Goat cheese explained

Goat cheese, goat's cheese or French: chèvre (or ; from the French French: fromage de chèvre,)[1] is cheese made from goat's milk. Goats were among the first animals to be domesticated for producing food. Goat cheese is made around the world with a variety of recipes, giving many different styles of cheeses, from fresh and soft to aged and hard.[2]

Properties

History

Goats produce high-quality, nutrient-rich milk under even the most difficult environments, making them valuable to arid or mountainous areas where cattle and sheep cannot survive.[3] In addition, like all animal products, goat milk is heavily influenced by what the goats are eating. Because goats have hardy digestive systems, they tend to eat many bitter plants that more delicate animals such as cows and horses will not.[4] Goats were one of the earliest animals domesticated to suit human needs—more specifically milk production—going back to 8,000 BC, 10,000 years ago.[5] Goat cheese has been made for at least as far back as 5,000 BC;[6] the first documented proof of humans making cheese of any kind dates to 7,500 years ago in Poland.

Nutritional value

Goat milk has higher proportions of medium-chain fatty acids, such as caproic and caprylic, which contribute to the characteristic tart/"goat" flavor of the cheese.[7] They also make goat milk and cheeses more easily digestible.[8]

Goat milk, and therefore goat cheeses, contain anti-inflammatory enzymes, probiotics, antioxidants, proteins, and lipids and help maintain a healthy metabolism. These fatty acids take their name from the Latin for 'goat', Latin: capra.[9] It is also high in calcium, vitamins A and K, phosphorus, thiamin, and niacin.[3] Overall, the consumption of per day of cheese (both control and enriched), within the context of a balanced hypocaloric diet and recommendations for physical activity, was effective for the reduction of body weight, body mass index and waist circumference.[10]

Process

Goat cheese is made like other cheeses. The milk is filtered to remove unwanted impurities or deposits. A curdling starter agent is added, which can be rennet, or one or more starter bacteria that affect the curds' size and eventually the cheese's consistency. Some examples of starters are Lactococcus lactis lactis, L. l. cremoris, and Streptococcus thermophilus. Next, the cheese is molded and separated from the whey (the uncurdled liquid part of the milk). The curds are then molded, dried, flavored, and cured. Any variations in this process—the type of starter, the time or pressure of the draining, the temperature and duration of the curing process—can change the texture (soft, semihard, hard) and the flavor.[11]

Regional varieties

See also: List of goat cheeses.

Asia

China

Japan

Philippines

Middle East

Europe

Armenia

Balkans

North Caucasia

Cyprus

Denmark

There are many different goat cheeses made in Denmark.

Finland

France

France produces a great number of goat milk cheeses, especially in the Loire Valley and Poitou.

Greece

Ireland

Italy

Malta

Netherlands

Norway

Portugal

Russia

Serbia

Spain

Turkey

Ukraine

United Kingdom

Americas

Canada

North and South America

Mexico

United States

Venezuela

Australian and Oceanian

Australia

Africa

Egypt

South Africa

References in films and TV shows

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: "goat" in French Lingopolo. 2021-09-29. lingopolo.org. en.
  2. Book: Rubino, R., Morand-Fehr, P., Sepe, L. . Atlas of goat products . La Biblioteca di Caseus . 2004 . 88-900631-4-9 . Italy.
  3. Zsolt . Csapo . Adam . Pentek . Tunde . Csapone Risko . 2019 . Perception And Acceptance Of Goat Cheese In Comparision [sic] With Sheep And Cow Cheese €" An Empirical Study . Annals of Faculty of Economics . en . 1 . 2 . 248–260.
  4. Web site: Types-of-Cheese .
  5. Sepe . Lucia . Argüello . Anastasio . 2019-07-18 . Recent advances in dairy goat products . Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences . English . 32 . 8 . 1306–1320 . 10.5713/ajas.19.0487 . 1011-2367 . 6668858 . 31357271.
  6. Web site: NATIONAL GOAT CHEESE MONTH - August . 2021-09-29 . National Day Calendar . 16 July 2018 . en-US.
  7. Web site: Goaty - Cheese Science Toolkit. 2021-09-29. www.cheesescience.org.
  8. Meira . Quênia Gramile Silva . Magnani . Marciane . de Medeiros Júnior . Francisco Cesino . Queiroga . Rita de Cássia Ramos do Egito . Madruga . Marta Suely . Gullón . Beatriz . Gomes . Ana Maria Pereira . Pintado . Maria Manuela Estevez . de Souza . Evandro Leite . 2015-10-01 . Effects of added Lactobacillus acidophilus and Bifidobacterium lactis probiotics on the quality characteristics of goat ricotta and their survival under simulated gastrointestinal conditions . Food Research International . en . 76 . Pt 3 . 828–838 . 10.1016/j.foodres.2015.08.002 . 28455069 . 0963-9969. free .
  9. http://chemicalland21.com/industrialchem/organic/CAPRIC%20ACID.htm "Capric acid"
  10. Santurino, López-Plaza, Fontecha, Calvo, Bermejo, Gómez-Andrés, and Gómez-Candela . Cristina, Bricia, Javier, María V., Laura M., David, and Carmen . May 5, 2020 . Consumption of Goat Cheese Naturally Rich in Omega-3 and Conjugated Linoleic Acid Improves the Cardiovascular and Inflammatory Biomarkers of Overweight and Obese Subjects: A Randomized Controlled Trial . Nutrients . 12 . 5 . 1315 . 10.3390/nu12051315 . 32380746 . 7285099 . free .
  11. Nayik . Gulzar Ahmad . Jagdale . Yash D. . Gaikwad . Sailee A. . Devkatte . Anupama N. . Dar . Aamir Hussain . Dezmirean . Daniel Severus . Bobis . Otilia . Ranjha . Muhammad Modassar A. N. . Ansari . Mohammad Javed . Hemeg . Hassan A. . Alotaibi . Saqer S. . 2021 . Recent Insights Into Processing Approaches and Potential Health Benefits of Goat Milk and Its Products: A Review . Frontiers in Nutrition . 8 . 789117 . 10.3389/fnut.2021.789117 . 2296-861X . 8685332 . 34938763. free .
  12. Web site: 2021-04-14. A Comprehensive Guide to Goat Cheese. 2021-09-29. The Manual. en.
  13. Web site: Goat cheese – Cheese for you . 2022-05-08 . cheeseforyou.com.
  14. https://www.turkpatent.gov.tr/TURKPATENT/resources/temp/4F11197A-3EED-4B62-8126-B371301EF18A.pdf;jsessionid=93BFF886346FA9112B56F8E457A4B6E3 Archived Copy
  15. Web site: Cheese Description: Bryndza . 11 June 2008 . Cheese.com .
  16. Web site: Idalia De León. Estampas. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305133734/http://www.eluniversal.com/estampas/anteriores/290505/encuentros2. 2016-03-05. El Universal. es.