Whether aged and sharp, or creamy and smooth, cheese delights the palate of connoisseurs and families alike. Oregon's beloved native cheese crafter has been in business since 1909. Ten family cooperatives in Tillamook County originally banded together to ensure cheese quality. Today, large scale volume is possible due to the increase of independent family farms to 110. Tillamook philosophy has always begun with the "fundamental commitment to produce the highest quality milk."
Cheddar
Cheddar, a perennial favorite, is known for its delightfully sharp bite. Tillamook medium cheddar was awarded first prize at the 2010 World Championship Cheese Contest in Wisconsin. Versatile cheddar melts into a smooth sauce for soups, sandwiches and pizza. For a 1 oz. serving, calories total 110, sodium 170 mg, or 7 percent of daily intake, total fat 14 percent daily intake or 9 g, of which 30 percent is saturated and 9 percent cholesterol. Carbohydrates total 300 g and calcium 20 percent of daily requirements.
Swiss Cheese
Swiss cheese is distinguished by both its pungent tart flavor and its distinguishing hollows. Swiss pairs wonderfully with cured meats, baked tubers, as a fondue for bread and to add pizzaz to sandwiches. Tillamook's Swiss provides 110 calories of energy per 1 ounce serving size, 70 from fat and 10 percent of daily cholesterol allowance or 30 mg. The recommended daily allowance of calcium in Tillamook Swiss is 30 percent and the sodium 3 percent or 60 mg. Total fat is 12 percent daily intake at 8 g, of which 5 g is saturated. Carbohydrates are 1 g per serving. A winter favorite in the French and Swiss Alps is the raclette: a baked potato topped with thinly sliced cured meats and melting Swiss slices.
Pepper Jack
Pepper jack cheese's distinguishing festive color comes from minced peppers. Their spicy heat, in tandem with smooth, mild Monterey Jack, pairs well with southwestern dishes, burritos, nachos and a variety of marinated meat Mexican American dishes. Tillamook's pepper jack in 1 ounce servings provides 110 calories, 80 from fat with a total of 11 percent of the daily allowance of cholesterol/35g. Calcium content is 20 percent of daily intake and the sodium is 8 percent or 190mg. Total fat is 9g, of which 6 g is saturated. Carbohydrates total 1 g per ounce.
Garlic White Cheddar Cheese
Country gift stores delight customers with flavored cheeses such as Tillamook's garlic white cheddar. Totaling 110 calories per 1 ounce serving, garlic white cheddar has 6 g of saturated fat and 3 g unsaturated. The fat per serving makes up 14 percent of daily recommended values, of which 30 percent is saturated fat. Per ounce it contains 25 mg cholesterol or 9 percent daily value. There is 170 mg sodium, or 7 percent daily value. Total carbohydrates come to only 1 g. There are no grams of fiber or sugar. Protein is 7 g, with no daily value given. Daily values of calcium are at 20 percent, vitamin A 6 percent and iron 2 percent.
Reduced Fat Monterey Jack
Tillamook offers both cheddar and monterey jack in reduced fat versions. The jack has 6g fat per 1 oz. serving, or 9 percent of a daily recommended fat intake of a 2,000 calorie diet. Four grams are saturated fat, for 20 percent daily value of saturated fats. Tillamook jack contains 15 mg cholesterol per 1 oz. serving, or 5 percent of recommended daily allowance and 130 mg sodium per 1 oz. serving, or 5 percent of daily recommended values. This Tillamook version has 7 g of protein.
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