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Official cheese monograph • Primary key Cheese #811
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Semi-dry cheese from goat's milk

en:semi-dry-cheese-from-goat-s-milk ↗
International denominations: Semi-dry cheese from goat's milk | Fromage de chèvre demi-sec
Europe PMC ↗
Tyrodexia™ technical & terroir synthesis (autonomous SQLite): Goat (Capra hircus, TaxID:9925)
Parent cheese hierarchy and families (click to browse):
🧀 Goat cheeses
Laboratory analysis • Reference average values per 100 g (100% offline)

🔬 Reference average biochemical profile (Semi-dry cheese from goat's milk — USDA SR Legacy #172197)

USDA FoodData Central #172197 ↗
TDM (100% − Water)
71.0 %
FDM (Fat / TDM)
50.1 %
Salt (NaCl)
1.06 g
Lactose
2.17 g
Water
29.01 g
Energy
452 kcal
Protein
30.52 g
Total lipid (fat)
35.59 g
Ash
3.72 g
Carbohydrate, by difference
2.17 g
Sugars, Total
2.17 g
Cholesterol
105 mg
Chemosensory science & gastronomy • FlavorGraph / FooDB molecular network

🍷🍯 Gastronomic pairings & shared aroma compounds

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Reference biological ecosystem • 1,479 certified relations

Living organisms associated with this matrix and its technological family

Dairy mammals, lactic starters, ripening bacteria, noble molds, yeasts, cellar mites, spruce boards and bacteriophages linked by exact relational mapping to this cheese specialty.

