Dried cheese keto snacks: a crunchy snack without sugar or carbs
One ingredient: cheese. A 28 g pack has 0.3 to 1.1 g of carbs, 12–17 g of protein and 11–13 g of fat: macros that fit keto, LCHF and any low-carb diet without counting. No oil, flour, sweeteners or “keto flour”. Keeps without a fridge. DPD delivery to your country.
Why dried cheese is a keto snack without compromise
Most “keto snacks” in shops are repackaged ordinary products: bars made with erythritol and isolate, almond flour crisps, “keto biscuits”. They have their place, but the ingredient list is long, and the carbs hide behind words like “dry matter” and “polyols”.
snEco dried cheese is simpler. It is hard cheese from which the water has been removed under vacuum at 36–38 °C. Ingredients: cheese, that is, pasteurised milk, salt, starter culture, enzyme. Hard cheese is naturally low in carbs (almost all the lactose goes into the whey during cheesemaking), and after drying there are still only 1–4 g per 100 g in pure cheeses. It is not a “keto version” of something: it is simply cheese that crunches.
Carbs, protein and fat by flavour
Figures are per 100 g, taken from the labels. For a 28 g pack, divide all values by roughly 3.6.
| Flavour | Carbohydrates | Protein | Fat | kcal | Per 28 g pack |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gouda | 1.5 g | 48.3 g | 44.2 g | 630 | 0.4 g of carbs · 13.5 g of protein |
| Cheddar | 1.5 g | 42.3 g | 46.8 g | 605 | 0.4 g · 11.8 g |
| Mozzarella | 1.5 g | 49.4 g | 44.1 g | 567 | 0.4 g · 13.8 g |
| Primaggio | 1.5 g | 53.4 g | 42.2 g | 688 | 0.4 g · 15 g |
| Smoked Sulguni | 2 g | 52 g | 40 g | 547 | 0.6 g · 14.6 g |
| Smoked Emmental | 1.6 g | 46 g | 44 g | 660 | 0.4 g · 12.9 g |
| SUPERFOOD | 4 g | 60 g | 24 g | 478 | 1.1 g · 16.8 g |
| Blue Royale (14 g) | 1 g | 31.7 g | 51 g | 589 | 0.1 g · 4.4 g per 14 g |
| Crispy olives (14 g) | 3.4 g | 4.6 g | 55.8 g | 579 | 0.5 g · vegan |
What to choose for your goal
Classic keto (70% fat)
Gouda, Cheddar, Emmental: fat ≈ 44–47 g, protein ≈ 42–48 g per 100 g. Closest to the “keto ideal” is Blue Royale with 51 g of fat.
Keto + protein, sports
SUPERFOOD: 60 g of protein and 24 g of fat. Or smoked Sulguni: 52 g of protein.
Vegan keto
Crispy olives: olive fat, 3.4 g of carbs, no cheese.
Less salt
Mozzarella: 1.9 g of salt per 100 g, the mildest flavour. Sulguni and Blue Royale are the saltiest (6 g).
Instead of crisps while watching a show
Smoked Sulguni or Cheddar in a 500 g pack, so the bowl never runs empty and you do not crave crisps.
For the road, for work
Mini packs of 14 g: a single serving, does not melt, needs no fridge.
Keto snacks: what to try
How to fit it into your daily diet
A typical 1800 kcal keto day is about 25 g of carbs, 120 g of protein and 140 g of fat. A 28 g pack of Gouda provides 0.4 g of carbs, 13.5 g of protein and 12.4 g of fat: a proper snack that takes up less than 2% of the daily carb allowance. Two packs a day already give 27 g of protein, a quarter of the daily amount, without any powder.
What to keep in mind: this is a concentrated product. A 28 g snack contains about 70 g of cheese, so 3–4 packs in a row give as much fat and salt as a quarter of a cheese wheel. Drink water, as with any salty snack, and keep an eye on your total fat for the day if you count calories. A detailed breakdown is in the article Keto snack from dried cheese: how to choose by macros.
Cheese keto snacks: checking the ingredients
- Ingredients: cheese (pasteurised cow’s milk, salt, starter culture, microbial enzyme). The mixes also contain nuts. That is all.
- Sugar: 0 g added; “of which sugars” on the label is residual lactose, less than 1 g per 100 g in pure cheeses.
- Gluten: no gluten-containing ingredients. No flour, no breading.
- Oil: none. The crunch comes from vacuum drying, not deep frying.
- Preservatives, colourings, flavour enhancers: none. The shelf life of the 14 and 28 g packs is 18 months, ensured by the product’s low moisture and the packaging.
Questions about keto and dried cheese
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See also: Protein snack · all about dried cheese · travel snacks · nutrition articles.
Dried snEco Cheese “Gouda”, 28 g
Dried snEco Cheese “Superfood”, 28 g
Dried snEco Cheese “Sulguni”, 28 g
Dried snEco Cheese “Blue Royale”, 14 g