Health Benefits

The manchego cheese concentrates all the nutritional properties of milk. With a high proportion of proteins and Vitamins A, D and E (essential in the metabolic processes such as growth, conservation of tissue and absorption of calcium), 100 grammes of Cured Manchego Cheese a day can cover 65% of the calcium needs of our organisms and it is specially recommended after the menopause. Its sugars and salt content is low.

It is suitable for those who cannot ingest milk due to their tolerance to lactose (wich is destructed in the fermentation process). Its Magnesium content helps fixiing phosphorus in theeth and bones, acts as a natural laxative and prevents the formation of the kidney stones.

The origin of Manchego Cheese

Its name comes from the La Mancha region and it is produced with Manchego sheep's milk, which feeds on a very wild vegetation typical of rough climated. With a maturing period of time of a minimum of sixty days, the attempt to produce Manchego cheese outside our country have not been succesful, as the climate and feeding factors cannot be reproduced outside the La Mancha region.