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Cheese is a food consisting of proteins and fat from milk, usually the milk of cattle, Water Buffalo, goats, or sheep's milk. It is produced by Coagulation of the milk protein casein....
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Cheese

Cheese is a food consisting of proteins and fat from milk, usually the milk of cattle, Water Buffalo, goats, or sheep's milk. It is produced by Coagulation of the milk protein casein....
s by place of origin.

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Africa


Egypt
Egypt

Egypt is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Western Asia. Covering an area of about , Egypt borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northeast, the Red Sea to the east, Sudan to the south and Libya to the west....

  • Sardo cheese
    Sardo cheese

    Sardo is a hard, grating cow's milk cheese that is similar to Pecorino Romano, although the latter is made from sheep's cheese and is sharper. Sardo comes from Argentina and Egypt, and is not to be confused with Pecorino Sardo, another Italian sheep's cheese....
  • Testouri cheese
    Testouri cheese

    Testouri cheese is a cheese made from sheep milk or goat milk. It is often shaped like an orange , and is eaten fresh and lightly salted. Testouri cheese is popular in the Near East and was introduced into North Africa by the Ottomans after the 15th century....


Mauritania
Mauritania

Mauritania , officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, is a country in northwest Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean on the west, by Senegal on the southwest, by Mali on the east and southeast, by Algeria on the northeast, and by the Morocco-controlled Western Sahara on the northwest....

  • Caravane cheese
    Caravane cheese

    Caravane is the brand name of a camel-milk cheese produced in Mauritania by Tiviski, a company founded by Nancy Abeiderrhamane in 1987. The milk used to make the cheese is collected from the local animals of a thousand nomadic herdsmen, and is very difficult to produce, but yields a product that is low in lactose....


South Africa
South Africa

The Republic of South Africa, also known by Official names of South Africa, is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa....

  • Bokmakiri cheese
    Bokmakiri cheese

    Bokmakiri is a type of soft goat's milk cheese made in South Africa.External links...
  • Kwaito cheese
    Kwaito cheese

    Kwaito is a South African cheese.See also*List of cheesesExternal links...


Asia


China

  • Rubing
  • Rushan
    Rushan (cheese)

    Rushan is a cow's milk cheese of Yunnan, China. It is traditionally made by the Bai people, who call it nvxseiz, the etymology of which is unclear....
  • Nguri
    Nguri (cheese)

    Nguri is a cow's milk cheese of Fujian, China. It is in a ball-shape approximately the size of a pingpong and has a soft, leathery texture. It is made by shaping the mixture of milk and vinegar and marinating it in a salty brine....


Georgia
Georgia (country)

Georgia is a transcontinental country in the Caucasus region, located at the dividing line between Europe and Asia. It is bordered by the Russia to the north, Azerbaijan to the east, Armenia to the south, and Turkey to the southwest....

  • Sulguni or Suluguni
    Suluguni

    Sulguni is a pickled Georgian cheese from the Samegrelo region. It has a sour, moderately salty flavor, a dimpled texture, and an elastic consistency; these attributes are the result of the process used, as is the source of its moniker "pickle cheese"....
     (cheese from Samegrelo
    Samegrelo

    Megrelia, Mingrelia or Samegrelo/Samargalo is a historic province in the western part of Georgia , formerly also known as Odishi....
     region - often used in Khachapuri
    Khachapuri

    Khachapuri By the origin, there are several types of khachapuri in Georgian cuisine:*Adjaruli khachapuri*Achma khachapuri*Megruli khachapuri...
    , Georgia's traditional cheese-filled bread dish.


India
India

India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....


  • Chhena
    Chhena

    Not to be confused with the chana dal bean.Chhena or Chhana is fresh, unripened curd cheese eaten in Bangladesh and neighboring parts of India....
  • Paneer
    Paneer

    Paneer is the most common Persian cuisine and South Asian cuisine cheese. It is an unaged, acid-set, non-melting farmer cheese made by curdling heated milk with lemon juice or other food acid....
    --
  • Khoa (food)
    Khoa (food)

    Khoa or khoya or khawa or mawa is a milk food, made of either dried whole milk or milk thickened by heating milk in an open iron pan....


Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....

  • Sakura cheese
    Sakura cheese

    Sakura cheese is a soft cheese created in Hokkaido, Japan. It is the first widely acclaimed Japanese cheese, as cheeses in general were a European/Mediterranean phenomenon until spread to the rest of the world during the days of European imperialism....
     from Hokkaido
    Hokkaido

    , formerly known as Ezo, Yezo, Yeso, or Yesso, is Japan's second largest island and the largest, northernmost of its 47 prefectures of Japan....
    , an award-winning soft white flavored with cherry leaves


Middle East
Middle East

File:GreaterMiddleEast1.pngThe Middle East is a region that spans southwestern Asia, western Asia, and northeastern Africa. It has no clear boundaries, often used as a synonym to Near East, in opposition to Far East....

Labneh01
*Ackawi cheese
Ackawi cheese

Ackawi cheese is a white cow's milk cheese, native to Palestine. The city of Acre, Israel is where the cheese gets its name from the Arabic language ackawi ....
  • Basket cheese
    Basket cheese

    Basket cheese gets its name from the way it is formed . It is made from cow's milk and can be found as two types, "fresh" or dry. The "fresh" basket cheese has no salt taste, while the "dry" variety has a mild salt taste to it....
  • Labneh, a soft cheese made from yogurt with a slightly sour taste.
  • Jameed
    Jameed

    Jameed is hard dry Yoghurt#Drinks made from goats' milk. Milk is kept in a fine woven cheesecloth to make a thick yogurt. Salt is added daily to thicken the yogurt even more and the outside of the yogurt filled cheesecloth is rinsed with water to allow any remaining whey to seep through....
  • Jibneh Arabieh cheese
    Jibneh Arabieh cheese

    Jibneh Arabieh is a simple cheese found all over the Middle East. It is particularly popular in the Persian Gulf area. The cheese has an open texture and a mild taste similar to Feta but less salty....
  • Kenafa cheese
  • Naboulsi cheese
  • Shanklish
    Shanklish

    Shanklish , also known as shinklish, shankleesh, sorke, or surke, is a type of cow's milk or sheep's milk cheese made in Syria and Lebanon....
  • Syrian cheese
    Syrian cheese

    There are numerous different kinds of Syrian cheese. Some of the most common are:*Jibne Khadra or white cheese, a hard cheese with a pronounced salty taste, often boiled before eating...


Nepal
Nepal

Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia and is the world's youngest republic. It is bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by India....

  • Flower of Rajya
    Flower of Rajya

    Flower of Rajya is a firm yak's-milk cheese made in Nepal by Tibetan nomads in collaboration with the Trace Foundation. Milk is heated and ripened in big copper vats, curdled, drained and molded into 10-12 pound wheels....
    , a western style cheese produced by Tibetan Nomads
  • Serkam
    Serkam

    Serkam is a small town in Melaka state Malaysia. The famous Serkam's Medan Ikan Bakar is located in Umbai Beach....
     (Also known as Sher, Dartsi)


Philippines
Philippines

The Philippines, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines, is a country in Southeast Asia with Manila as its capital city. It comprises 7,107 islands in the western Pacific Ocean....

