While Cheddar is available for sale at a range of ages, Tasty Cheese is a type of Cheddar that has been matured for a minimum of six months. Unsurprisingly, Tasty is a name that is very familiar to Australian consumers. But you will not find it used in the rest of the world.
Cheer (stylised as CHEER), formerly marketed as Coon, is the Australian trademark of a cheddar cheese (known as "tasty" in Australia) produced by the Warrnambool Cheese and Butter company, which is majority-owned by Canadian dairy company Saputo Inc.
The study saw Cheddar take home the title as Australia's favourite cheese, followed by Brie, Mozzarella, Blue, Parmesan and Goats. And the thing that Aussies loved most about cheese was its texture, including smoothness and crumbliness, followed by creaminess, sharpness, saltiness and smell.
Cheddar is the variety of cheese, “tasty” is the term to describe the age, texture and flavour. Mild cheddar matures for one to three months. Semi-matured matures for three to six months. Matured or tasty matures for six to 12 months.
“The term tasty is to describe the age, flavour and texture of cheddar cheese,” cheesemonger and co-owner of Ripe Cheese at Melbourne's Queen Victoria Market, Hakim Halim, told news.com.au. “It has normally been aged for at least six months with a sharp flavour and crumbly texture.”
Colby Cheese is softer, moister and milder than Tasty cheddar cheese due to the special washed curd process. 25% to 30% of the whey is taken from the vat and replaced with warm water. This reduces the acidity and creates the sweet flavour.
Milawa Gold. Ripened in the old butter factory at Milawa this can be the strongest and smelliest cheese in Australia, but also one of our finest.
Yarrawa by Pecora Dairy was Australia's first raw sheep's milk cheese. It is named after the indigenous word for Robertson's unique cool climate rainforest. Eight years in the making, Yarrawa is in a league of its own and has earned its mantle as Australia's most expensive cheese.
Considered to be among the world's top quality cheeses, Parmigiano Reggiano is made with raw, semi-skimmed milk from cows grazing on fresh grass and hay. It has a hard, gritty texture and its flavors range from nutty to robust and slightly piquant, depending on how long the cheese had matured.
Bega Tasty
A tasty full flavoured cheddar cheese with a smooth and creamy texture. Bega Tasty cheese is aged for up to 6 months to provide the ideal cheese for everyday occasions such as snacking, melting or cooking. Available in block, slices, portions, cubes & shred.
Our Tasty Shredded Cheese is made from Australin cheese.
Bega Cheese has outbid embattled competitor Murray Goulburn for a $100million contract supplying Woolworths with its private label cheese.
Bega Cheese
Bega has been making high-quality cheese for Australian families for over 100 years. That is why we are Australia's most loved cheese*.
Le Gruyère AOP surchoix is the world's new No. 1 cheese.
We get 82% of our dairy products from true blue, Australian dairy farms (we only source from overseas when we can't find the products). Eggs and dairy products are essential ingredients in some of our favourite foods, such as omelettes, cakes, pizza, chocolate, and ice-cream.
ABOUT US. Bega Cheese is an Australian owned and operated cheese company located in the beautiful Bega Valley, on the south coast of New South Wales. The company was founded as a dairy co-operative in 1899, and many of the current owners of Bega Cheese are the 100 plus dairy farmers.
Well, Tasty Cheese is a pressed uncooked pasteurised cow's milk cheese also known as Cheddar! That's right! The world's most popular and famous hard cheese. While Cheddar is available for sale at a range of ages, Tasty Cheese is a type of Cheddar that has been matured for a minimum of six months.
It's a semi-hard, slightly crumbly cheese with a mature, slightly savoury flavour. Whereas Edam has a milder slightly sweet flavour with a smooth texture, and is lower in fat than tasty cheese. Anchor Colby is mild with some nutty flavours and tends to melt more quickly than tasty cheese.
Cheddar and Colby Jack cheeses share similarities in caloric content. Both cheeses provide roughly similar amounts of calories, with Cheddar at around 110 calories per ounce, while Colby Jack has 110-120 calories per ounce. As for macronutrients, both cheeses are high in fat and protein.