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Explore cheese varieties from around the world, categorized by texture, milk type, and region.

Vacherin Mont-d'Or

Vacherin Mont d'Or is a soft, seasonal cow's milk cheese from the Jura region of Switzerland and France. It is bound in a strip of spruce bark, sold in a round spruce box, and often warmed in that box and …

Country: Switzerland
Milk Type: Cow
Texture: Soft

Swiss

Swiss cheese is the North American name for any cheese made in the style of Emmental, the yellow, medium-hard cheese from the Emmental region of Switzerland. Most versions carry the round holes called eyes and a nutty, slightly sweet flavor.

Country: United States
Milk Type: Cow
Texture: Firm , Semi-Firm , Smooth
Flavor: Mild, Nutty, Slightly Sweet

Mont d'Or

Mont d'Or is a seasonal soft cow's milk cheese from the Jura region of France and Switzerland, wrapped in a band of spruce that gives it its flavor. It sells from September 10 to May 10 and is usually warmed …

Country: France
Milk Type: Cow's milk
Texture: Soft
Flavor: Resinous, mild to pungent

Valle d'Aosta Fromadzo

Valle d'Aosta Fromadzo is a PDO cheese made across the Valle d'Aosta region of Italy from cow's milk, sometimes with a little goat's milk. Young wheels taste fragrant and half sweet, while long aging turns them salty and almost sharp.

Country: Italy
Milk Type: Primarily cow’s milk, small quantity of goat’s milk permitted
Texture: Firm
Flavor: Mild to pronounced and pungent

Graddost

Gräddost is a Swedish semi-hard cow's milk cheese whose name means cream cheese. It tastes mild, creamy and slightly sour, is usually sold at 60% fat, and melts so well that Swedish pizzerias made it a standard in the 1970s.

Country: Sweden
Milk Type: Cow's milk
Texture: Semi-hard, artisan
Flavor: Nutty, tangy

Herrgardsost

Herrgardsost is a semi-hard Swedish cheese made from cow's milk, aged three months to two years. It has small round holes, a waxed surface, and a mild, nutty, creamy taste.

Country: Sweden
Milk Type: Cow's milk
Texture: Semi-hard
Flavor: Mild, nutty, sweet, tangy

Pont-l'Évêque

Pont-l'Évêque is a square, washed-rind cow's milk cheese from Normandy and probably the oldest Norman cheese still in production. The pale yellow paste is soft and creamy with a pungent aroma, and the cheese ranks with Brie, Camembert and Roquefort …

Country: France
Milk Type: Cow's Milk
Texture: Soft to Semi-hard
Flavor: Mild: herbaceous, milky, and creamy

Raclette

Raclette is a Swiss cheese and the dish made from it: the cheese is heated and the melted part is scraped off, usually onto boiled potatoes. It comes from the canton of Valais, where the cheese carries an AOP.

Country: Switzerland
Milk Type: Cow's milk
Texture: Semisoft, smooth
Flavor: Mildly acidic

Morbier

Morbier is a semi-soft cows' milk cheese from Franche-Comté in eastern France, named after the village of Morbier. A thin black layer of ash runs horizontally through its ivory paste, left over from the days when evening and morning curds …

Country: France
Milk Type: Cow's milk
Texture: Smooth and tender
Flavor: Fruity, yogurt, vanilla, milky, fudge

Maiorchino

Maiorchino is a hard sheep's milk cheese from the province of Messina in Sicily, sold in wheels of about 10 to 12 kg (22 to 26 lb). It is a listed Italian traditional food, known for a delicate flavor that …

Country: Italy
Milk Type: Raw whole sheep's milk, goat's milk (max 25%)
Texture: Hard
Flavor: Spicy with age

Altenburger Ziegenkäse

Altenburger Ziegenkäse is a German soft cheese from the Thuringian-Saxon border area, made from cow's milk with at least 15 percent goat's milk. It carries a protected designation of origin and is known for its white Camembert mould and clear …

Milk Type: Cow's milk with at least 15% goat's milk
Texture: Close texture with few eyes
Flavor: Not Specified

Double Gloucester

Double Gloucester is a semi-hard cow's milk cheese made in Gloucestershire, England, since the 16th century. It ages longer than Single Gloucester, giving it a stronger, more savoury flavour, and it is the cheese sent rolling down Cooper's Hill each …

Country: England
Milk Type: Cow's milk
Texture: Hard, artisan
Flavor: Smooth, tangy

Langres

Langres is a cow's milk cheese from the plateau of Langres in Champagne-Ardenne, France. It is a small cylinder with a Penicillium candidum rind tinted orange by annatto, known for the concave dent in its top called the fontaine.

