Is feta cheese the same thing as goat cheese?

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Feta (Greek φέτα) is a curd cheese in brine. It is traditionally made exclusively from goat's and sheep's milk, but cow's milk varieties are also made in some areas.

It is salted and cured in a brine solution (which can be either water or whey) for three to several months. Feta dries out rapidly when removed from the brine. Feta cheese is white, usually formed into square cakes, and can range from soft to semi-hard, with a tangy, salty flavor that can range from mild to sharp. Its fat content can range from 30 to 60 percent; most is around 45 percent milk fat.

Traditional Greek feta cheese is made from sheep's milk, or a mixture of sheep and goats' milk. The cheese is made in blocks which are salted, sliced (hence the name 'feta', meaning slice) and then salted again, before being left for about a month to mature.

Apart from Greece, similar varieties are also widely spread in Albania (djath), Bulgaria (sirene, сирене), FYROM, Serbia, Turkey (beyaz peynir, i.e. white cheese), Romania (brânză telemea), Russian (brynza, брынза), Ukraine (brynza, бринза), Iran (panir iräni), and other countries.

After a long legal battle with Denmark[1], who was producing white cheese with the same name, feta cheese is now covered by a protected designation of origin (PDO), which denies any other country the usage of the term "feta" [2]. It is one of the ingredients of Greek salad. Feta, like most cheeses, can also be served cooked; it is sometimes grilled as part of a sandwich or fried as part of the saganaki side-dish.

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Chèvre cheese is cheese made from goat's milk (chèvre is French for goat). In regions where domesticated goats are kept, many kinds of goat's milk cheeses are produced.

Although cow's milk and goat's milk have similar overall fat contents, the higher proportion of medium-chain fatty acids such as caproic, caprylic and capric acid in goat's milk contributes to the characteristic tart flavor of goat's milk cheese. (These fatty acids take their name from the Latin for goat, capra.)

France produces a great number of goat's milk cheeses, especially in the Loire Valley and Poitou, where goat are said to have been brought by the Moors in the 8th century. Examples of French Chèvres include Chabis, Crottin de Chavignol (largest produced goat's cheese AOC), Pélardon, Picodon, Pouligny Saint-Pierre, Rocamadour, Sainte-Maure de Touraine, Chabichou du Poitou, Valençay, and Pyramide.

Mató is a Catalan fresh cheese made from cow's or goat's milk.

Castelo Branco is a Portuguese goat's milk cheese and pantysgawn is a Welsh goat's milk cheese.

Greek halloumi and feta are traditionally made from a mixture of goat's and sheep's milk.

Chèvre cheese is often served hot and is then called Chèvre chaud.


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No, it isn't. However you can buy goat's milk feta, and it's to die for if you like the distinct flavour of goat cheese. Goat cheese has a certain flavour and feta is a salty, crumbly type of cheese. Try it on crackers, or in salads, or if you are a complete cheese junky like moi...right out of the container!

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No. Feta is usually goat cheese. Not always. And there are a million other kinds of goat cheese. Feta and goat cheese are in no way equivalent.

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feta is definetly goat cheese.