition is completely consistent with the ingredients declared on the package. Cheese does not contain vegetable fats, stabilizers, starch, artificial colors and emulsifiers.

Consumer tasting of this product was also carried out. Its result was an assessment of 4.2 points out of five possible. This cheese, although simple, but very tasty. It melts well, it can be easily rubbed, which allows using the product in cooking for cooking hot dishes and salads.

Price

Danish cheese was expensive in stores. Since its production in Russia, its price has become more democratic. Now it can be bought in all large supermarkets. More economical is the purchase of a bar in kilograms and more in weight. But this is provided that you have where to store it. So, the price of cheese will then be 430 rubles per 1 kg. But if you buy slicing, then for 150 grams you have to pay 110 rubles. At consumers above the cheese with flavoring stuff (especially with dill) is appreciated. The most acceptable price is 400 g "barrel" for two hundred and ten rubles.