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 9)
Number 1 is the most popular. Click any row to learn more about the cheese.
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Bovški sir (Bovec)
Bovški sir is a hard sheep's milk cheese from the Bovec area of Slovenia with a protected designation of origin. Ripened 60 to 90 days, it tastes aromatic, …
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Bryndza Podhalańska
Bryndza Podhalańska is a soft brined sheep's milk cheese from the Podhale region on the northern side of the Tatras in Poland. In 2007 it became the first …
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Krasotyri
Krasotyri, or "wine cheese," is a semi-hard cheese from Greece that is aged in wine lees, giving it a unique purple rind and a distinct grape-flavored undertone. This …
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Canestrato di Moliterno
Canestrato di Moliterno is a hard cheese from Basilicata, Italy, made from a mixture of sheep's and goat's milk. It matures for at least sixty days and is …
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Menonita
Menonita, also known as Queso Chihuahua or Chihuahua cheese, is a semi-soft cheese from Mexico. Made from cow's milk, it can be crafted using either pasteurized or unpasteurized …
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Zázrivský korbáčik
Korbáčik is a Slovak cheese made by pulling steamed curd into thin strands and plaiting them into a small whip. It is sold in brine, either smoked or …
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Saint Felicien
Saint-Félicien is a soft cow's milk cheese from the Rhône-Alpes region of France, with a creamy interior under a flower-style fleurie casing. Rounds average 180 grams (6.3 oz), …
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Torta del Casar
Torta del Casar is a sheep's milk cheese from Extremadura, Spain, curdled with cardoon thistle rather than animal rennet. Aged at least sixty days, it goes creamy in …
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Holsteiner Tilsiter
Holsteiner Tilsiter is the protected German name for Tilsiter, a pale yellow semi-hard smear-ripened cow's milk cheese from Schleswig-Holstein. It has a medium-firm paste with irregular holes and …
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Anevato
Anevato is a Greek fresh cheese made from sheep's milk, goat's milk or a blend of the two in the mountains of Grevena and Voio in Western Macedonia. …
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Pichtogalo Chanion
Pichtogalo Chanion is a traditional Greek cheese from the region of Chania in Crete. Made from goat’s or sheep’s milk, it has a rich, creamy texture and a …
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Piacentinu Ennese
Piacentinu Ennese is a protected designation of origin sheep's milk cheese from the Enna area of Sicily. Saffron grown in the same area colors the paste yellow, and …
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Bohinjski sir
Bohinjski sir is a Slovenian hard cheese from the Bohinj area, first made in 1873 using Emmental technology. It has a dry golden rind, straw yellow paste with …
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Monte Veronese
Monte Veronese is a cow's milk cheese from the Lessini Mountains in the northern province of Verona. It is made in two versions: a fresh one from whole …
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Tolminc
Tolminc is a Slovenian hard cheese made from cow's milk in the Upper Soča Valley, where it carries a protected designation of origin. It ripens at least two …
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Kashta
Kashta is a soft, white cheese commonly found in the Middle East. Known by various names such as kishta, qishta, ghishta, and ashta, it has a fresh and …
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Queso Tetilla
Tetilla is a cow's milk cheese from Galicia, Spain, molded into a cone with a nipple-like peak that gives it its name. Soft, creamy and pale yellow, it …
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Leerdammer
Leerdammer is a Dutch semi-hard cow's milk cheese with distinct holes and a sweet, nutty flavor. Launched in 1977, it was built to match Emmental in look and …
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Galotyri
Galotyri is a fresh Greek cheese from Epirus and Thessaly, made from pasteurized sheep's milk that is sometimes mixed with goat's milk. White, creamy and lightly tart, it …
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Ser koryciński swojski
Ser koryciński swojski is a rennet cheese from the Korycin area of Poland's Podlaskie province, made from unpasteurised cow's milk. It is shaped into a flattened ball of …
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Metsovone
Metsovone is a semi-hard smoked pasta filata cheese from the Aromanian village of Metsovo in Epirus, Greece. It has carried European protected designation of origin status since 1996 …
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Gaperon
Gaperon is a French cow's milk cheese from the Auvergne, shaped into a dome and flavored with cracked peppercorns and pink garlic. It tastes tart when young and …
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Munster / Munster-Géromé
Munster or Munster-Géromé is a soft washed rind cheese made from cow's milk. It originates from France and is protected under the PDO (Protected Designation of Origin) status. …
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Baby Brie
Baby Brie is a soft cheese from France made from pasteurized cow's milk. It features a creamy texture and a mild flavor that appeals to many cheese lovers. …
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Bierkase
Bierkase, better known as Weisslacker, is a salted, surface-ripened cow's milk cheese from Germany that ripens for seven months. It smells as powerful as Limburger but tastes mild, …
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.