  • Kesong or Quesong Puti (Also known as Filipino cottage cheese)


Tibet

  • Chura kampo
    Chura kampo

    Chura kampo is a Tibetan cheese and important within the cuisine of Tibet. Chura kampo is made from the curds that are left over from boiling buttermilk....
  • Chhurpi


Europe


Austria
Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west....


  • Bergkäse
    Bergkäse

    names a group of cheeses produced in the Alps, including:* Battelmatt* Fontina* Piora* Gruy?re * Montasio* Vacherin * Walliser The term is used also generically for cheeses which resemble these in taste and texture but do not come from one of the traditional cheese making regions....
  • Brimsen (Austrian term for Bryndza
    Bryndza

    Bryndza is a sheep milk cheese made in Central and Eastern Europe. National recipes differ slightly across the countries....
    )
  • Lüneberg cheese
    Lüneberg cheese

    L?neberg is a cow's-milk cheese made in mountain valleys in Vorarlberg in western Austria. Cheesemaking was introduced into this region from Switzerland; copper kettles and Swiss-type presses are used to make L?neberg cheese....
  • Tyrolean grey cheese
    Tyrolean grey cheese

    Tyrolean grey cheese is a very strong cheese with a viscous, grey or black core. It is made in the Zillertal, Austria. It is extremely low in fat , yet it has a powerful penetrating smell....


Belgium
Belgium

* A small German-speaking Community of Belgium exists in eastern Wallonia. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political and cultural conflicts are reflected in the history of Belgium and a complex Communities and regions of Belgium....

  • Affligem
    Affligem

    Affligem is a municipality located some 20 km west-north-west of Brussels in the Belgium province of Flemish Brabant, not far from the town of Aalst, Belgium and the important railway junction of Denderleeuw....
  • Bruges
    Bruges

    Bruges is the capital and largest city of the Provinces of Belgium of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is located in the northwest of the country....
     Gold
  • Brussels cheese
  • Chimay
  • Damme
    Damme

    Damme is a municipality located in the Belgium province of West Flanders, six kilometres northeast of Brugge . The municipality comprises the city of Damme proper and the towns of Hoeke, Lapscheure, Moerkerke, Oostkerke , Sijsele, Vivenkapelle, and Sint-Rita....
  • Damme
    Damme

    Damme is a municipality located in the Belgium province of West Flanders, six kilometres northeast of Brugge . The municipality comprises the city of Damme proper and the towns of Hoeke, Lapscheure, Moerkerke, Oostkerke , Sijsele, Vivenkapelle, and Sint-Rita....
     brie
  • Herve cheese
    Herve cheese

    Herve is an aged cheese made from unpasteurized cow's milk. It is traditionally aged in humid caves.Herve comes from the Belgian Herve. It is a Limburger cheese cheese: pungent and soft....
  • Limburger cheese
    Limburger cheese

    Limburger cheese originated in the historical Duchy of Limburg, which is now divided between modern-day Limburg , Limburg , and County of Limburg....
    , a soft white cheese with a very strong odor and flavor.
  • Mandjeskaas
    Beersel

    Beersel is a municipality located in the Belgium province of Flemish Brabant. The municipality comprises the towns of Alsemberg, Beersel proper, Dworp, Huizingen and Lot, Belgium....
  • Maredsous cheese
  • Passendale cheese
    Passendale cheese

    Passendale cheese, named for Passendale, the village where it originated, is one of the best-known cheeses in Belgium. The regular Passendale cheese exists in two variations called Passendale Classic and Passendale Prelude....
  • Remedou cheese
    Remedou cheese

    Remedou cheese is a Belgium cow's milk cheese. Its name comes from "remoud", an old Walloon language word for the rich milk produced towards the end of a cow's lactation period....
  • Rodoric cheese
    Rodoric cheese

    Rodoric is an aged cheese made from unpasteurized goat's milk traditionally aged in humid caves. The process of fabrication is very similar to the one of Maroilles or Herve cheese, but the use of goat's milk instead of cow's milk makes it unique....


Bulgaria
Bulgaria

The state of Bulgaria , Scientific transliteration Balgarija, officially the Republic of Bulgaria has played a significant role in the Balkans in south-eastern Europe for over fourteen centuries....

  • Kashkaval
  • Sirene
    Sirene

    Sirene is a type of white brine cheese made in Bulgaria and the Republic of Macedonia. It is a very popular cheese not only in Bulgaria and Macedonia, but also in surrounding countries....


Cyprus
Cyprus

Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is an island country situated in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, east of Greece, west of Lebanon, Syria, and Israel, south of Turkey and north of Egypt....

Grilled Haloumi Cheese
*Anari
Anari (cheese)

Anari is a fresh mild whey cheese produced in Cyprus. Although much less known than other Cypriot cheeses , it has started to gain popularity following recent publicity exposure....
  • Halloumi
    Halloumi

    Halloumi or haloumi is a Levant cheese, best-known in Western Europe as part of Cypriot cuisine. It is made from a mixture of goat's and sheep milk, although some halloumi can be bought that also contains cow's milk....
     (Hellim)
  • Kefalotyri


Czech Republic
Czech Republic

The Czech Republic , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country borders Poland to the northeast, Germany to the west, Austria to the south and Slovakia to the east....

  • Abertam cheese
    Abertam cheese

    Abertam cheese is a traditional Czech Republic farmhouse hard cheese made from sheep milk. It has the shape of an irregular ball with thin yellow to orange natural rind....
  • Olomoucké syrecky
    Olomoucké syrecky

    Olomouck? syrecky or olomouck? tvaru?ky is a ripened soft cheese made in Lo?tice, Czech Republic, which is very easy to recognize by its strong scent and yellowish colour....


Croatia
Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a Central European country at the crossroads of Pannonian Plain, Balkans, and the Mediterranean Sea....

  • Paški sir
    Paški sir

    Pa?ki sir is a hard, distinctively flavoured sheep milk cheese from the Croatian island of Pag. The unique flavour is derived by rubbing the cheese with olive oil and ash before leaving it to mature; in addition, the sheep eat a diet that includes many wild herbs like Common sage, which some claim is essential to making the cheese....
     (Pag Island cheese)


Denmark
Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in northern Europe and the senior member of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries....

Dblue
*Danbo
Danbo cheese

Danbo is a semi-soft, distinctively aged cow's milk cheese originating in Denmark, where it is a common household cheese. It has a very distinctive smell, said to be reminiscent of "old toenail clippings"....
  • Danish Blue cheese
    Danish Blue cheese

    Danish Blue cheese, also known as Danablu if it is made in Denmark, is a light, blue cheese cheese. This semi-soft creamery cheese is typically drum or block shaped and has a white to yellowish, slightly moist, edible rind....
     (Dansk blåskimmel(ost))
  • Danish tilsit or Tilsit Havarti
  • Esrom
    Esrom

    Esrom, or Danish Port Salut cheese is a Trappist-style pale yellow semi-soft cow's milk cheese with a pungent aroma and a full, sweet flavor....
     or Danish Port-Salut
  • Havarti cheese or Cream Havarti
  • Saga cheese
    Saga cheese

    Saga is a light blue cheese, very similar to Brie with an edible, white mold rind. It is a cow's milk cheese invented in Denmark by the cheese-making Tholstrup family but is now also made in the US....


Finland
Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland....


