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 30)
Number 1 is the most popular. Click any row to learn more about the cheese.
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Piave Vecchio Selezione Oro
Piave Vecchio Selezione Oro is a hard, artisan cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk in the Veneto region of Italy. It is known for its fruity and full-flavored …
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Berner Hobelkäse / Berner Alpkäse
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Hooligan
Hooligan is an artisan cheese from Connecticut, United States, made from unpasteurized cow's milk. It has a soft texture and a cream-colored interior. The flavor profile is strong …
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Cheese Curds
Cheese curds are moist pieces of curdled milk, eaten alone as a snack or cooked into dishes such as poutine. Fresh ones squeak against the teeth, which is …
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730
Latteria Navel
Latteria Navel is a cheese from the Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Veneto regions of Italy. Made from pasteurized cow's milk, it features a hard, soft-ripened texture. The cheese has …
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731
L'Affine Au Chablis
L'Affine Au Chablis is a French cheese made from cow's milk, known for its soft to semi-soft texture. It features a washed rind and has a pale yellow …
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732
Delice des Fiouves
Delice des Fiouves is a soft, artisan cheese produced in the Doubs region of France. Made from cow's milk, it has a white interior and a washed rind. …
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733
Rollot
Rollot is a soft cow's milk cheese from Picardy in northern France, named for a village in the Somme. Washing in salt water gives it an orange rind, …
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734
Alpe di Frabosa
Alpe di Frabosa is an Italian cheese made from unpasteurized cow's milk. It has a semi-soft texture and is aged for about two months. This cheese offers a …
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735
Buchette de Manon
Buchette de Manon is a French cheese made from unpasteurized goat's milk. It has a soft texture and is cream-colored throughout. The flavor is mild, making it approachable …
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736
Stella Feta
Stella Feta is a firm, artisan cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk in the United States. It has a tangy flavor that adds a lively kick to dishes, …
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737
Gastanberra
Gastanberra is a French cheese made from sheep's milk with a fat content of 45%. It has a soft texture that makes it easy to spread or enjoy …
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Doolin
Doolin is a hard cheese made from cow's milk in the Netherlands. It has a firm texture that makes it ideal for slicing or grating. The flavor is …
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739
Anneau du Vic-Bilh
Anneau du Vic-Bilh is a soft cheese made from unpasteurized goat's milk in the Pyrenees-Atlantiques region of France. This artisan cheese is notable for its white color and …
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Italian-Style Table
Italian-Style Table cheese is a mild, semi-soft cheese inspired by traditional Italian varieties. It has a smooth, creamy texture that makes it easy to slice and melt, making …
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Semi-Hard
Schnittkäse, also called Halbhartkäse, is the German category for cheese firm enough to slice cleanly, ripened one to three months. It carries more water than hard cheese, and …
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Pourly
Pourly is a soft, artisan cheese made from unpasteurized goat's milk in the Burgundy region of France. It has a pale yellow color and a natural rind that …
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Dovedale cheese
Dovedale, sold as Dovedale Blue, is a soft blue cheese made from full fat cow's milk near the Dovedale valley in the Peak District. It holds PDO status …
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Bartlett
Bartlett is a soft, artisan cheese made from unpasteurized sheep's milk in Somerset, England. It has a mold-ripened rind, which contributes to its aromatic and strong scent. The …
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Pecorino Camomilla
Pecorino Camomilla is a semi-soft, artisan cheese from the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy, crafted from pasteurized sheep's milk. This cheese features a creamy and smooth flavor profile, complemented …
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Cendre d'Olivet
Cendre d'Olivet is a soft, artisan cheese from the Centre-Val de Loire region of France, made from cow's milk. It has a fat content of 45%, giving it …
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747
Havarti-Style
Havarti-Style cheese is a semi-soft cheese known for its smooth and creamy texture. Originating from Denmark, this cheese has a mild and buttery flavor with a hint of …
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Queso del Montsec
Queso del Montsec is a soft, artisan cheese made from unpasteurized goat's milk in Catalonia, Spain. Known for its natural rind, this cheese offers a spicy, herbaceous flavor …
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Rigotte
Rigotte, also known as Rigotte de Condrieu, is a traditional goat's milk cheese from the Parc Naturel Régional du Pilat in the Rhône-Alpes region of France. Made with …
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Brie-Style
Brie-style cheese is a soft cheese with a creamy, pale interior and a white, edible rind. It has a mild, buttery flavor with a hint of earthiness, making …
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.
