History of Tomme Napoleon

For nearly half a century, the family company of Dominique offers good quality, authentic, handmade and agricultural cheeses.

It is about an experimented and passionate team which produces, with the help of Dominique, that delicious cheese.

Fabrication

Tomme Napoléon is a cheese from the best Pyrenean milk coming from local ewe breeds. To produce its cheese, Dominique heats up the thermised milk between 73°C and 79°C during 20 seconds, and then he immediately cools it down.

After the curdling of the milk and thanks to the addition of rennet and lactic starters, the curd is partially dried during the moulding, and then pressed during 24 hours in order to dry it more. Put in cellar the second day, the cheese is salted and matured from 2 to 18 months.

Maturing cellars situated in the heart of the Pyrenees offer a ewe cheese from old traditions of the region.

Tasting advice

Tomme Napoléon goes perfectly with black cherry marmalade, at the beginning or at the end of the meal.

Wine-pairing

Tomme Napoléon matches very well with a dry Jurançon o r white Anjou.

Appearance: rustic and thick rind.
Texture: smooth rind. 
Sense of smell: ewe milk smell.
Taste: strong and persistent flavor.

Main Features

Product code: NAPO1 
Production place: Midi-Pyrénées, France 
Approval number: FR 54 395 173 CE 
Maturing place: Lorraine, France 
Shelf life: 70 days 
maturing time: 4 months 
Storage temperature: between + 2°C and + 8°C 
Weight: 4,2 kg

Nutritional Values

Type of milk: pasteurized ewe’s milk
Rind color: ocher to brown
Type of cheese: uncooked pressed cheese
Texture color: cream to ivory colored

Ingredients:  
- pasteurized ewe’s milk 98,70 %  
- Salt 0,40 %  
- Rennet 0,35 %  
- Calcium chloride 0,29 %  
- lactic starters 0,26 %

Energetic value per 100 g

kcal-kJ 418 - 1749
Proteins 24 g
Carbohydrate Traces
Salt 0,40 g

Fat content

Fat level in total weight 36 %
Fat level in dried matter 40 %
Dry extract 60 %

Microbiological Standards

Listeria: none in 25 g No preservatives or color additives.
Salmonella: none in 25 g Guaranteed GMO-free, in accordance
Enterobacteria: < 10 ufc/ml with current legislation.

Logistics

Packaging: Greaseproof paper
Cardboard box sizes: Large 600*150*400 mm