Mixed Milk

Dairy

Mixed Milk

Mixed-milk cheese blends cow, sheep, and/or goat milk in one make—either by tradition (many Italian caciotte and robiola styles) or to balance cost, yield, and flavour. Sheep solids enrich texture; goat lifts acidity; cow fills volume and mildness. Labels should declare species where law requires it. In cooking, mixed-milk soft cheeses melt and spread like their dominant milk; aged blends sit between sheep richness and cow accessibility. Taste before substituting one-for-one with single-species recipes.

Also known as: Tre latti / caciotta mista

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Characteristics

Preparations

AgedFreshSoft RipenedSpreadable

Traits

BalancedBlended FlavourComplexCreamyMulti SpeciesTraditional Or ModernVariable By Blend

Nutrition and pairings

Nutrition

Typical values per 100 g edible portion. Nutrient names open the reference page.

Nutrition Facts

Per 100 g edible portion

Calories 78.9

Amount per 100 g

  • Total Fat 5.25 g
  • Saturated Fat 3.37 g
  • Trans Fat 0.3 g
  • Monounsaturated Fat 1.7 g
  • Polyunsaturated Fat 0.18 g
  • Cholesterol 31.3 mg
  • Sodium 82.8 mg
  • Salt 0.2 g
  • Total Carbohydrate 4.83 g
  • Dietary Fibre 0 g
  • Total Sugars 5.91 g
  • Complex / starch 0 g
  • Protein 3.08 g
  • Water 78.1 g
Detailed nutrients

Milk is an emulsion of water, lactose, protein, and milk fat.

History

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Italian hill dairies mixed available milks into small caciotta and robiola forms.

Farmhouse makers across Europe blended milks seasonally when single herds were small.

Specialty “tre latti” and mixed-milk soft cheeses became a deliberate artisan category.

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