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Cheese of the Netherlands: allergens and what’s inside

Of 786 packs of cheese of the Netherlands whose ingredients Open Food Facts reads in full, 99% list milk and 1% list egg. Most list milk, salt and coagulating enzyme.

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for a milk allergy profile, on 99% of these packs

Which allergens are in cheese of the Netherlands?

Of 786 packs of cheese of the Netherlands whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, 99% list milk and 1% list egg. Recipes differ from pack to pack, so the label in your hand is the one that counts.

Milk allergyNot for you99% list milk.
Egg allergyHeads up1% list egg.

Not for you when most of these packs list the allergen, Heads up when fewer do or only a “may contain” line names it. In the app, a profile gets Not for you on a pack that lists the allergen and Heads up on one whose “may contain” line names it: it reads the pack in your hand, not these counts.

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What is cheese of the Netherlands usually made of?

The ingredients most packs of cheese of the Netherlands list, with the share of packs that list each: milk (95%), salt (95%), coagulating enzyme (84%) and lactic ferments (81%).

Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: France 1,204 · Germany 569 · Spain 311 · Belgium 231.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows what these packs list, not every recipe for cheese of the Netherlands.

Calories and nutrients

Not shown here. Open Food Facts records calories and nutrients per 100 g or per 100 ml without saying which, so a figure for all these packs together could mislead. The pack you buy prints its own, and that is the figure to log.

What kind of food is cheese of the Netherlands?

In the Open Food Facts categories, cheese of the Netherlands is a kind of cheese.

Kinds of cheese of the NetherlandsEdamMaasdamGouda Holland

What else is cheese of the Netherlands called?

In EnglishDutch Cheese
French
Fromages des Pays-Bas, Fromages néerlandais
German
Holländischer Käse, Käse aus Holland
Spanish
Quesos de los Países Bajos
Italian
Formaggi olandesi
Dutch
Nederlandse kazen, Hollandse kazen
Portuguese
Queijos dos países baixos
Polish
Sery niderlandzkie, Sery z Niderlandów

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Sources

Every share is counted over the packs whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full. A pack lists an allergen when Open Food Facts’ allergen field names it, or when one of its ingredients stands for it by the same two-of-three checks as the ingredient dictionary (tahini is sesame, a cheese is milk). A “may contain” line counts only for an allergen the pack does not list.

  1. Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
  2. Open Food Facts: categories and ingredients taxonomies (names, kinds, allergens), ODbL
  3. Open Food Facts: Cheese of the Netherlands

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