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 3)
Number 1 is the most popular. Click any row to learn more about the cheese.
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Gorgonzola
Gorgonzola is an Italian blue cheese made from unskimmed cow's milk, named for a town near Milan. It comes in two styles: dolce, mild and buttery, and piccante, …
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Manouri
Manouri is a Greek semi-soft fresh whey cheese made from goat or sheep milk as a by-product of feta production. Cream added to the whey makes it richer …
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Feta
Feta is a Greek brined white cheese made from sheep's milk or a mix of sheep and goat's milk. It is crumbly and slightly grainy, tangy and salty, …
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Coulommiers
Coulommiers is a soft ripened cow's milk cheese from the town of Coulommiers in Seine-et-Marne, France. It is a smaller, thicker cousin of Brie with a nuttier flavor, …
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Bra
Bra is an Italian cheese from the town of Bra in the province of Cuneo, Piedmont. It is made mostly from cow's milk and sold either soft or …
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Burrata
Burrata is a fresh Italian cheese from Puglia with a pouch of stretched mozzarella curd around a filling of stracciatella and cream. Cut it open and the soft …
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Beyaz Peynir
Beyaz peynir is a Turkish white cheese made from unpasteurized sheep, cow or goat milk and cured in brine for about six months. It turns up plain at …
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Grana Padano
Grana Padano is a hard, grainy cheese from Italy's Po Valley, made with semi-skimmed unpasteurized cow's milk and ripened at least nine months. It is made much like …
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Danablu
Danablu is a Danish blue-veined cow's milk cheese, sold in North America as Danish Blue Cheese. It is known for its sharp, salty taste, creamy semi-soft paste and …
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Montasio
Montasio is a cow's milk mountain cheese from Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Veneto in northeastern Italy, made on the Montasio plateau since 1200. It is semi-hard and creamy when …
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Charolais
Charolais is a raw goat's milk cheese from the Charolais and Brionnais hills of Burgundy, France. It is one of the largest goat cheeses, sold as a tall …
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Lighvan Paniri
Lighvan Paniri is a traditional Iranian cheese from the Lighvan valley in the province of East Azerbaijan. Made primarily from sheep's milk, this cheese is aged in brine, …
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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 …
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Canadian Cheddar
Canadian Cheddar is a firm, hard cheese originating from Ontario, Canada. It has a smooth, dense texture and is typically yellow in color. The flavor is sharp and …
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Catupiry
Catupiry is a Brazilian brand of requeijao, a soft creamy dairy spread created in Minas Gerais in 1911. It is mild and spreadable, and shows up in pizzas, …
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Muenster
Muenster is a semi-soft cheese from the United States, made with pasteurized cow's milk and easy to spot by its annatto-colored orange rind. It is usually very mild …
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Stelvio
Stelvio, known in German as Stilfser, is a protected designation of origin cow's milk cheese from the Autonomous Province of Bolzano in northern Italy. It is known for …
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Stracchino
Stracchino, also called crescenza, is an Italian cow's milk cheese made in Lombardy, Tuscany, Veneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Liguria. It is eaten very young, with no rind, a …
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Robiola di Roccaverano
Roccaverano, long called Robiola di Roccaverano, is a protected goat cheese from Piedmont, named after the village of Roccaverano in the Langa Astigiana. Since 2023 it must be …
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Colby
Colby is a semihard orange cheese made from cow's milk, first developed in 1885 in Colby, Wisconsin. Skipping the cheddaring step and washing the curd with cold water …
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Valençay
Valençay is an unpasteurised goat cheese from the province of Berry in central France, shaped like a truncated pyramid and dusted with charcoal. It tastes fresh and citric …
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Neufchâtel
Neufchâtel is a soft, slightly crumbly, mold-ripened cheese from the Neufchâtel-en-Bray region of Normandy and one of the oldest cheeses in France. It looks like Camembert but tastes …
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Banon
Banon is an unpasteurized goat cheese from Provence, sold as a small 100 g disc wrapped in chestnut leaves and tied with raffia. It ages about two weeks, …
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Cottage Cheese
Cottage cheese is an unaged fresh cheese made from skimmed milk, with mild, slightly tangy curds mixed with cream and salt. It is known as a high-protein, low-fat …
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Brillat-Savarin
Brillat-Savarin is a French triple cream cow's milk cheese with a natural bloomy rind and at least 72% fat in dry matter. Made mainly in Normandy, it tastes …
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.
