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 21)
Number 1 is the most popular. Click any row to learn more about the cheese.
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Wielkopolski ser smażony
Wielkopolski ser smażony is a Polish raw milk cheese from the Wielkopolska voivodeship, made by ripening pressed curd until it turns glassy and then frying it with butter. …
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Queso Camerano
Queso Camerano is a goat's milk cheese from the Sierra de los Cameros in La Rioja, Spain, sold fresh, tierno, semi-cured or cured. It is known for the …
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Tibetan Cheeses
Tibetan cheeses, originating from the Tibetan region, are primarily made from yak's milk. These artisan cheeses are known for their strong flavor, which can be quite bold and …
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White Stilton with Mango & Ginger
White Stilton with Mango & Ginger is a British cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk. It has a firm texture and is known for its savory, spicy, and …
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Caciocavallo di Bufala
Caciocavallo di Bufala is a traditional Italian cheese made from pasteurized water buffalo's milk. It is a semi-hard, artisan cheese known for its savory flavor and earthy aroma. …
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Caciocavallo Silano
Caciocavallo Silano is a stretched-curd cow's milk cheese from southern Italy, made in Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Molise and Apulia. It has held protected geographical status since 1993 and …
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Pecorino del Monte Poro
Pecorino del Monte Poro is a type of cheese from Italy, specifically from the Monte Poro district in the Vibo Valentia province. It is made from raw whole …
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Queijo de Nisa
Queijo de Nisa is a semi-hard sheep's milk cheese from Nisa, in Portugal's Alto Alentejo. It is curdled with an infusion of thistle and known for a robust …
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Българско бяло саламурено сирене / Bulgarsko byalo salamureno sirene
Bulgarsko byalo salamureno sirene is a traditional cheese from Bulgaria. It is a fermented milk product made from cow’s, sheep’s, goat’s, buffalo’s, or mixed milk. The cheese is …
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Aisy Cendre
Aisy cendré is a French cow's milk cheese made in Époisses, in Burgundy. Its washed rind is scrubbed for two weeks and then rolled in wood ash, which …
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Doppelrahmstufe
Cream cheese is a soft, light fresh cheese with a creamy taste and moderate acidity, usually made from fresh cheese with milk and cream added. It spreads easily, …
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Ossolano
Ossolano is an Italian PDO cow's milk cheese from the Ossola valley in Piedmont, made year round in small mountain dairies and ripened at least 60 days. It …
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Tchoukou
Tchoukou is a traditional cheese from the Sahel region of Niger, also known as Tikomart. It's made from camel's, cow's, or goat's milk, which gives it a distinctive …
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Farmer's Cheese
Farmer's cheese is pressed curds, an unripened cheese made by adding rennet and a bacterial starter to milk. It comes from cow, sheep or goat milk, and the …
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Sweet Style Swiss
Sweet Style Swiss is a semi-hard, artisan cheese from Switzerland. It has a nutty flavor with a hint of sweetness, making it a pleasant choice for many cheese …
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Mont d'Or / Vacherin du Haut-Doubs
Mont d'Or, also known as Vacherin du Haut-Doubs, is a soft cheese made from raw cow's milk. It originates from the Haut Doubs region in France, near the …
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Sosha
Sosha, also known as Churul, is a traditional cheese from the Tibetan region, also found in parts of China and Nepal. Made from goat's or yak's milk, this …
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Marble Cheddar
Marble Cheddar is a hard, processed cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk. It originates from the United Kingdom and is known for its creamy flavor and rich aroma. …
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Fourme de Montbrison
Fourme de Montbrison is a cow's milk blue cheese from the Forez mountains in southern France, sold in tall cylinders with an orange-brown rind. It is extremely mild …
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Lebbene
Lebbene is a soft cheese from Israel made from pasteurized goat's or sheep's milk. It has a creamy white color and a natural rind. With a fat content …
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Queijo Serpa
Queijo Serpa is a cured, semi-soft cheese from Serpa in the Alentejo region of Portugal, made with raw sheep milk set with cardoon extract. It holds PDO status …
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Cottage Cheese (Australian)
Cottage Cheese from Australia is a fresh, soft cheese made from cow's milk, which can be either pasteurized or unpasteurized. It has a mild, sweet flavor and a …
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Queso Casín
Queso Casín is a hard to semi-hard cheese from southern Asturias, made with full-fat unpasteurized milk from Casina, Asturian Valley and Friesian cows. It is known for a …
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Saint André
Saint-André is a French triple cream cow's milk cheese from Normandy, sold as a small 200 g (7.1 oz) cylinder under a powdery white bloomy rind. Cream added …
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Mixed Milk
Mixed milk cheese is any cheese made from more than one type of milk, such as cow, goat, sheep or buffalo. Feta, Scamorza, Wensleydale, Faisselle and Corsican farmhouse …
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.
