Half price Danish Fetta cheese at Woolworths this week. Haven't been this price for long time.
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½ Price - Danish Fetta Cheese $7.50/kg @ Woolworths
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ScoMosas on 02/02/2021 - 20:05 woolworths.com.au (805 clicks)
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Which is nothing like feta that's legally called feta in EU.
(Just a curiosity)
Meh, if you look outside the duopoly, you can get good quality danish feta at $5.50/kg. I don't know about anywhere else, but you can find feta at this price all year round at 2 delicatessens in West End Brisbane. It stores unopened for months, and because West End is a little bit out of my way, I've always got a stockpile in the fridge. Can't help but have an OzBargain laugh when I walk down the refrigerator isle at Woolworths.
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You do know that proper feta is made out of sheep’s and goat’s milk, right? Not cow’s milk. It’s a different story if you’re after hard white cheese, but this is definitely not feta. I prefer Dodoni. Yes, pricey, but you can get the 1kg tab with brine for $18 at Costco, or at Woolies when on special.
Dodoni feta all the way!
but this is definitely not feta.
No one said it was.
Ironic enough, it seems she's using something more similar to real feta, not "Danish feta".
Palm Oil as an ingredient. Didn't expect that !
Oh wow, the whole 17% of it. CREAMY.
If I were Danish, I'd protest.
the whole 17%
How are you calculating that?
I was editing my previous comment when you posted, so here's more:
Because of the price and overall quality of "Danish feta" I assumed they use skimmed milk (as milk fat might be precious for other products) and nutritional values on Woolies page says it's 17% fat. But then, the same table says out of those 17 grams of fat, only 1.2g is saturated.
Palm oil is 50% saturated fat, milk fat is over 60% saturated fat. I'm not a food scientist of any sort, so I don't know how the fat in this feta is only 7% saturated.
And since we all know the market - it's safe to assume that nutritional values table is a piece of all the bullshit distributors, stores, sellers get away with. To add to that, "F Mayer", so the importer (?) of the product here, has a couple of fetas on their website, and they're 21-50% (!) fat content.
Because hey, it's $7.50/kg, so who cares?
Because of the price and overall quality of "Danish feta"
What are you quoting here? The product is labelled as "Danish Fetta". Maybe you would be less irate if you kept that in mind. I am sure the average consumer knows that (Greek) feta and Danish fetta are two different products and are clearly labelled as such.
I assumed they use skimmed milk (as milk fat might be precious for other products)
I would have thought it would need to be labelled as such in the ingredients but maybe not, I don't know.
and nutritional values on Woolies page says it's 17% fat. But then, the same table says out of those 17 grams of fat, only 1.2g is saturated.
Palm oil is 50% saturated fat, milk fat is over 60% saturated fat. I'm not a food scientist of any sort, so I don't know how the fat in this feta is only 7% saturated.
Tis a mystery indeed.
And since we all know the market - it's safe to assume that nutritional values table is a piece of all the bullshit distributors, stores, sellers get away with.
Like saying milk is fat free ;)
Because hey, it's $7.50/kg, so who cares?
Not me! While it is certainly different to feta, it still has its uses.
@bargainpersona: What is a "Danish fetta"? It's so ungooglable it seems 100% like a marketing gimmick. An average consumer can't tell a difference between butter and buttery spread. That's why manufacturers sell "the original Greek feta" and some "fetta".
While it is certainly different to feta, it still has its uses.
Yeah, it totally does - I can spread it on bread, for one.
@pizzaguy: So you are saying you personally can indeed very easily tell the difference by the smoothness. How much smarter than the average consumer do you need to be to know the difference between crumbly and smooth?
It isn't a very good marketing gimmick if it is widely thought to be inferior to Greek.
I didn't need to google to tell the difference but apparently Danish(-style) fet(t)a is made with cow's milk using the "ultrafiltration method" which results in its characteristically smooth texture.
@bargainpersona: Yeah, most can tell the difference after they taste it, so they need to buy it first. And then they may not care about it, also because they hear "feta" and this one is cheap. I appreciate that in your circles certain food and its knockoffs are easily distinguished, but that doesn't make a rule.
My point with google was that there's no definition of "fetta", because it's a recent product; the marketing around it is to convince people it's a good (Greek) feta substitute or simply to trick consumers with a very similar name. I wouldn't be surprised if name "fetta" for Greek feta-like product (like in this deal) would be banned in Europe.
@pizzaguy: The product is clearly labelled as "Danish Fetta", not "Greek feta" or even "feta" and not even just "fetta". It is not trying to masquerade, at least not anymore, it is just what it is called.
A portion of the posts in this thread are about how this isn't as good a "real" Greek feta. While that is their subjective opinion, I don't why they are bothering. They know this is different to feta and can easily tell what it is by the product name, definition or not. You say that people are generally unaware of the difference but the posts here seem to say otherwise. At any rate, there is always risk when buying new products.
I too would much prefer some Dodoni in most cases but it is entirely irrelevant.
People stating that you should buy Greek feta in here is about as useful as waltzing into a deal on American cheese singles and proudly instructing others to buy cheddar cheese slices instead. They are different cheeses, despite the unfortunate but ultimately clear naming.
And apparently it does also go by the name of Danish White, which would probably be less confusing but it is what it is.
If I were Danish, I'd protest.
Also it's made in Dennmark, so… the Danes did it. :facepalmoil:
This is one of the better 'highly processed' apparent Feta as it has a moderate salt content and is awesome as cubes in salads.
I just got some and ahh.. its not my type of fetta..or feta.
Dodoni or other greek sheep/goat's feta.
Meredith goats cheese is also a nice one.
I find the Danish fetta from the supermarket too salty and flavourless (other than salt).
good to know, but aldi has been selling Greek Style Fetta Cheese 200g ($13.45 per kg) since ages. I do not like to keep tracking the price fluctuation.
https://www.aldi.com.au/en/groceries/fresh-produce/dairy-egg…
cows milk fyi, smooth and creamy