Country: France
Milk Type: Cow's milk
Texture: Semisoft
Flavor: Creamy, nutty

Provel

Provel is a white processed cheese that blends cheddar, Swiss and provolone with liquid smoke. It melts at a low temperature, tastes buttery, and is the traditional cheese on St. Louis-style pizza.

Country: United States
Milk Type: Cow's milk
Texture: Soft, processed
Flavor: Buttery

Fourme d'Ambert

Fourme d'Ambert is a semi-hard blue cheese from the Auvergne region of France, sold in a narrow cylinder. One of the country's oldest cheeses, it dates back to Roman times and is inoculated with Penicillium roqueforti.

Country: France
Milk Type: Cow's milk
Texture: Semi-hard
Flavor: Mild blue cheese

დამბალხაჭო / Dambalkhacho

Dambalkhacho is a pungent Georgian cheese from the Tianeti and Pshavi mountains, made from sour buttermilk cottage cheese and aged in sealed clay pots until mold develops. It is known for its intense aroma, spicy flavor and national landmark status …

Texture: Semi-soft, uniform, crumbly
Flavor: Spicy

Alpine-Style

Alpine-style cheese is inspired by the traditional cheeses produced in the mountainous regions of Switzerland, France, and Austria. These cheeses are typically made using cow's milk and are known for their firm texture and nutty, buttery flavors. They often have …

Ackawi

Akkawi is a white brine cheese from the Levant, named after the port city of Acre. It is usually made from pasteurized cow's milk, cured two days in salted whey brine, and eaten with soft flatbread or on its own …

Country: Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East and Syria
Milk Type: Cow's, goat's or sheep's milk
Texture: Soft, brined
Flavor: Mild, milky, salty

Cheddar

Cheddar is a relatively hard, off-white to orange cow's milk cheese from the village of Cheddar in Somerset, South West England. The name is not protected, so it is made worldwide, and it is the UK's most popular cheese at …

Country: England
Milk Type: Cow's milk
Texture: Semi-Hard
Flavor: Mild to sharp, buttery to brothy and savory

Tasty Lancashire

Tasty Lancashire is a mature English cow's milk cheese from the county of Lancashire. It is made by the same traditional method as Creamy Lancashire but aged from 12 weeks up to 24 months, which gives it a nutty taste.

Country: England
Milk Type: Cow's milk
Texture: Hard
Flavor: Nutty

Port Salut

Port Salut is a semi-soft pasteurized cow's milk cheese from Pays de la Loire, France. Trappist monks developed it in the 19th century, and it is known for its orange rind, its smooth sliceable paste and its mild flavor.

Country: France
Milk Type: Cow's milk
Texture: Semi-soft
Flavor: Acidic, mellow

Niolo

Niolo is a Corsican sheep's or goat's milk cheese made only in the Niolo region, the high valley of the Golo. It is a flat square tomme with a washed ivory rind and a sticky paste that runs from mild …

Country: France
Milk Type: Goat's or sheep's milk
Texture: Soft
Flavor: Mild, sharp or strong depending on aging

Mascarpone

Mascarpone is a soft Italian dairy product made by coagulating cream with acid and heat, without rennet and without aging. Milky white and easy to spread, it is best known as the base of tiramisu.

Country: Italy
Milk Type: Cow's milk
Texture: Soft
Flavor: Buttery to slightly tangy

Sap Sago

Sap Sago is a hard, skimmed-milk cheese from the Canton of Glarus in Switzerland, seasoned and tinted green with blue fenugreek. It is grated as a seasoning rather than eaten in slices, and its 1463 origin stamp makes it the …

Country: Switzerland
Milk Type: Cow's milk
Texture: Hard

Reblochon

Reblochon is a soft, washed-rind cheese made from raw cow's milk in the Haute-Savoie region of the French Alps. It tastes nutty, holds an AOC designation, and is the cheese that makes tartiflette work.

Country: France
Milk Type: Raw whole cow’s milk
Texture: Ivory-colored, creamy and supple
Flavor: Creamy, nutty