  • Aura
    Aura (cheese)

    Aura is a type of blue cheese produced in ??nekoski, Finland by the Finnish dairy company Valio. Aura is made of cow's milk and takes its name from the Aura river, which runs through the city of Turku....
  • Lappi cheese
    Lappi cheese

    Lappi cheese is so named because its recipe was developed in the Lapland Province region of Finland. It is made from partially skimmed cow's milk, which results in a cheese nearly identical to Swiss cheese except that it is pasteurized, and so is a little less flavorful, with smaller holes and a slightly firmer texture....
  • Leipäjuusto
    Leipäjuusto

    Leip?juusto or juustoleip?, which is also known in English as Finnish squeaky cheese, is a fresh cheese traditionally made from cow's beestings, rich milk from a cow that has recently calved....
     (Cheese bread)
  • Oltermanni
    Oltermanni

    Oltermanni is a very popular cheese in Finland that is similar to the Denmark cheese Havarti. It is often eaten on rye bread, or with other meals . The most popular brand is Valio, although there are others....
  • Raejuusto
    Raejuusto

    Raejuusto is a Finland fresh cheese that is rather similar to cottage cheese. In Sweden, raejuusto-type cheese is known as keso, and in Denmark as hytteost....
     (Finnish cottage cheese)


France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....

See the French AOC cheeses
List of Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée cheeses

Since the Appellation d'Origine Contr?l?e status was first accorded to Roquefort cheese in 1925, 44 French cheeses have been awarded AOC status, controlling the production and origin of the cheese in question....
 and the list of French cheeses
List of French cheeses

The following is a list of cheeses from France. France is home to a very large variety of cheese types. This number was traditionally from 350 to 400 but is currently over 1000 ....


Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....


  • Bavaria blu
  • Cambozola
    Cambozola

    Cambozola is a cow's milk cheese that is a combination of a French cuisine soft-ripened triple cream cheese and Italian cuisine Gorgonzola cheese....
    , a combination of French Camembert and Italian Gorgonzola.
  • Harzer cheese
  • Handkäse
    Handkäse

    Handk?se is a German regional sour milk cheese and is a culinary speciality of Frankfurt#Culinary specialties. It gets its name from the former way of producing it: forming it with your own hands....
  • Limburger cheese
    Limburger cheese

    Limburger cheese originated in the historical Duchy of Limburg, which is now divided between modern-day Limburg , Limburg , and County of Limburg....
  • Romadur
    Limburger cheese

    Limburger cheese originated in the historical Duchy of Limburg, which is now divided between modern-day Limburg , Limburg , and County of Limburg....
  • Milbenkäse
  • Rauchkäse
    Rauchkäse

    Rauchkase is a German variety of smoked cheese, known for being semi-soft with a smoky brown rind. The most famous variety is Bruder Basil, named for dairy entrepreneur Basil Weixler, whose dairy company is still in operation today....
  • Tilsit cheese
    Tilsit cheese

    Tilsit cheese or Tilsiter cheese is a light yellow semi-soft cheese, created in the mid-19th century by Prussian-Swiss settlers, the Westphal family, from the Emmental valley....
  • Weisslacker
    Weisslacker

    Weisslacker or Beer cheese is a type of cheese that originated in Germany, but is now known worldwide. Also produced in United States, mostly in Wisconsin, it is a pungent and salted cheese....


Greece
Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , is a country in southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkans. It has borders with Albania, Bulgaria and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the north, and Turkey to the east....

Cheese
  • Anevato, PDO
    Protected designation of origin

    Protected Designation of Origin , Protected Geographical Indication and Traditional Speciality Guaranteed are geographical indications, or more precisely regimes within the Protected Geographical Status framework defined in Law of the European Union to protect the names of regional foods....
     -
  • Anthotyro Xero
    Anthotyros cheese

    Anthotyros is a traditional, unpasteurized, cheese made from sheep milk and/or goat whey with the addition of milk. It has various sizes and its shape is usually truncated cone or ball....
  • Anthotyro Fresco
    Anthotyros cheese

    Anthotyros is a traditional, unpasteurized, cheese made from sheep milk and/or goat whey with the addition of milk. It has various sizes and its shape is usually truncated cone or ball....
  • Batzios, PDO
    Protected designation of origin

    Protected Designation of Origin , Protected Geographical Indication and Traditional Speciality Guaranteed are geographical indications, or more precisely regimes within the Protected Geographical Status framework defined in Law of the European Union to protect the names of regional foods....
     -
  • Feta, PDO
    Protected designation of origin

    Protected Designation of Origin , Protected Geographical Indication and Traditional Speciality Guaranteed are geographical indications, or more precisely regimes within the Protected Geographical Status framework defined in Law of the European Union to protect the names of regional foods....
     - (Macedonia
    Macedonia (Greece)

    Macedonia is a geographical and historical Regions of Greece in Southeastern Europe Europe. Macedonia is the largest and second most populous Greece region....
    /Thrace
    Thrace

    Thrace is a historical and geographic area in southeast Europe. Today the name Thrace designates a region spread over southern Bulgaria , northeastern Greece , and European Turkey ....
    /Thessaly
    Thessaly

    Thessaly is one of the 13 Peripheries of Greece of Greece, and is further sub-divided into 4 Prefectures of Greece. The capital of the periphery and traditional Regions of Greece is Larissa....
    , Peloponnese
    Peloponnese

    The Peloponnese or Peloponnesus is a large peninsula and Regions of Greece in southern Greece, forming the part of the country south of the Gulf of Corinth....
    /etc.)
  • Formaela, (Parnassos Mt area)
  • Galotyri, PDO
    Protected designation of origin

    Protected Designation of Origin , Protected Geographical Indication and Traditional Speciality Guaranteed are geographical indications, or more precisely regimes within the Protected Geographical Status framework defined in Law of the European Union to protect the names of regional foods....
     -
  • Graviera, PDO
    Protected designation of origin

    Protected Designation of Origin , Protected Geographical Indication and Traditional Speciality Guaranteed are geographical indications, or more precisely regimes within the Protected Geographical Status framework defined in Law of the European Union to protect the names of regional foods....
     -
  • Kalathaki, PDO
    Protected designation of origin

    Protected Designation of Origin , Protected Geographical Indication and Traditional Speciality Guaranteed are geographical indications, or more precisely regimes within the Protected Geographical Status framework defined in Law of the European Union to protect the names of regional foods....
     -
  • Kaseri, PDO
    Protected designation of origin

    Protected Designation of Origin , Protected Geographical Indication and Traditional Speciality Guaranteed are geographical indications, or more precisely regimes within the Protected Geographical Status framework defined in Law of the European Union to protect the names of regional foods....
      - (Macedonia
    Macedonia (Greece)

    Macedonia is a geographical and historical Regions of Greece in Southeastern Europe Europe. Macedonia is the largest and second most populous Greece region....
    /Thrace
    Thrace

    Thrace is a historical and geographic area in southeast Europe. Today the name Thrace designates a region spread over southern Bulgaria , northeastern Greece , and European Turkey ....
    /Thessaly
    Thessaly

    Thessaly is one of the 13 Peripheries of Greece of Greece, and is further sub-divided into 4 Prefectures of Greece. The capital of the periphery and traditional Regions of Greece is Larissa....
    /etc.)
  • Katiki, PDO
    Protected designation of origin

