Cheese is a must in a person’s diet if he wants to stay healthy. Varieties of this dairy product can not be counted. In this essay, we will consider a product called Arla Natura. Cheese is sold on the shelves of Russian stores, but is it a completely domestic product? And if it is imported, then does it comply with the requirements of GOST?
Any cheese is, as you know, a fermented milk product. Can those who are allergic to lactose try Arla Natura? The Italians, seasoning the pasta, believe that there is not much cheese. But many people want to keep the wasp waist and want to know what is the calorie content of the product? And gourmets are interested in its gastronomic properties. In this article we will give the most complete analysis of Arla Natura cheese.
Who is the manufacturer
The brand belongs to a Danish company. In commercials, the manufacturer claims that Arla Natura is cheese made from milk from cows grazed on the beautiful meadows of Jutland irrigated with cold dew. Fresh sea breezes give a light salty taste to the product.
Can the Russians afford such a product at a fairly affordable price? Do not flatter yourself! You could try a real Danish product until February 2014. But then it was very expensive, and not everyone could afford it. Three years ago, the Russian holding Molinvest signed an agreement with the largest Swedish-Danish dairy producer Arla Foods in Scandinavia to use the Arla Natura brand.
Russian company
The production facilities of the enterprise are located in the Voronezh region, in the city of Kalach. Does this mean that ordinary cheese is made in the shops of the local dairy, but they are passed off as Danish? No, the recipe and manufacturing technology are strictly controlled by Arla Foods representatives. Danish experts check the quality of products before sending them to store shelves. The same strict control passes and raw materials. The best Russian farms supply milk.
Arla Natura (cheese): gastronomic indicators
This product is sold in taut-rolled “barrels”. Hermetic packaging allows the product to remain fresh for sixteen weeks, and the final shelf life expires after nine months from the time of release. Cheese should be refrigerated on the upper shelves. After a leak in the packaging, the product must be consumed within a few days.
Cheese "Arla Natura" - creamy, semi-solid. It has an elastic and uniform structure. The “eyes” of this cheese are small. The product is perfectly cut. In this case, the cheese does not crumble, does not stick to the knife. The color of the product varies from cream to milky beige. The taste of Arla Natura cheese is delicate. Sourness is light, barely perceptible. The aroma of fresh natural cream is distinguished by the high-quality Arla Natura product. The finish is short, but very pleasant and creamy.
The use in cooking of the fermented milk product "Arla Natura"
This semi-hard cheese. It can be used for cooking casseroles, pastes. Due to its semi-solid structure, the cheese rubs perfectly. It also melts perfectly in the oven, forming an appetizing creamy “cap” with baking. But its most appropriate placement is on a slice of bread. A cheese sandwich, the calorie content of which varies from 200 to 270 units (depending on the bread and the availability of butter), will be an excellent snack option, besides preserving freshness for a long time.
Food lovers say Arla Natura is too simple to serve on a cheese plate for fine wine. Rather, it is “everyday” food, but pretty good. Cheese reveals its taste qualities after it has stood at room temperature for a quarter of an hour. But it is better not to take it out of the package in advance. So the product will reveal its properties more.
Types of cheese "Arla Natura"
Under this brand, the Kalacheevsky plant in the Voronezh region produces pasteurized milk and butter. In addition, Arla Apetina mozzarella and Arla Chef Bakin Roll cream for culinary products are also produced at the same enterprise.
As for the product we are describing, it comes in two forms. This is yellow cheese and its low-fat analogue “Arla Natura Creamy Light”. Both types are sold in different packaging. Available and slices of 150 grams, and bars in one, two and four and a half kilograms. “Barrels” are especially popular among consumers. They can be 200, 400 and 1000 g each. Such packages are convenient in that when the top film is removed, the product in the “barrel” stays fresh for a long time and is not ventilated. There are also species with flavoring fillers - for example, with green onions and dill.
The benefits and harms of yellow cream cheese "Arla Natura"
Many people should deny themselves the pleasure of eating fermented milk products due to an allergy to lactose. But they can eat Arla Natura Creamy cheese without fear. The manufacturer assures that all lactose is removed from this product. Moreover, this did not affect the creamy delicate taste of cheese.
As you know, all dairy products contain calcium. Therefore, they are required for use by children whose bones are only being built and strengthened. And one hundred grams of Arla Natura cream cheese is 73% able to replenish the daily calcium intake for an adult. In addition, this product does not contain any colorants or preservatives. Its long-term storage is explained only by the tightness of the package. And there can be no harm from this cheese. It may well be used by allergy sufferers. However, losing weight should take into account the nutritional value of the product, which is 330 calories per hundred grams.
Creamy Light Cheese: benefits and harms
This product contains natural (not modified) milk protein. And therefore, it can cause an allergic reaction in people who do not tolerate lactose. But the “Creamy Easy” cheese from Arla Natur has a low content of milk fats, which affects its nutritional value - only 260 kcal per hundred grams of the product. Those who follow their figure can fearlessly prepare a cheese sandwich for breakfast. Calorie canapes should not exceed 150 kcal. The manufacturer claims that in this type of cheese there is even more easily digestible calcium than in its "fat" counterpart.
Structure
One hundred grams of the product replenishes 86% of the daily requirement of the adult body for this mineral. On the packaging of each cheese we can read its composition. It is pretty simple. The cheese contains pasteurized normalized milk, salt, fermentation 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 do not eat such dairy products in other cases.
Evaluation of the expert committee of Roskontrol
Creamy semi-hard cheese is produced according to GOST R 52686-2006. The Commission found that the product meets its requirements, and its composition fully meets the ingredients declared on the package. Cheese does not contain vegetable fats, stabilizers, starch, artificial colors and emulsifiers.
A consumer tasting of this product was also conducted. Its result was an estimate of 4.2 points out of five possible. This cheese, although simple, but very tasty. It melts well, it can be easily grated, which allows you to use the product in cooking for preparing hot dishes and salads.
Price
Danish cheese was quite expensive in stores. Since it was produced in Russia, its price has become more affordable. Now it can be bought in all major supermarkets. More economical will be the purchase of a bar per kilogram and more 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 a cut, then for 150 grams you will have to pay 110 rubles. For consumers, cheese with a flavoring filling (especially with dill) is valued higher. The most reasonable price is 400 g "barrel" for two hundred and ten rubles.