🐄 Dairy mammals & milking breeds (1 associated with this matrix)
Milking species, North American, Québec and European/PDO dairy breeds (A1/A2 & κ-caseins)
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🦠 Bacteria, lactic & ripening starters (1 associated with this matrix)
Lactic starters, propionics, smear coryneforms, brine archaea and bioprotection
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★ Slow 18- to 24-hour lactic acidification of alpha-s1-casein-poor caprine milk, forming a fine lactic gel Monograph →
🍄 Yeasts, molds & fungi (3 associated with this matrix)
Bloom rinds, blue veins, deacidifying yeasts, mucorales and fungal coagulants
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★ King microorganism of goat cheesemaking: forms the ivory or bluish wrinkled rind, deacidifies lactic curd (pH 4.3) and ripens the paste without excessive capric rancidity Monograph →
★ Low-pH lactose-fermenting yeast generating fruity and floral aromas that balance capric, caprylic and caproic fatty acids Monograph →
★ Formation of the white or bluish-grey bloomy coat (over vegetable ash) and creamy sub-cortical proteolysis Monograph →
🧬 Bacteriophages & dairy virome (16 associated with this matrix)
Host-verified lactic and ripening phages (Skunavirus, Ceduovirus, Moineauvirus, Brussowvirus...)
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⚡ Index-Experts™ mobilized in this matrix ecosystem (12)
01 Synonyms and historical names (NCBI)
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Capra hircus (#9925) NCBI ↗ : Capra hircus ≡ Capra aegagrus hircus
Lactococcus lactis (#1358) NCBI ↗ : Lactococcus lactis ≡ Lactobacillus xylosus • Streptococcus lactis (Lister 1873) Lohnis 1909 (Approved Lists 1980)
Geotrichum candidum (#1173061) NCBI ↗ : Geotrichum candidum ≡ Galactomyces britannicus Kwasna & G.L. Bateman, 2008 • Galactomyces britannicus • Galactomyces candidus de Hoog & M.T. Smith, 2004 • Galactomyces candidus • Oospora lactis
08 Pathogens and bioprotection
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Capra hircus (#9925) NCBI ↗ : Feta [en:feta], Banon [fr:banon], Brocciu [en:brocciu], Picodon [en:picodon], Valençay / Valençay cheese [en:valencay-cheese], Pélardon [fr:pelardon]
Lactococcus lactis (#1358) NCBI ↗ : Cantal [en:cantal], Salers / Salers cheese [en:salers-cheese], Taliah [qc:taliah], Picodon [en:picodon], Munsters / Munster [en:munster], Époisses / Époisses de Bourgogne [en:epoisses-de-bourgogne]
Geotrichum candidum (#1173061) NCBI ↗ : Banon [fr:banon], Picodon [en:picodon], Valençay / Valençay cheese [en:valencay-cheese], Pélardon [fr:pelardon], Taleggio [en:taleggio], Maroilles [en:maroilles]
13 Dairy mammals, breeds and casein polymorphism (A1/A2)
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Capra hircus (#9925) NCBI ↗ : Feta [en:feta], Banon [fr:banon], Brocciu [en:brocciu], Picodon [en:picodon], Valençay / Valençay cheese [en:valencay-cheese], Pélardon [fr:pelardon], Mâconnais [fr:maconnais], Rocamadour [en:rocamadour] • Mammals
🧀 Master index of cheese starters and ripening cultures
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Lactococcus lactis (#1358) NCBI ↗ : Taliah [qc:taliah], Louis Cyr [qc:louis-cyr], La Madelaine [qc:la-madelaine], Le Ménestrel [qc:le-menestrel], Chemin Hatley [qc:chemin-hatley], Bleu d'Élizabeth [qc:bleu-d-elizabeth], Zacharie Cloutier / Zacharie Cloutier (fromage) [qc:zacharie-cloutier], Goat à ma manière [qc:chevre-a-ma-maniere], Cantal [en:cantal], Salers / Salers cheese [en:salers-cheese]
Geotrichum candidum (#1173061) NCBI ↗ : La Madelaine [qc:la-madelaine], Zacharie Cloutier / Zacharie Cloutier (fromage) [qc:zacharie-cloutier], Goat à ma manière [qc:chevre-a-ma-maniere], Banon [fr:banon], Picodon [en:picodon], Valençay / Valençay cheese [en:valencay-cheese], Pélardon [fr:pelardon], Taleggio [en:taleggio], Maroilles [en:maroilles], Reblochons / Reblochon [en:reblochon]
Kluyveromyces lactis (#28985) NCBI ↗ : Picodon [en:picodon], Valençay / Valençay cheese [en:valencay-cheese], Pélardon [fr:pelardon], Rocamadour [en:rocamadour], Saint-Marcellin [en:saint-marcellin], Crottins de Chavignol / Crottin de Chavignol cheese [en:crottin-de-chavignol-cheese], Sainte-Maure de Touraine [en:sainte-maure-de-touraine], Camemberts [en:camemberts], Cendrillon / Cendrillon (fromage) [qc:cendrillon], Goat cheeses / Goat cheeses [en:goat-cheeses]
02 Ecological origins and habitats
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Lactococcus lactis (#1358) NCBI ↗ : Taliah [qc:taliah], Louis Cyr [qc:louis-cyr], La Madelaine [qc:la-madelaine], Le Ménestrel [qc:le-menestrel], Chemin Hatley [qc:chemin-hatley], Bleu d'Élizabeth [qc:bleu-d-elizabeth], Zacharie Cloutier / Zacharie Cloutier (fromage) [qc:zacharie-cloutier], Goat à ma manière [qc:chevre-a-ma-maniere] • Canada — Centre-du-Quebec ; Canada — Chaudière-Appalaches ; Canada — Estrie ; Canada — Laurentides ; Canada — Sainte-Élizabeth-de-Warwick, Quebec
Geotrichum candidum (#1173061) NCBI ↗ : La Madelaine [qc:la-madelaine], Zacharie Cloutier / Zacharie Cloutier (fromage) [qc:zacharie-cloutier], Goat à ma manière [qc:chevre-a-ma-maniere], Banon [fr:banon], Picodon [en:picodon], Valençay / Valençay cheese [en:valencay-cheese], Pélardon [fr:pelardon], Taleggio [en:taleggio] • Canada — Estrie ; Canada — Quebec ; France — Alpes-de-Haute-Provence — Hautes-Alpes ; France — Drôme — Gard ; France — Indre