    Protected Designation of Origin , Protected Geographical Indication and Traditional Speciality Guaranteed are geographical indications, or more precisely regimes within the Protected Geographical Status framework defined in Law of the European Union to protect the names of regional foods....
     - *Kefalotyri
    Kefalotyri cheese

    Kefalotyri is a rather hard, salty yellow cheese made from sheep milk and/or goat's milk in Greece and Cyprus , although, a similar cheese Kefalograviera, which is made with cow's milk, or a mixture of sheep and cow is sometimes sold outside Greece and Cyprus as Kefalotyri....
  • Kefalograviera
    Kefalograviera

    Kefalograviera is a hard sheep milk cheese with a salty flavor and rich aroma. It is often used in a Greek dish called Saganaki, cut into triangular pieces, rolled in seasoned flour and lightly fried....
    , PDO
    Protected designation of origin

    Protected Designation of Origin , Protected Geographical Indication and Traditional Speciality Guaranteed are geographical indications, or more precisely regimes within the Protected Geographical Status framework defined in Law of the European Union to protect the names of regional foods....
     - (Sterea Ellada: Amfilochia
    Amfilochia

    Amfilochia , also Amfilohia and Amphilochia is a town and a municipality in the northwestern part of the Aitolia-Acarnania prefecture in Greece, on the site of Ancient Greece Amfilochia....
    /etc.)
  • Kopanisti, PDO
    Protected designation of origin

    Protected Designation of Origin , Protected Geographical Indication and Traditional Speciality Guaranteed are geographical indications, or more precisely regimes within the Protected Geographical Status framework defined in Law of the European Union to protect the names of regional foods....
     -
  • Ladotyri, PDO
    Protected designation of origin

    Protected Designation of Origin , Protected Geographical Indication and Traditional Speciality Guaranteed are geographical indications, or more precisely regimes within the Protected Geographical Status framework defined in Law of the European Union to protect the names of regional foods....
     - *Manouri
    Manouri cheese

    Manouri is a Greek semi-soft, fresh white whey cheese made from goat or sheep milk....
    , PDO
    Protected designation of origin

    Protected Designation of Origin , Protected Geographical Indication and Traditional Speciality Guaranteed are geographical indications, or more precisely regimes within the Protected Geographical Status framework defined in Law of the European Union to protect the names of regional foods....
     -
  • Metsovone
    Metsovone cheese

    Metsovone ) is a traditional Greece cheese with protected designation of origin. It is a semi-hard smoked cheese, of "pasta filata" type, which is produced in the region of Metsovo from where the name derives....
    , PDO
    Protected designation of origin

    Protected Designation of Origin , Protected Geographical Indication and Traditional Speciality Guaranteed are geographical indications, or more precisely regimes within the Protected Geographical Status framework defined in Law of the European Union to protect the names of regional foods....
      - (Metsovo
    Metsovo

    Metsovo , formerly Metsovon, is a town in Epirus on the mountains of Pindus in northern Greece, between Ioannina to the north and Meteora to the south....
    , Epirus
    Epirus (periphery)

    Epirus , is a Peripheries of Greece in northwestern Greece. It borders the peripheries of West Macedonia and Thessaly to the east, Stere? Ell?da to the south, the Ionian Sea and the Ionian Islands to the west and Albania to the north....
    )
  • Myzithra - (Crete
    Crete

    Crete is the largest of the Greek islands and the List of islands in the Mediterranean largest island in the Mediterranean Sea at 8,336 km? ....
    , etc)
  • Pihtogalo, PDO
    Protected designation of origin

    Protected Designation of Origin , Protected Geographical Indication and Traditional Speciality Guaranteed are geographical indications, or more precisely regimes within the Protected Geographical Status framework defined in Law of the European Union to protect the names of regional foods....
     -
  • Sfela, PDO
    Protected designation of origin

    Protected Designation of Origin , Protected Geographical Indication and Traditional Speciality Guaranteed are geographical indications, or more precisely regimes within the Protected Geographical Status framework defined in Law of the European Union to protect the names of regional foods....
     - *Telemes
  • Xynomizithra, PDO
    Protected designation of origin

    Protected Designation of Origin , Protected Geographical Indication and Traditional Speciality Guaranteed are geographical indications, or more precisely regimes within the Protected Geographical Status framework defined in Law of the European Union to protect the names of regional foods....
      - (Crete
    Crete

    Crete is the largest of the Greek islands and the List of islands in the Mediterranean largest island in the Mediterranean Sea at 8,336 km? ....
    , Island of Myconos)
  • Xynotyro
    Xynotyro cheese

    Xynotyri is an unpasteurized whey cheese from Greece made from sheep's milk or goats milk, with a hard and flaky consistency, a pungent aroma and a yogurt-like sweet and sour taste....
     - (Island of Myconos)


Hungary
Hungary

Hungary , officially in English the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in the Carpathian Basin of Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia....
 

  • Liptauer
    Liptauer

    Liptauer is a spicy cheese spread made with sheep's-milk cheese, goat's milk cheese, quark cheese or cottage cheese. It is a part of Slovak cuisine , Hungarian cuisine , Austrian cuisine and Italian cuisine....
  • Trappista cheese
    Trappista cheese

    Trappista is a traditional Hungary semi-hard cow's-milk cheese. It has a mild flavor and melts easily. It is quite probably the most popular cheese in Hungary....


Iceland
Iceland

Iceland, officially the Republic of Iceland , is an island country located in the North Atlantic Ocean between mainland Europe and Greenland....

  • Höfðingi
    Höfðingi

    H?f?ingi is a type of Icelandic cheese. Randburg.com describes it as "A creamy-soft, almost runny cheese with a white rind/crust and a smooth, mild flavor." In the United States, H?f?ingi can be found at Whole Foods Market....


Ireland
Ireland

Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....

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*Ardrahan cheese
Ardrahan cheese

Ardrahan is a semi-soft cheese made from cow's milk. It originates from Ardrahan Farmhouse, Kanturk, Co. Cork in Ireland. Ardrahan cheese is made with traditional homemade techniques....
  • Cashel Blue cheese
    Cashel Blue cheese

    File:CashelBlue.JPGCashel Blue is a hand-made, semi-soft, blue veined, medium-strength blue cheese with a creamy Texture . Cashel Blue was the first Irish blue cheese, named after the Rock of Cashel overlooking the pastures close to the cheese farm of the family Grubb....
  • Coolea cheese
  • Corleggy cheese
    Corleggy

    Corleggy cheese is an Ireland goat cheese made in County Cavan.Corleggy is a hard cheese hand made from pasteurised goat's milk. The milk is produced by a large herd of goats that graze the lush drumlins of County Cavan along the River Erne....
  • Dubliner cheese
    Dubliner cheese

    Dubliner is a sweet mature cheese manufactured by Carbery and marketed internationally under the auspices of the Irish Dairy Board under the Kerrygold brand....
  • Durrus Cheese
    Durrus Cheese

    Durrus is a washed rind cow's milk cheese from Ireland. It was invented by Jeffa Gill in 1979, and is made by traditional methods. Durrus is produced in the valley of Coomkeen, on the Sheep's Head Peninsula in the southwest corner of Ireland, where local herds provide the raw milk needed to make it....
  • Gubbeen cheese
    Gubbeen cheese

    Gubbeen cheese is a washed rind cow's milk cheese. It ranges from gentle and milky to pungent and savoury depending on its age. Texture is smooth and pliant - a little like a firm Edam ....


Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....

Parmigiano Reggiano Piece
Main Article: List of Italian cheeses
List of Italian cheeses

This is a list of around 400 Italy cheeses. See List of Italian PDO cheeses for a list of those Italian cheeses which have Protected Designation of Origin under EU law, together with their areas of origin....
 
See Also: List of Italian PDO cheeses
List of Italian PDO cheeses

This List of PDO Italian cheeses includes all the Italy cheeses which have Protected Designation of Origin status under European Union regulations....
 

Republic of Macedonia
Republic of Macedonia

The Republic of Macedonia , , often referred to simply as Macedonia, is a landlocked country on the Balkans in southeastern Europe. It is bordered by Serbia to the north, Bulgaria to the east, Greece to the south and Albania to the west....


  • Sirenje
  • Kashkaval
  • Urda
    Urda

    Urda can mean several things:#Urda is an alternative spelling of Urd , one of the Norns in Norse mythology#167 Urda is an asteroid...


Malta
Malta

Malta , officially the Republic of Malta , is a densely populated developed country European microstates microstate in the European Union....
 and Gozo
Gozo

Gozo is an island of the Malta#Islands in the Mediterranean Sea, the island is part of the Southern European country Malta and is the second largest after the Malta Island itself within the archipelago....

  • Gbejna
    Gbejna

    Gbejna are cheeselets made in the Maltese Islands from goat?s or sheep milk, salt and rennet. In both Malta and the neighbouring island of Gozo virtually all sheep milk and most goat milk is used for production of these cheeselets, much of it through family-owned cottage industries....
     (Gbejna)


Montenegro
Montenegro

Montenegro , Montenegrin language/Serbian language: ???? ????, Crna Gora , ) is a country located in Balkans. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the north, Kosovo to the east and Albania to the south....


  • Pljevaljski sir (Pljevlja
    Pljevlja

    Pljevlja is a city and municipality located in the northern part of Montenegro, in the geographical area . The municipality borders those of ?abljak, Bijelo Polje and Mojkovac in Montenegro, as well as the republics of Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina....
     cheese)
  • Njeguški sir (Njeguši
    Njeguši

    Njegu?i is a village in southern Montenegro, within Cetinje municipality. It is located on the slopes of Mount Lovcen, within Lovcen national park....
     cheese)


Netherlands
Netherlands

The Netherlands is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands is located in North-West Europe, and bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east....

Gouda
*Edam
  • Gouda
    Gouda (cheese)

    Guida is a yellow cheese made from cow's milk. The cheese is named after the city of Gouda in the Netherlands, but its name is not Protected Designation of Origin....
  • Leerdammer
    Leerdammer

    Leerdammer is a Netherlands semi-hard cheese made from cow's milk. It has an aging time of around 3-12 months.It has a creamy white texture and was made to be similar in appearance and flavor to Emmental , but it is rounder in taste....
  • Limburger cheese
    Limburger cheese

    Limburger cheese originated in the historical Duchy of Limburg, which is now divided between modern-day Limburg , Limburg , and County of Limburg....
  • Leyden cheese
    Leyden cheese

    Leyden cheese, known as komijnekaas or Leidsekaas in Dutch language, is a spiced cheese made in the Netherlands from partly skimmed cow's milk....
  • Maasdam
    Maasdam cheese

    Maasdam cheese is a Netherlands cheese in a Swiss cheese. Made from cow's milk, it is aged for at least 4 weeks. It ripens faster than other Dutch cheeses....
  • Parrano
    Parrano cheese

    This article is about Parrano cheese. For the Italian municipality, see ParranoParrano cheese is a cattle milk cheese produced in the Netherlands....
  • Roomano
    Roomano

    Roomano is a hard Gouda cheese-like cheese from Friesland in the northern part of The Netherlands. The major difference from Gouda is the percentage of butterfat in the cheese: Gouda contains 48% butterfat or more, while Roomano contains less than 48% butterfat....


Norway
Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe that occupies the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula....

Gudbrandsdalsost
*Brunost
Brunost

Brunost is a brown Norway whey cheese, The Norwegian name brunost means 'brown cheese'. In North America it is referred to and sold as gjetost, which is an older spelling of geitost that is no longer frequently used elsewhere....
  • Gamalost
    Gamalost

    Gamalost , which translates as "old cheese", is a pungent traditional Norway cheese, which was once a staple of the Norwegian diet. Like many traditional Norwegian foods, such as flat bread, dry salted meats and stockfish, Gamalost could be stored for long periods without refrigeration....
  • Geitost
  • Gudbrandsdalsost
  • Jarlsberg
    Jarlsberg cheese

    Jarlsberg cheese is a mild Cattle-milk cheese with large irregular holes, originating from Jarlsberg, Norway. It has a yellow-wax rind and a semifirm yellow interior....
  • Nøkkelost
  • Norvegia
    Norvegia

    Norvegia is a registered trademark of the Norway dairy company Tine . Norvegia is used as a cheese brand and is the biggest selling cheese in Norway as of 2007....
  • Pultost
    Pultost

    Pultost is a soft, mature Norwegian sour milk cheese flavored with caraway seeds. Pultost is found in two forms, spreadable and porous. The spreadable kind has a stronger taste....
  • Snøfrisk
    Snøfrisk

    Sn?frisk is a Norway goat cheese made by Tine . It was introduced to the public in time for the 1994 Winter Olympics. Made from 80 percent goat cheese and 20 percent cow's milk, the cheese is white and creamy, and soft enough to be used as a spread....


Poland
Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....

Twarog
*Bryndza
Bryndza

Bryndza is a sheep milk cheese made in Central and Eastern Europe. National recipes differ slightly across the countries....
  • Bundz
    Bundz

    Bundz See also * oscypek...
  • Bursztyn - mature cheese similar to Gruyere
    Gruyere

    Gruyere can refer to one of several things:* Gruy?re , a variety of cheese* Gruy?re , a district of the Canton of Fribourg, in Switzerland* Gruyere, Victoria, a town in the Yarra Valley wine region east of Melbourne, Australia...
  • Golka
    Golka

    Golka is a cheese in Poland that is similar to oscypek/o?tiepok, but made with milk from cattle. Golka has also different shape – Cylinder , while oscypek is tapered at both ends ....
  • Korycinski
    Korycinski

    Korycinski, also known as ?swojski? , is a hard yellow cheese made from cattle milk, named after the town of Korycin in Poland, and made in the Podlasie in eastern Poland....
  • Oscypek
    Oscypek

    Oscypek is a smoked cheese made of salted sheep milk exclusively in the Tatra Mountains region of Poland.Oscypek is a protected trade name under the EU's Protected Designation of Origin geographical indication....
  • Redykolka
  • Rokpol
    Rokpol

    Rokpol is a Poland blue cheese similar to Danish blue cheeses. The name derives from Roquefort and suggests that it is Polish Roquefort....
  • Twaróg
  • Tylzycki
    Tylzycki

    Tylzycki is a Poland, yellow cheese made from cattle milk. It is a semi-hard cheese that is a variety of Tilsit cheese. However, in a 1997 study of 15 Polish cheeses, this came out as one of the three softest and one of two with the lowest Cohesion and springiness....
     - semi-hard, yellow cheese made from cow's
    Cattle

    Cattle, colloquially referred to as cows, are domestication ungulates, a member of the subfamily Bovinae of the family Bovidae. They are raised as livestock for meat , dairy products , leather and as draft animals ....
     milk
    Milk

    Milk is an opaque white liquid produced by the mammary glands of female mammals . It provides the primary source of nutrition for newborn mammals before they are able to digestion other types of food....


