Kanaal Cheese

Rouveen is one of the leading and independent cheese factories in The Netherlands who produces outstanding and unique cheeses that meet the highest quality requirements. Rouveen is one of the prefered partners of Daily Dairy Holland for the production of Dutch cheeses.

Kanaal is crunchy, butterscotch, salty sweet cheese candy. Kanaal is a Proosdij which is a a semi-firm to frim style of washed-curd cheese made very similarly to Goudas using specific combinations of mixed-strain start cultures. The cheese develops aroma, flavor, and texture profiles with characteristics of a cross between Gouda and Parmesan cheese. This also includes the satisfying crunchiness of increasing amount of tyrosine crystals that form with age along with more sweet, fruity, toasted caramel, and bouillon flavors than Gouda cheese.

Proosdijs have lower butterfat in dry matter than the required 48% for official Gouda status. With Kanaal coming very close at 45% it has the benefits to satisfy while warranting those extra snuck bites.