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Geth Reviews Cheese: The Low-Sodium Cheese Special

 This review of cheese was prompted by my grandmother, who I wanted to invite to enjoy some cheese, but her requirements for a low-sodium diet for health reasons limited my options. Not to be deterred, I decided to find some low-sodium cheese she could enjoy. To that end, I purchased some Caciocavallo, lightly salted Mozzarella, and Paneer. Caciocavallo is a "pulled curd" cheese (also called pasta filata) of Italian origin. It's similar to provolone cheese in texture, though closer to mozzarella in taste. I ordered some very young caciocavallo, and I found it's a fairly soft cheese, with a hard outer rind. The rind is edible, but I recommend against it. My grandmother found it a very pleasant cheese, and my mother commented she considered it an excellent snacking cheese. If you want a gentle-tasting cheese with low salt but prefer something that isn't straight-up mozzarella, I'd certainly recommend this,  The Mozzarella I got was the OG Italian cheese, not the