Portugal
Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in southwestern Europe, Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east....

  • Castelo Branco
    Castelo Branco

    Castelo Branco is a city and a municipalities of Portugal, seat of the Castelo Branco , in Centro region, Portugal. The name means "white castle"....
  • Requeijão
    Requeijão

    Requeij?o is a milk-derived product, produced in Portugal and Brazil.The Portuguese product is white to yellowish-white, solid, and usually having a characteristic strong taste; typically sold in specially designed draining plastic or basket-like weaved containers, or in plastic cups....
  • Saloio
    Saloio

    Saloio is a brand of Portugal cheese manufactured in the region of Ponte do Rol, 50 km north of Lisbon. It is made from sheep's milk with no salt....
  • Santarém
    Santarém cheese

    Santar?m cheese is a goat cheese from Portugal. Goat cheese is produced in several regions of Portugal, but especially in the Santar?m district and in Serra de Santo Ant?nio....
  • São Jorge
    São Jorge

    There are parishes that have the name S?o Jorge :...
  • Serra da Estrela
    Serra da Estrela cheese

    Serra da Estrela Cheese is a cheese from the region of Serra da Estrela, in Portugal. Its production has very rigorous rules and its delimited region is in the subdivision of the municipalities of Nelas, Mangualde, Celorico da Beira, Tondela, Gouveia, Penalva do Castelo, Fornos de Algodres, Carregal do Sal, etc....
  • Tomar
    Tomar

    Tomar , also known in English as Thomar, is a city of some 20,000 and also a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 351.0 km? and a total population of 43,007 inhabitants....


Romania
Romania

Romania is a country located in Southeastern Europe Central Europe, North of the Balkan Peninsula, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian Mountains, bordering on the Black Sea....

  • Brânza
    Bryndza

    Bryndza is a sheep milk cheese made in Central and Eastern Europe. National recipes differ slightly across the countries....
     (also a generic name for cheese)
  • Brânza topita
    Brânza topita

    Br?nza topita is the Romanian language name for spreading/processed cheese. Bryndza is generally used as it is a melting cheese.Br?nza topita is also the generic name for different types of melted cheeses....
  • Cas
    CAS

    CAS can mean:...
  • Cascaval
    Cascaval

    Cascaval is the traditional name for a specific semi-hard cheese made in Romania, with sheep's or cow's-milk cheese The word is probably of Turkish origin....
  • Telemea
    Telemea

    Telemea is the name of the traditional Romanian cheese. The term encompasses cheese made out of cow milk and more often, sheep milk. As is the case in Greek feta, Bulgarian/Macedonian sirene, and Serbian sir; Telemea can have a higher water content, making it a semi-soft, white cheese with a creamy texture and a tangy aftertaste...
    ?
  • Urda
    Urda

    Urda can mean several things:#Urda is an alternative spelling of Urd , one of the Norns in Norse mythology#167 Urda is an asteroid...
  • Brânza de burduf
    Brânza de burduf

    Br?nza de burduf is a salty type of cheese, with sheep's-milk cheese, has a strong flavour and slightly soft in texture. To obtain it, sweet cas is cut into small pieces, salted and then hand-mixed in a large wooden bowl....


Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....

  • Tvorok, a curd cheese somewhat similar to cottage cheese
    Cottage cheese

    Cottage cheese is a cheese curd product with a mild flavor. It is drained, but not pressed so some whey remains. The curd is usually washed to remove acidity giving sweet curd cheese....
     or Ricotta.


Serbia
Serbia

Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a country in Central Europe and Balkans Europe, covering the southern part of the Pannonian Plain and the central part of the Balkans....

  • Kackavalj
  • Sremski
    Sremski Sir

    Sremski sir cheese is a non salted cottage cheese form Srem region in Serbia....


Slovakia
Slovakia

Slovakia . It was amended in September 1998 to allow direct election of the president and again in February 2001 due to EU admission requirements....

  • Bryndza
    Bryndza

    Bryndza is a sheep milk cheese made in Central and Eastern Europe. National recipes differ slightly across the countries....
  • Liptauer
    Liptauer

    Liptauer is a spicy cheese spread made with sheep's-milk cheese, goat's milk cheese, quark cheese or cottage cheese. It is a part of Slovak cuisine , Hungarian cuisine , Austrian cuisine and Italian cuisine....
  • Oštiepok
    Oštiepok

    O?tiepok is a traditional smoked sheep milk cheese made in Slovakia. O?tiepok is a protected trade name under the EU's Protected designation of origin....
  • Parenica
    Parenica

    Parenica is a traditional Slovakia cheese. Parenica is a semi-firm, non-ripening, semi-fat, steamed and usually smoked cheese, although the non-smoked version is also produced....
  • Tvaroh
    Quark (cheese)

    Quark is a type of fresh cheese of Central European origin. Dictionaries usually translate it as curd cheese. It is soft, white and un-aged, similar to Fromage frais....


Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....

  • Afuega'l pitu
    Afuega'l pitu

    Afuega'l pitu is an Pasteurisation cow's milk cheese from Asturias, one of two Asturian cheeses to have been recognized with Denominacion by the European Union....
     (Asturias
    Asturias

    The Principality of Asturias is an autonomous communities of Spain within the kingdom of Spain, former Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages....
    )
  • Cabrales cheese
    Cabrales cheese

    Cabrales cheese is a cheese made in the Artisan cheese tradition by rural dairy farmers. This cheese can be made of pure, unpasteurised cow?s milk, but, depending on availability, can also be blended in the traditional manner with goat and/or sheep milk....
     (Asturias
    Asturias

    The Principality of Asturias is an autonomous communities of Spain within the kingdom of Spain, former Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages....
    )
  • Garrotxa cheese
    Garrotxa cheese

    Garrotxa is a pressed cheese made from unpasteurized goat's milk. It was originally produced only in the Garrotxa area of Catalonia. It has a firm but creamy white interior, with a natural mold rind....
  • Idiazabal cheese
    Idiazabal cheese

    Idiaz?bal cheese is a pressed cheese made from unpasteurized sheep milk that usually comes from the Lacha and Carranzana breeds in the Euskadi and Navarre ....
     (Basque
    Basque Country (autonomous community)

    The Basque Country is an Autonomous Community in northern Spain.The Basque Country was granted the status of Historical regions in Spain within Spain with the Spanish Constitution of 1978....
    )
  • Mahón cheese
    Mahón cheese

    Mah?n is a firm to hard white cheese made from cattle milk, named after the town of Mah?n on the island of Minorca off the coast of Spain. Mah?n is sweet and fruity but can be slightly salty due to sea salt content in the grasses the cows eat....
  • Majorero cheese
    Majorero cheese