Kluyveromyces lactis (#28985) NCBI ↗ : Picodon [en:picodon], Valençay / Valençay cheese [en:valencay-cheese], Pélardon [fr:pelardon], Rocamadour [en:rocamadour], Saint-Marcellin [en:saint-marcellin], Crottins de Chavignol / Crottin de Chavignol cheese [en:crottin-de-chavignol-cheese], Sainte-Maure de Touraine [en:sainte-maure-de-touraine], Camemberts [en:camemberts] • France — Drôme — Gard ; France — Indre ; France — Aude — Gard ; France — Lot ; France — Isère
03 Paste textures and rheology
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Lactococcus lactis (#1358) NCBI ↗ : Bleu d'Élizabeth (fromage bleu du Quebec) ; Zacharie Cloutier (fromage de la fromagerie de la Nouvelle-France) ; Goat à ma manière (fromage de chèvre canadien à pâte molle et à croûte fleurie)
Geotrichum candidum (#1173061) NCBI ↗ : Zacharie Cloutier (fromage de la fromagerie de la Nouvelle-France) ; Goat à ma manière (fromage de chèvre canadien à pâte molle et à croûte fleurie) ; Kénogami (fromage du territoire québécois)
Penicillium camemberti (#5075) NCBI ↗ : Tryptophan : 0.195 g ; Threonine : 0.691 g ; Isoleucine : 0.766 g ; Leucine : 1.597 g ; Lysine : 1.330 g ; Methionine : 0.494 g
04 Cheese families and technologies
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Lactococcus lactis (#1358) NCBI ↗ : Cheeses of Quebec and Canada ; Cow cheeses ; French cheeses ; Uncooked pressed cheeses ; Goat cheeses • Taliah [qc:taliah], Louis Cyr [qc:louis-cyr], La Madelaine [qc:la-madelaine], Le Ménestrel [qc:le-menestrel], Chemin Hatley [qc:chemin-hatley], Bleu d'Élizabeth [qc:bleu-d-elizabeth]
Geotrichum candidum (#1173061) NCBI ↗ : Cheeses of Quebec and Canada ; French cheeses ; Goat cheeses ; Soft cheese with a natural rind ; Cow cheeses • La Madelaine [qc:la-madelaine], Zacharie Cloutier / Zacharie Cloutier (fromage) [qc:zacharie-cloutier], Goat à ma manière [qc:chevre-a-ma-maniere], Banon [fr:banon], Picodon [en:picodon], Valençay / Valençay cheese [en:valencay-cheese]
Kluyveromyces lactis (#28985) NCBI ↗ : French cheeses ; Goat cheeses ; Soft cheese with a natural rind ; Cow cheeses ; Soft cheeses with bloomy rind • Picodon [en:picodon], Valençay / Valençay cheese [en:valencay-cheese], Pélardon [fr:pelardon], Rocamadour [en:rocamadour], Saint-Marcellin [en:saint-marcellin], Crottins de Chavignol / Crottin de Chavignol cheese [en:crottin-de-chavignol-cheese]
05 Technological markers (pH and gas)
Book ↗
Lactococcus lactis (#1358) NCBI ↗ : Lactose : 0.00 g ; Carbohydrate, by difference : 0.00 g ; Sucres : 0.00 g
Geotrichum candidum (#1173061) NCBI ↗ : Lactose : 0.00 g ; Carbohydrate, by difference : 0.00 g ; Sucres : 0.00 g
Kluyveromyces lactis (#28985) NCBI ↗ : Lactose : 0.00 g ; Carbohydrate, by difference : 0.00 g ; Sucres : 0.00 g
10 Terroirs and protected designations (PDO/PGI)
Book ↗
Lactococcus lactis (#1358) NCBI ↗ : Semi-dry cheese from goat's milk [en:semi-dry-cheese-from-goat-s-milk]
Geotrichum candidum (#1173061) NCBI ↗ : Semi-dry cheese from goat's milk [en:semi-dry-cheese-from-goat-s-milk]
Kluyveromyces lactis (#28985) NCBI ↗ : Semi-dry cheese from goat's milk [en:semi-dry-cheese-from-goat-s-milk]
14 Bioactive peptidome, functional health and clinical vigilance
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Lactococcus lactis (#1358) NCBI ↗ : Thiamin : 0.07 mg ; Riboflavin : 0.38 mg ; Niacin : 0.43 mg ; Vitamine B5 (Acide pantothénique) : 0.68 mg ; Vitamin B-6 : 0.25 mg ; Folate, total : 12.00 µg
09 Surface interactomes and syntrophy
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Geotrichum candidum (#1173061) NCBI ↗ : Bavariicoccus seileri (TaxID:549685), Bifidobacterium crudilactis (TaxID:327277), Brevibacterium aurantiacum (TaxID:273384), Brevibacterium linens (TaxID:1703), Carnobacterium divergens (TaxID:2748), Carnobacterium maltaromaticum (TaxID:2751), Corynebacterium casei (TaxID:160386), Corynebacterium variabile (TaxID:1727)
Kluyveromyces lactis (#28985) NCBI ↗ : Bifidobacterium crudilactis (TaxID:327277), Geotrichum candidum (TaxID:1173061), Hafnia alvei (TaxID:569), Lactococcus cremoris (TaxID:1359), Lactococcus lactis (TaxID:1358), Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis (TaxID:1360), Mammaliicoccus fleurettii (TaxID:150056), Penicillium camemberti (TaxID:5075)
Penicillium camemberti (#5075) NCBI ↗ : Brevibacterium aurantiacum (TaxID:273384), Brevibacterium linens (TaxID:1703), Debaryomyces hansenii (TaxID:4959), Geotrichum candidum (TaxID:1173061), Hafnia alvei (TaxID:569), Kluyveromyces lactis (TaxID:28985), Kluyveromyces marxianus (TaxID:4911), Lactococcus cremoris (TaxID:1359)
07 Bacteriophages and dairy virome
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Ceduovirus sp. '56006' (#3403660) NCBI ↗ : Lactococcus lactis (TaxID:1358) • Phages
Lactococcus lactis phage 645 (#270182) NCBI ↗ : Lactococcus lactis (TaxID:1358) • Phages
Lactococcus lactis phage P113G (#213773) NCBI ↗ : Lactococcus lactis (TaxID:1358) • Phages
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