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Article: Finding out nutritional facts on feta cheese
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- September 14, 1989
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Q. I am a vegetarian; therefore, I eat a lot of cheese,
especially feta. I know it's salty, but it tastes great on salads.
Now I wonder about its nutritional value - it seems the
information is non-existent. And is it made from cow's or sheep's
milk? The store where I buy it carries three kinds - Greek,
Bulgarian and French. I've also seen advertisements for a Danish
feta made from cow's milk. It's all pretty confusing.
A. In Cheese: A Guide to the World of Cheese and Cheesemaking
(Facts on File Publications, $18.95), authors Bruno Battistotti,
Vittorio Bottazzi, Antonio Piccinardi and Giancarlo Volpato explain
that the name feta comes from that it is cut into large blocks or