    Majorero is a goat milk cheese from Spain. Similar in texture to Manchego, this firm cheese has a milky, Nut ty flavour that goes well with various pear products....
  • Manchego cheese
    Manchego cheese

    File:Manchego.jpgManchego cheese is a sheep milk cheese made in the La Mancha region of Spain. Manchego is aged for 3 months or longer, and is a semi-firm cheese with a rich golden colour and small holes....
     (La Mancha
    La Mancha

    La Mancha is an arid, fertile, elevated plateau of central Spain, south of Madrid, stretching between the Montes de Toledo and the western spurs of the Cerros de Cuenca, and bounded on the south by the Sierra Morena and on the north by the La Alcarria region....
    , Castile-La Mancha
    Castile-La Mancha

    Castile-La Mancha is an Autonomous communities in Spain of Spain.Castile-La Mancha is bordered by Castile and Le?n, Community of Madrid, Aragon, Valencia , Region of Murcia, Andalusia, and Extremadura....
    )
  • Mató cheese
    Mató cheese

    Mat? is a Cuisine of Catalonia fresh cheese made from cows' or goats' milk, with no salt added, similar to Caleb Yoon, ricotta or curd cheese. It is usually served with honey, as a dessert. The mat? from Montserrat mountain is famous....
     (Catalonia
    Catalonia

    Catalonia , is an Autonomous Community in northeast Spain.Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km? and has an official population of 7,210,508. It borders France and Andorra to the north, Aragon to the west, the Valencian Community to the south, and the Mediterranean Sea to the east ....
    )
  • La Serena cheese
    La Serena cheese

    La Serena cheese is a cheese made from Merino sheep milk in La Serena, Spain, a region of South Western Spain. The pure sheep milk is curdled using a coagulant found in the pistils of artichoke ....
     (Extremadura
    Extremadura

    Extremadura is an autonomous communities in Spain of western Spain whose capital city is M?rida, Spain. It includes the provinces of Spain of C?ceres and Badajoz ....
    )
  • Tetilla cheese (Galicia)
  • Torta del Casar
    Torta del Casar

    Torta del Casar is a cheese made from sheep's milk in the Extremadura region of Spain. It is named after Casar de C?ceres, its city of origin. The milk is curdled using a coagulant found in the pistils of the cardoon, a wild thistle....
     (Extremadura
    Extremadura

    Extremadura is an autonomous communities in Spain of western Spain whose capital city is M?rida, Spain. It includes the provinces of Spain of C?ceres and Badajoz ....
    )
  • Valdeon
    Valdeón cheese

    Valde?n cheese is a Spain blue cheese from Le?n . The cheese is made in Posada de Valde?n, in the northeast of the province of Le?n, and is wrapped in sycamore maple or chestnut leaves before being sent to market....
  • Zamorano cheese
    Zamorano cheese

    Zamorano cheese is a sheep's milk cheese made in the province of Zamora, Kingdom of Le?n, Spain. This is a hard cheese which is typically aged about 6 months....


Sweden
Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....

  • Blå Gotland (Gotland Blue)
  • Grevé
    Greve

    Greve is any of the following:* Greve Municipality, in Region Sj?lland on the island of Zealand in Denmark** Greve station, one of the railway stations in the Danish municipality...
  • Herrgårdsost
    Herrgårdsost

    Herrg?rdsost is a semi-hard Sweden cheese made from cattle's milk. Made since the 1890s, it is still popular in Sweden today. The aged cheese has a mild, sweet, nutty flavor and small round holes....
  • Hushållsost
    Hushållsost

    Hush?llsost is a Sweden cattle'-milk cheese. It is a semi-hard cheese, with small granular holes, and is made from whole milk, which gives it a 45 percent fat content....
  • Prästost
    Prästost

    Pr?stost is a Sweden cheese with historical roots in Sweden's one-time custom of paying tithes with agricultural goods including milk. It was common for the church to make cheese from this milk from the 16th though 19th centuries....
  • Svecia
    Svecia

    Svecia is a Sweden cheese. As of 2006, it was the only European Union Protected designation of origin cheese from Sweden. It is a semi-hard cattle's-milk cheese, with a creamy consistency, light yellow colour, small irregular holes, and a mildly acidic taste....
  • Västerbottensost


Switzerland
Switzerland

Switzerland is a landlocked Swiss Alps country of roughly 7.7 million people in Western Europe with an area of 41,285 km?. Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called Cantons of Switzerland....


  • See Cheeses of Switzerland
    Cheeses of Switzerland

    Switzerland is home to about 450 varieties of CUT cheese. Cows milk is used in about 99 percent of the cheeses produced. The remaining share is made up of sheep milk and goat milk....


United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....

  • See List of British cheeses
    List of British cheeses

    This is a list of cheeses from the United Kingdom. Whilst there have traditionally being about 450 varieties of British Cheeses, it has being estimated that there are up to 1200 types...


North America
North America

North America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and almost totally in the western hemisphere....


Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....

  • Bleu Bénédictin
    Bleu Bénédictin

    Bleu B?n?dictin is a Canada blue cheese made by the monks at the Benedictine Abbey of Saint-Beno?t-du-Lac, Quebec.The cheese is a semi-soft, whole milk blue cheese deeply veined with the Roquefort penicillium mold....
     (Quebec)
  • Bocconcini
    Bocconcini

    Bocconcini are small, semi-soft, white and rindless unripened mild cheeses which originated in Naples and were once made only from the milk of Domestic Asian Water buffalo....
     (Ontario)
  • Chèvre noir
    Chèvre noir

    Ch?vre noir is a firm pasteurized goat's milk cheese made by Fromagerie Tournevent in Chesterville, Quebec, Canada. It is coated with black wax and its aroma is reminiscent of Cheddar cheese....
     (Quebec)
  • Dragons Breath
    Dragons Breath

    Dragon's Breath is a regional cheese from Nova Scotia, Canada. It is a soft blue cheese. The origins of the name are sometimes debated. The designation "Dragon's Breath" is sometimes associated with the cheese's pungent and sharp aroma....
     (Nova Scotia)
  • Friulano
    Friulano

    Friulano is the name of a cow's milk cheese made in Canada that has a firm yellow flesh and a nutty taste. It is named after the Friuli region of Italy and is sometimes called Italy Cheddar cheese....
  • Oka
    Oka cheese

    Oka is a Canada cheese named after the small village of Oka, Quebec where it originated in 1893. Since that time, Quebec has evolved as a center of quality artisan cheeses....
     (Quebec)
  • Pied-de-Vent
    Pied-de-Vent

    Le Pied de vent is a raw cow-milk cheese from Magdalen Islands region, in Quebec, Canada. This soft cheese is produced by la fromagerie du Pied de Vent....
     (Quebec)
  • Riopelle de l'Isle, Le
    Le Riopelle de l'Isle

    Le Riopelle de l'Isle is a triple cream cheese from Quebec that has an oily and sometimes flowing texture known to melt in the mouth. It possesses a smooth buttery taste, with hints of hazelnuts and mushrooms....
     (Quebec)


Mexico
Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federalism constitutionalism republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico....

