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 33)
Number 1 is the most popular. Click any row to learn more about the cheese.
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Essex Comté
Essex Comté is a hard cheese made from unpasteurized cow's milk in the Franche-Comté region of France. Known also as Essex Reserve Comté, it offers a rich, buttery …
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Butte
Butte is a French cheese made from unpasteurized cow's milk. It is a soft, soft-ripened cheese with a smooth and creamy texture. The flavor profile is characterized by …
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Brebis du Puyfaucon
Brebis du Puyfaucon is a soft, artisan cheese from the Haute Vienne region in France, made with unpasteurized sheep's milk. It has a natural rind and offers a …
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Pecorino delle Balze Volterrane
Pecorino delle Balze Volterrane is a cheese from Italy, specifically produced in the province of Pisa. It is made from raw, whole sheep's milk and uses vegetable rennet …
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Fin-de-Siecle
Fin-de-Siecle is a soft cheese made from cow's milk in the Pays de Bray region of France. With a high fat content of 72%, this cheese offers a …
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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 …
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Briquette du Forez
Briquette du Forez is a soft, soft-ripened cheese from the Auvergne region in France. Made from a blend of cow's and goat's milk, it has a smooth flavor …
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Cravero Parmigiano Reggiano
Cravero Parmigiano Reggiano is a hard, artisan cheese made from unpasteurized cow's milk in Italy. It has a natural rind and is known for its nutty, smooth, and …
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Le Gruyère AOP
Le Gruyère AOP is a hard cheese from Switzerland made from unpasteurized cow's milk. It has a fat content ranging from 49-53%, contributing to its rich and creamy …
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Dunbarra
Dunbarra is an Irish cheese made from cow's milk, known for its semi-soft texture and white color. It offers a mild flavor with a creamy and smooth consistency, …
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Rouleau De Beaulieu
Rouleau De Beaulieu is a soft, artisan cheese made from unpasteurized goat's milk in the Ardeche region of France. It has a mild flavor, making it approachable for …
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Semi-Aged Sheep's Milk
Semi-Aged Sheep's Milk cheese is crafted from the milk of sheep, offering a creamy and smooth texture. This cheese typically matures for a few months, resulting in a …
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Mixed Milk Aged
Mixed Milk Aged cheese is a blend typically made from a combination of cow’s, goat’s, and sheep’s milk. This cheese offers a balanced flavor profile, combining the creaminess …
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Malvern
Malvern is a semi-hard cheese made from unpasteurized sheep's milk in the Severn Valley, England. It has a 50% fat content, contributing to its rich and creamy texture. …
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Caerphilly-Style
Caerphilly-style cheese is a semi-firm, crumbly cheese originally from Wales, now often produced in other regions. It has a pale, ivory color and a slightly moist texture. The …
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Soumaintrain
Soumaintrain is a soft washed-rind cow's milk cheese from Burgundy, made with raw or pasteurized milk. Brine washing every few days builds an orange rind and a very …
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Formai de Mut dell'Alta Valle Brembana
Formai de Mut dell'Alta Valle Brembana is a raw cow's milk cheese from Lombardy, Italy, made in the high pastures of the Alta Valle Brembana and around Bergamo. …
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Italian-Style
Italian-Style cheese is a broad category that typically mimics the flavors and textures of traditional Italian cheeses. These cheeses are often semi-hard and range in flavor from mild …
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Dorset Blue Cheese
Dorset Blue is an English cow's milk blue cheese protected by a European designation of origin. Also sold as Dorset Blue Vinney, it is known for moderate blue …
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Rosso Pecorino
Rosso Pecorino is a semi-hard cheese made from pasteurized sheep's milk in Italy. This artisan cheese is known for its smooth flavor profile, making it approachable yet flavorful. …
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Asiago DOP
Asiago is an Italian cow's milk cheese with a semi-cooked paste, protected as a DOP since 1978. It comes in two styles: pressato, aged 20 to 40 days …
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Artisanal Goat Cheese
Artisanal Goat Cheese is a soft cheese made from goat's milk. Its texture is creamy and smooth, making it easy to spread on bread or crackers. The flavor …
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Bloderkäse / Liechtensteiner Sauerkäse / Werdenberger Sauerkäse
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Regal de la Dombes
Regal de la Dombes is a soft, artisan cheese from the Jura region of France, made from pasteurized cow's milk. It is known for its smooth flavor and …
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Ġbejna tan-nagħaġ
Ġbejna tan-nagħaġ is a traditional cheese from Malta, made from whole raw milk of sheep. The sheep are of the Maltese breed and its crosses, registered in the …
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.
