Nutritional Benefits

Say cheese – it's an ideal way to better nutrition!

Cheese is a natural, healthy and complete food to be enjoyed as part of a sensible balanced diet. Do so, and you’ll find that the reasons to enjoy cheese far outweigh the reasons to avoid it. The first is that it contains protein, one of the essential nutrients our bodies need. What’s more, it’s protein that is also suitable for vegetarians. Secondly, it's all about calcium. Cheese is a good source of calcium - the stuff that helps build strong bones and teeth. Calcium is vital at all stages of life but especially as a child. Eating a piece of cheese every day as a snack or meal is one of the easiest ways to get your recommended daily amount. In fact, just a 30g piece of cheese (that's the size of a matchbox) provides 216mg of calcium; 28% of the recommended daily amount.

In addition to protein and calcium, cheese provides Vitamin D needed to absorb calcium and assist in the formation and maintenance of strong bones. You also get Vitamin A which helps vision, bone growth, cell division and the immune system. Last but not least, cheese is also a source of Vitamin B12 which keeps nerve and red blood cells healthy and is needed to make DNA.