Moose cheese
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| country = Sweden
| region = Bjurholm Municipality
| town = Bjurholm, at the Älgens Hus farm
| source = Moose
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| fat = 12%{{citation needed|date=December 2020}}
| protein = 12%{{citation needed|date=December 2020}}
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Moose cheese is cheese made from moose milk. Varieties of moose cheese are produced in Sweden by Christer and Ulla Johansson at their location called "Moose House"{{citation needed|date=December 2020}} or "Elk House".Culture Magazine; Miller, Laurel; Skinner, Thalassa (2012). [https://books.google.com/books?id=kwGk2e0N3V4C&pg=PT463 Cheese For Dummies]. John Wiley & Sons. {{ISBN|1118145526}} Three varieties of moose cheese are produced.
Overview
The Elk House (Älgens Hus) farm in Bjurholm, Sweden, run by Christer and Ulla Johansson, is one of the world's only producers of moose cheese. It has three milk-producing moose,{{cite web |title=Smelliest, rarest, weirdest - the wild world of cheese! |url=https://www.cbc.ca/kidscbc2/the-feed/smelliest-rarest-weirdest-the-wild-world-of-cheese |website=CBC Kids |access-date=4 January 2021}} whose milk yields roughly 300 kilograms of cheese per year; the cheese sells for about US$1,000 per kilogram{{citation|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20040626/MOOSE26/TPEntertainment/Style|archive-url=https://archive.today/20080107085024/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20040626/MOOSE26/TPEntertainment/Style|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 January 2008|date=26 June 2004|accessdate=2007-08-27|title=Moose milk makes for unusual cheese|periodical=The Globe and Mail }} (approximately US$455 per pound).
Three varieties of cheese are produced: a rind-style, a blue and a feta-style.
The cheese is served at the Älgens Hus' restaurant, located in Sweden.{{cite web | url=http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g3722457-d3690085-Reviews-Algens_hus-Bjurholm_Vasterbotten_County_Swedish_Lapland.html | title=Algens hus | publisher=Tripadvisor.com | accessdate=4 October 2013}}
Moose cheese is also produced by GamEat{{cite web | url=https://gameat.me/catalog/p/23848-syr_iz_moloka_losya/ | title=GamEat | publisher=GamEat.me | accessdate=30 April 2022}} from Russia by cheese maker Alexander Fursin.
See also
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