Group · Dairy
Mont d’Or
Mont d’Or, or Vacherin du Haut-Doubs, is a seasonal cheese: it is made only from 15 August to 15 March, when the cows are housed and milk is scarce. Its spruce band is not decorative: it holds the runny paste together and gives it its resinous scent.
In terms of nutrition facts: 293 kcal per 100 g, with 24.6 g of fat of which 17 g is saturated, and 17.5 g of protein. It provides 491 mg of calcium, 430 mg of phosphorus and 8 mg of zinc per 100 g, which is 80% of the reference intake, with 1.43 g of salt.
Macronutrient breakdown
Nutrition table per 100 g
| Calories | 293 kcal |
| Kilojoules | 1210 kJ |
| Protein | 17,5 g |
| Carbohydrate | 0,6 g |
| Fat | 24,6 g |
Micronutrients per 100 g
All measured nutrients, ranked by share of the daily reference intake.
- Zinc8 mg80 %
- Phosphorus430 mg61 %
- Calcium491 mg61 %
- Iodine30 µg20 %
- Selenium5,8 µg11 %
- Magnesium30 mg8 %
- Copper0,07 mg7 %
- Potassium120 mg6 %
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- Manganese0,02 mg1 %
Anses Ciqual 2025. Source: Anses, 2025, Ciqual food composition table
Tips
8 mg of zinc per 100 g is exceptional. No other cheese in this selection comes close. Zinc is involved in immunity and wound healing, and French intakes are often marginal, particularly among older people.
The baked box is a meal, not a cheese. A 500 g Mont d’Or put in the oven feeds four people: 366 kcal of cheese each, before the potatoes and cured meats. Treat it as a complete meal and serve it with a salad rather than a second dish.
It is only eaten in winter, and that is a good thing. Its strict seasonality makes it an occasional product rather than a habit, which settles the question of frequency without you having to think about it.
A glass of white wine and garlic in the box. Pierce the rind, slip in two cloves and pour over the wine, then bake for twenty-five minutes at 180 °C. The wine lightens the texture and the meal loses nothing.
Raw milk. The PDO requires it. Not recommended for pregnant women or people with weakened immune systems, unless heated right through, which the oven version allows.