Oaxaca Cheese
*Queso Añejo
Añejo cheese

A?ejo cheese is a firm, aged Mexico cheese traditionally made from skimmed goat's milk but most often available made from skimmed cow's milk. After it is made it is rolled in paprika to add additional flavor to its salty sharp flavor, which is somewhat similar to Parmesan cheese or Romano cheese, but not as strong flavored as Cotija cheese....
 (Aged cheese)
  • Queso Blanco
    Queso blanco

    Queso blanco or queso fresco is a creamy, soft, and mild unaged white cheese that originated in Spain and spread to Mexico and other American countries....
     (White cheese)
  • Queso Chihuahua
    Chihuahua cheese

    Queso Chihuahua or Chihuahua cheese is a soft white cow's-milk cheese of Mexico origin available in braids, balls or rounds. The cheese is named after its place of origin, the Mexican state of Chihuahua ....
  • Queso Cotija
    Cotija cheese

    Cotija cheese is a hard cow's milk cheese that originated from Mexico. It is named after the town of Cotija, Michoac?n.Cotija comes in two primary versions....
  • Queso Criollo
    Criollo cheese

    Criollo is a gratable Mexican cuisine cheese similar to Munster cheese . It is a specialty of the region around Taxco, Guerrero. It is one of the few yellow cheeses made in Mexico....
     (Creole cheese)
  • Queso Fresco
    Queso blanco

    Queso blanco or queso fresco is a creamy, soft, and mild unaged white cheese that originated in Spain and spread to Mexico and other American countries....
     (Fresh cheese)
  • Queso Oaxaca
    Oaxaca cheese

    Oaxaca cheese , is a white, semi-hard cheese of Mexico origin, similar to unaged Monterey Jack cheese but with a mozzarella-like string cheese texture....
  • Queso Panela
    Queso Panela

    Queso Panela , called also "Queso Canasta" or "Queso de la Canasta" because it carries the impression of the basket in which molds itself, is a white, fresh and smooth cheese of cow milk Pasteurization, served most often as part of a snack tray or like bite....
  • Quesillo
    Quesillo

    Quesillo refers to different Latin American food or dishes depending on the country:...
  • Requesón
    Requesón

    Reques?n is a loose, ricotta-like cheese used to make cheese spreads in several Latin American countries and in Brazil. This variety is most often sold in the markets wrapped in fresh corn husks....


Nicaragua
Nicaragua

Nicaragua officially the Republic of Nicaragua , is a representative democracy republic. It is the largest state in Central America with an area of 130,000 km2, about the size of the state of New York....

  • Quesillo
    Quesillo

    Quesillo refers to different Latin American food or dishes depending on the country:...


United States of America
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...

  • See List of American cheeses
    List of American cheeses

    This is a list of cheeses typical of the United States. Many additional European-type cheeses are also made in the United States, such as brie, Cheddar cheese, gouda, mozarella and provolone....


Oceania


Australia

  • Coon
    Coon cheese

    COON is the trademark of a cheddar cheese produced by the Dairy Farmers company in Australia. It was first launched in 1931 by Fred Walker ....


New Zealand

  • Chesdale
    Chesdale Cheese

    Chesdale Cheese was a variety of cheese produced for the mass market in New Zealand back in the unsophisticated days when cheese was simply cheese....
  • Evansdale
    Evansdale Cheese

    Evansdale Cheese Factory is a small New Zealand producer of hand-made cheeses, located at Hawksbury, New Zealand in Otago, about 35km north of Dunedin on State Highway 1 ....


South America


Argentina
Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city....

  • Reggianito
    Reggianito

    Reggianito is a very hard, Grana , cows' milk cheese from Argentina whose origins lie with immigrant Italy who wished to make a cheese reminiscent of their native Parmigiano-Reggiano....
  • Sardo
    Sardo cheese

    Sardo is a hard, grating cow's milk cheese that is similar to Pecorino Romano, although the latter is made from sheep's cheese and is sharper. Sardo comes from Argentina and Egypt, and is not to be confused with Pecorino Sardo, another Italian sheep's cheese....


Brazil
Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is a country in South America. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, occupying nearly half of South America, the List of countries by population country, and the fourth most populous democracy in the world....

Coalho Cheese
*Catupiry
Catupiry

Catupiry is one of the most popular "requeij?o" in Brazil. It was developed by the Italy immigrant Mario Silvestrini in the state of Minas Gerais in 1911....
  • Minas
    Minas cheese

    Minas is a type of cheese that has been traditionally produced in the Brazilian States of Brazil of Minas Gerais. It comes in three varieties, named Frescal , Meia-cura and Curado ....
     (a. k. a. "Queijo Minas Padrão", "Queijo Frescal" and "Queijo Curado")
  • Coalho
  • Requeijão
    Requeijão

    Requeij?o is a milk-derived product, produced in Portugal and Brazil.The Portuguese product is white to yellowish-white, solid, and usually having a characteristic strong taste; typically sold in specially designed draining plastic or basket-like weaved containers, or in plastic cups....


Chile
Chile

Chile, officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow coastal strip wedged between the Andes mountains and the Pacific Ocean....

  • Chanco
    Chanco cheese

    Chanco cheese is Chilean cow's milk cheese originally from the Chanco, Chile farm in Maule Region. Now it is produced all over Zona Sur-central Chile, and represents almost 50% of Chilean cheese consumption....
  • Gauda
    Gauda

    *Sanskrit ' :**' "sugar country", a historical country in eastern India, which included Gaur, West Bengal in Bengal, of its eponymous capital, and of its inhabitants ....
  • Panquehue
    Panquehue (cheese)

    Panquehue is a semi-soft Chilean cheese produced in the Andes Aconcagua region. It is one of the most popular cheeses in Chile, it is similar in taste to Tilsit cheese and often has chives or red pepper flakes mixed in....
  • Renaico


Colombia
Colombia

Colombia , officially the Republic of Colombia , is a country in north-western South America. Colombia is bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the north west by Panama; and to the west by the Pacific Ocean....

  • Quesillo
    Quesillo

    Quesillo refers to different Latin American food or dishes depending on the country:...
     (literally "little cheese" is a commercial cheese made with cow milk)


Venezuela
Venezuela

Venezuela , officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a country on the northern coast of South America.The country comprises a continental mainland and numerous islands located off the Venezuelan coastline in the Caribbean Sea....

  • Queso Guayanés
  • Queso Palmita
    Queso Palmita

    Queso Palmita is a soft, watery, fresh white cheese with big holes, produced from Pasteurization milk. The Palmita cheese is usually made in a large circular containers where ingredientes are mixed slowly for 2 to 3 days until settled....


Other

The following cheeses remain unclassified.

  • Cottage cheese
    Cottage cheese

    Cottage cheese is a cheese curd product with a mild flavor. It is drained, but not pressed so some whey remains. The curd is usually washed to remove acidity giving sweet curd cheese....
     (Many local varieties)
  • Farmer cheese
    Farmer cheese

    Farmer cheese is a simple cheese often used for fillings in blintzes and other foods. Farmer cheese is made by pressing most of the moisture from cottage cheese; pressed drier still, it is sometimes rolled in a mixture of herbs and flavorings, or wrapped in very thin slices of flavorful smoked meats....
     (many local varieties)
  • Smoked cheese
    Smoked Cheese

    Smoked cheese is any cheese that has been specially treated by smoke-curing. It typically has a yellowish-brown outer "skin," which is a result of this curing process....


See also

Category:Cheeses by country