Best Cheeses, Ranked by Popularity
The best cheeses in the world, all 996 of them, ranked by popularity. Start with the full list, then browse our hand-picked lists of the best cheeses by country, texture and use.
The Most Popular Cheeses (page 15)
Number 1 is the most popular. Click any row to learn more about the cheese.
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Lajta sajt
Lajta sajt is a full-fat, slightly soft-textured cheese from Hungary. It is made from cow's milk and ripened for two weeks with Brevibacterium linens rind flora. The cheese …
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Quartirolo Lombardo
Quartirolo Lombardo is a PDO cow's milk cheese from Lombardy in northern Italy, made since the 10th century. It is known for its rectangular block shape, its crumbly …
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Chubut
Chubut, also called Chubutense, is a semi-hard cheese made in Gaiman, in Argentina's lower Chubut river valley. Its recipe comes from the Welsh colony there, and the Chubut …
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Cebreiro
Cebreiro is a Galician cow's milk cheese shaped like a mushroom or a chef's hat. Sold fresh, it has a white, spreadable paste and a milky, slightly acidic …
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Divle Obruk Tulum
Divle Obruk Tulum is a rare and unique Turkish cheese aged in caves near Divle village. Made from goat's milk, this cheese is stored in natural limestone caves …
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Braudostur
Braudostur is a semi-hard cheese from Iceland, made from cow's milk with a fat content of 25%. It has a sweet flavor that pairs with its strong aroma, …
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Handkäse
Handkäse is a German sour milk cheese from southern Hesse, named for the way it was once shaped by hand. It is small, translucent and yellow, with a …
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Le Brebiou
Le Brebiou is a semi-soft, artisan cheese made from pasteurized sheep's milk in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques region of France. It has a soft-ripened, bloomy rind and a white interior. …
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Sardo
Sardo is a hard grating cheese from Argentina, made with cow's milk. The taste is mellow, rich and lightly salty, close to pecorino romano but not as sharp, …
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Boeren-Leidse met sleutels
Boeren-Leidse met sleutels is a Dutch cow's milk cheese flavored with cumin and caraway seed, made from the semi-skimmed milk left over from butter making. It carries the …
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Aged Manchego
Aged Manchego is a popular Spanish cheese made from the milk of Manchega sheep, primarily found in the La Mancha region. It is aged for at least 12 …
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Tupí
Tupí is a fermented cheese from the Pyrenees and Pre-Pyrenees, made from cow's or sheep's milk and left to ferment in a glazed ceramic jar with strong liquor. …
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Sveciaost
Sveciaost is a traditional Swedish cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk. It originates from the low-laying regions of Sweden and has a semi-hard texture, achieved through brining. The …
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Buche de Chevre
Bûche de Chèvre is a soft, soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized goat's milk in France. Recognizable by its white color, this cheese offers a sweet flavor that makes …
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Boerenkaas
Boerenkaas is a Dutch farmhouse cheese, mostly handmade from raw cow, goat, sheep or buffalo milk. Its name has been protected as a Traditional Speciality Guaranteed in the …
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Esrom
Esrom is a Danish cow's milk cheese, also sold as Danish Port Salut. It is known for a pungent aroma, a full sweet flavour, a waxy yellow-brown rind …
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Queso de La Serena
Queso de La Serena is a sheep milk cheese from the La Serena district of Extremadura, Spain, curdled with a coagulant from cardoon pistils. Young, with a creamy …
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Graviera Kritis
Graviera Kritis is the Cretan version of graviera, a hard Greek sheep's milk cheese with protected designation of origin status. It ripens for at least five months and …
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Queso Fresco
Queso fresco is a fresh cow's milk cheese made by curdling and draining milk with little other processing. Soft, mild and crumbly, it is a staple of Latin …
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Queso de Murcia
Queso de Murcia is a fatty goat's milk cheese from south-east Spain with Protected Designation of Origin status, made only from Murcian goats in registered herds. It is …
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Chèvre Log
A goat cheese log is a smooth, creamy cheese made from goat's milk, shaped into a cylindrical form. It has a tangy, slightly tart flavor with a velvety …
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Colony cheese
Colony cheese, also called queijo colonial, is a semi-hard artisan cheese from Rio Grande do Sul in southern Brazil. It is known for a pale yellow paste, a …
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Devon Garland
Devon Garland is a semi-hard artisan cheese from Exeter, Devon, England. Made from unpasteurized cow's milk, it features a natural rind and a pale yellow interior. The flavor …
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Mozzarella (Australian)
Mozzarella (Australian) is a semi-soft, brined cheese made in Australia from either cow's or water buffalo's milk. It can be produced using pasteurized or unpasteurized milk and has …
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Provoleta
Provoleta is an Argentine provolone made by spinning the curd, sold in small discs that hold their shape over fire. It is grilled until part-melted and eaten at …
Best Cheeses by Country, Texture and Use
Popularity tells you what people search for. These lists tell you what to buy. Each one is ordered by hand and explains why every cheese made the cut.
