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 4)
Number 1 is the most popular. Click any row to learn more about the cheese.
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Urdă
Urdă is a whey cheese made across Southeast Europe and in Hungary by boiling the whey drained from other cheeses. The paste is finely grained and silky, and …
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Kopanisti
Kopanisti is a salty, spicy PDO cheese from the Cyclades, made on Mykonos for more than 300 years. Repeated kneading during ripening spreads its microbial flora through the …
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Asiago
Asiago is a cow's milk cheese from the Asiago plateau in Veneto and Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy, made either young and soft (Asiago pressato) or aged and crumbly (Asiago …
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Lor
Lor is an Iranian whey cheese, similar to ricotta but firmer and less creamy. It is made from the whey of sheep's, goat's, or cow's milk with added …
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Slovenský oštiepok
Slovenský oštiepok is a traditional cheese from Slovakia. It is a half-fat, semi-hard cheese that can be either steamed or unsteamed, and smoked or unsmoked. The cheese is …
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American Gruyere
American Gruyere is a Gruyere-style cheese made in the United States, with Wisconsin producing the most of it. A U.S. court ruled in 2021 that gruyere is a …
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Svježi sir
Svježi sir is a fresh cheese from Croatia, similar to farmer's cheese or cottage cheese. It is made from cow's milk and has a soft, creamy texture with …
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Brânză de burduf
Brânză de burduf is a salty Romanian cheese made with sheep's milk, sometimes buffalo. It has a strong flavor and a slightly soft texture, and it is packed …
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Brin d'Amour
Brin d'amour is a Corsican raw sheep's milk cheese created in the 1950s. It is known for a natural rind dusted with herbs of the maquis, which pass …
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Monterey Jack
Monterey Jack is a white, semi-hard cow's milk cheese from Monterey, California, with a mild and slightly sweet flavor. It melts cleanly, which is why it shows up …
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Toma Piemontese
Toma Piemontese is the Piedmont version of Toma, a cow's milk cheese that runs from soft to semi-hard and melts well. It is the variety that carries protected …
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Canastra cheese
Canastra is a Brazilian cheese made from raw cow's milk in the Serra da Canastra highlands of Minas Gerais. It is known for a full-bodied, mildly spicy flavor …
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Ackawi
Akkawi is a white brine cheese from the Levant, named after the port city of Acre. It is usually made from pasteurized cow's milk, cured two days in …
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Njeguški
Njeguški sir is a traditional cheese from Njeguši, Montenegro, made from a mix of cow's and sheep's milk. It is aged in a mixture of oil and ash, …
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Lancashire
Lancashire is an English cow's milk cheese from the county of Lancashire. It is the only British cheese made by blending two or three days' curd of different …
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Prastost
Prästost, or priest cheese, is a Swedish cow's milk cheese named for the centuries when farmers paid their church tithes in dairy goods. It is now factory-made from …
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Weichkaese
Weichkaese is a soft, smear-ripened cheese from Germany, made from cow's milk that can be either pasteurized or unpasteurized. It has a fat content of 42%, contributing to …
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Mozzarella di Bufala Campana
Mozzarella di Bufala Campana is a fresh, soft pasta filata cheese made from the milk of the Italian Mediterranean buffalo, produced in Campania and a few nearby areas …
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Queijo Serra da Estrela
Serra da Estrela is a sheep's milk cheese from the mountains of central Portugal, protected as a PDO in the European Union and the UK. It is coagulated …
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Selles-sur-Cher
Selles-sur-Cher is a goat milk cheese from Centre-Val de Loire, France, first made in the 19th century in the commune it is named for. It comes as a …
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Katiki Domokou
Katiki Domokou is a soft white Greek cheese made from goat and sheep milk in Domokos, Phthiotis. It has protected designation of origin status, a low fat content, …
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Queijo de Azeitão
Queijo de Azeitão is a Portuguese cheese from the town of Azeitão, produced in Setúbal, Palmela and Sesimbra. It holds EU PDO status and was named one of …
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Anthotyro
Anthotyros is a Greek cheese made from sheep or goat milk mixed with whey, about nine parts milk to one. It comes fresh, soft and sweet with no …
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Ricotta
Ricotta is an Italian whey cheese made from the leftover whey of sheep, cow, goat, or water buffalo milk cheesemaking. The fresh curds are creamy white and slightly …
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Džiugas
Džiugas is a cheese from Lithuania, recognized as a Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) product. It is made from cow's milk that is standardized, pasteurized, and curdled with enzymes. …
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.
