Ricotta Cheese

| QUESO RICOTA | FROMAGE DE RICOTTA


DESCRIPTION: This rich fresh cheese is slightly grainy but smoother than cottage cheese. It's white, moist and has a slightly sweet flavor. Most Italian ricottas are made from the WHEY drained off while making cheeses such as MOZZARELLA and PROVOLONE. Technically, this type of ricotta is not really cheese because it's made from a cheese by-product. In the United States, ricottas are usually made with a combination of whey and whole or skim milk. The word ricotta means "recooked," and is derived from the fact that the cheese is made by heating the whey from another cooked cheese

CONDITION SPECIFICS:
  • Diabetes superbeneficial for type B

NUTRIENT NOTES:
    PROTEINS
    • Tryptophan
    SPECIALIZED
    • Encourages Bad Bacterial Growth (problematic)
    This is a high FODMAPS food. The term FODMAP is an acronym, derived from Fermentable, Oligo-, Di-, Mono-saccharides And Polyols. FODMAPs are short chain carbohydrates that are poorly absorbed in the small intestine. FODMAP restriction has been found to improve symptom control in people with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and other functional gastrointestinal disorders

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