Healthy Food Database
Feta is a Greek cheese traditionally made of sheep's or goat's milk. It's a very salty, white, rindless cheese cured and stored in its own salty whey and brine. Feta dates back thousands of years and is still made by shepherds in the Greek mountains with unpasteurised milk.
Category: Cheese
In Season:
all year
To Buy:
Buy a good quality feta from a specialty deli or cheese shop. Many commercial fetas today are made from cows milk. Buy a sheeps milk or goats milk feta, they are much better.
To Store:
Kept in salt brine, feta can be stored almost indefinitely.
Tips & Tricks:
To decrease its salty quality, you can soak the cheese in spring water or milk for a few minutes before serving.
Cooking Tips:
Crumble small amounts of feta over Greek salad. Make your own Greek salad - many bought pre-made are swimming in grease.
Nutrition per Per serve:
Monosaturated Fat , g:
1.8
Salicylates:
Safe/negligible amount
Benefits the Following Health Conditions:*
* This information is sourced by a qualified naturopath. It is non prescriptive and not intended as a cure for the condition. Recommended intake is not provided. It is no substitute for the advice and treatment of a professional practitioner.
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