Gouda cheese 48+ Young Matured Cumin

Bring a warmly spiced taste of Dutch Gouda to your table with Young Matured Cumin. This 48+ Gouda combines a smooth, creamy young-matured character with the aromatic lift of cumin seed, giving Dutch and Flemish expats a familiar cheese with a distinctive savoury accent.

When you live abroad, the right cheese does more than fill a sandwich. It brings back a ritual: thin slices on fresh bread, generous cubes beside a drink, or a melting layer over a simple hot lunch. Gouda cheese 48+ Young Matured Cumin answers that craving with the softness of young matured Gouda and the elegant spice of cumin, so every bite feels recognisably Dutch yet just a little more expressive.

The 48+ style gives this cheese its indulgent mouthfeel. It is creamy rather than sharp, rounded rather than overpowering, and easy to enjoy throughout the day. That matters when you want one Dutch cheese that can do many things: delicate enough for breakfast, savoury enough for borrel boards, and smooth enough to melt beautifully into warm dishes.

Cumin seed makes the difference. At 0.9%, it adds a gently aromatic, slightly nutty warmth that cuts through the richness of the Gouda without taking over. The result is a cheese with character: mellow, fragrant, and deeply satisfying. It brings more depth to an everyday cheese sandwich and adds a refined Dutch accent to salads, omelettes, toasties, and cheese platters.

• 450 gr content: a practical block for slicing, cubing, melting, and sharing while keeping your Dutch cheese supply fresh.
• 530 g product weight: substantial enough for regular use, whether you are stocking your fridge abroad or preparing a weekend borrel.
• Pasteurised milk base: delivers the smooth dairy richness expected from Gouda, with starter culture and rennet supporting its classic cheese structure.
• Cumin seed 0.9%: gives the cheese its signature warm spice, perfect for customers who want more aroma than plain Gouda.
• 48+ young matured profile: offers a creamy, accessible flavour that suits sandwiches, hot dishes, lunchboxes, and refined snack boards.

Ingredients

Pasteurised milk, salt, cumin seed 0.9%, starter (milk), rennet, preservative: E251, colouring agent: carotenes, E = adjuvant approved by EU.

Allergens

Contains milk.

Nutritional values per 100 g

• Energy: 1599 kJ / 358 kcal
• Fats: 31.3 g (of which saturated fatty acids: 22.3 g)
• Carbohydrates: 0.0 g (of which sugars: 0.0 g)
• Fibre: 0.0 g
• Protein: 23.5 g
• Salt: 2.10 g

Serve it cold for clean, creamy slices on bread, or let it soften into warm recipes where the cumin becomes even more aromatic. It works beautifully in a Dutch-style tosti, over a savoury pancake, grated into a creamy sauce, or cut into generous cubes for a drinks platter with mustard, pickles, or rye bread. Because the flavour is spiced but not aggressive, it pairs easily with both simple weekday meals and more elegant entertaining moments.

For expats who miss the quiet luxury of real Dutch cheese, this Gouda offers comfort with distinction. Real Dutch Food has helped Dutch food lovers worldwide enjoy familiar favourites since 2006, and this young matured Gouda with cumin is exactly the kind of pantry treasure that turns an ordinary meal abroad into a small taste of home.