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Goat's milk cheese

There is a wide variety of goat's milk cheeses; France being the leading country in the world in the production and consumption of goat's milk cheeses. It is the composition of goat's milk in specific fatty acids that contributes to the characteristic taste of goat's milk cheese. A multitude of types of goat cheese are produced: Fresh goat's milk cheeses, ripened goat's milk cheeses, ashy goat's milk cheeses, dry or coated goat's milk cheeses, but yogurt and goat's milk faisselle are also made. Goat's milk cheeses can be used in a salad, as an aperitif, but also hot or accompanied by black cherry, fig... Goat's milk is better tolerated thanks to its better digestibility of fat and its better assimilation in humans of the calcium it contains, its contribution in phosphorus and its richness in vitamin. Goat's milk cheeses have a lower cholesterol content, but it would be a mistake to say that they are cholesterol-free!