List of cheeses

Middle East

Middle East

The Middle East is a region that spans southwestern Asia, southeastern Europe, and northeastern Africa. It has no clear boundaries, often used as a synonym to Near East, in opposition to Far East...

• Ackawi cheese
  Ackawi cheese
  Akkawi cheese is a white brine cheese, native to Palestine. It is named for the city of Akka, where it first originated, the Arabic akkawi meaning "from akka". It is commonly made using cow milk, but can be made with goat or sheep's milk as well...
  
  
• 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
• Jameed
  Jameed
  Jameed is hard dry laban made from sheeps' 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. The heritage of the product started with Bedouins, using goat or sheep milk; however, current...
  
  
• Kenafa cheese
• Naboulsi cheese
• Paneer
  Paneer
  Paneer Hindi: पनीर panīr, from Persian پنير panir) is the most common South Asian and Persian cheese. It is an unaged, acid-set, non-melting farmer cheese made by curdling heated milk with lemon juice or other food acid. The process is similar to queso blanco, except that paneer does not have salt...
  
  
• 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. It is typically formed into balls of approximately 6 cm diameter, which are often covered in zaatar and Aleppo pepper, and then aged and dried...
  
  
• 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...
  
  

Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.3 million people 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* Gruyère* Montasio* Vacherin Fribourgeois* Walliser...
  
  
• Brimsen (Austrian term for Bryndza
  Bryndza
  Bryndza is a sheep milk cheese made in Central and Eastern Europe. Recipes differ slightly across the countries.-Etymology:Brânză or brînză is the generic word for "cheese" in Romanian, there is no special type of cheese associated with it...
  
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• Lüneberg cheese
  Lüneberg cheese
  Lüneberg 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 Lüneberg cheese. Milk is coloured with saffron and warmed to around 90°F; enough rennet is...
  
  
• 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

The Kingdom of Belgium is a country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters, as well as those of other major international organizations, including NATO...

• Affligem
  Affligem
  Affligem is a municipality located some 20 km west-north-west of Brussels in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant, not far from the town of Aalst and the important railway junction of Denderleeuw....
  
  
• Bruges
  Bruges
  Bruges is the capital and largest city of the province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is located in the northwest of the country....
  
   Gold
• Brussels cheese
• Chimay
  Chimay
  Chimay a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Hainaut. On January 1, 2006, Chimay had a total population of 9,774. The total area is 197.10 km² which gives a population density of 50 inhabitants per km²...
  
  
• Damme
  Damme
  Damme is a municipality located in the Belgian 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. On 1 January 2006, the municipality had...
  
  
• Damme
  Damme
  Damme is a municipality located in the Belgian 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. On 1 January 2006, the municipality had...
  
   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 town of the same name. It is a Limburger-like cheese: pungent and soft. It is sometimes flavored with herbs. Herve has a pale yellow interior with a glossy reddish-brown...
  
  
• Limburger cheese
  Limburger cheese
  Limburger cheese is a cheese that originated in the historical Duchy of Limburg, which is now divided between modern-day Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany. Limburger is especially known for its pungent odor...
  
  , a soft white cheese with a very strong odor and flavor.
• Mandjeskaas
  Beersel
  Beersel is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. The municipality comprises the towns of Alsemberg, Beersel proper, Dworp, Huizingen and Lot. On January 1 2006 Beersel had a total population of 23,433. The total area is 30.01 km² which gives a population density of 781...
  
  
• 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. And next to the regular Passendale, there is a quality version called...
  
  
• Remedou cheese
  Remedou cheese
  Remedou cheese is a Belgian cow's milk cheese. Its name comes from "remoud", an old Walloon word for the rich milk produced towards the end of a cow's lactation period. It is also known as "stinking cheese" because of bacteria that give the cheese a strong aroma.-External links:*...
  
  
• Rochefort cheese
• 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, but the use of goat's milk instead of cow's milk makes it unique. Rodoric comes from the Belgian region of Liège.When young,...
  
  

Cyprus

Cyprus

Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country situated in the eastern Mediterranean, south of Turkey and west of Syria and Lebanon....

• 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 Traditional Cypriot cheese, that is also popular in Greece and throughout the Middle East and is now made the world over. 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

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; southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and it is bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark borders both the Baltic and the North Sea...

• Danbo
  Danbo cheese
  Danbo is a semi-soft, distinctively aged cow's milk cheese originating in Denmark, where it is a common household cheese.The cheese is typically aged between 12 and 52 weeks in rectangular blocks of 6 or 9 kg, coated with a bacteria culture...
  
  
• Danish Blue cheese
  Danish Blue cheese
  Danish Blue cheese, also known as Danablu if it is made in Denmark, is a light, blue-veined 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. It is a porous cheese, with many small holes throughout, and is slightly elastic and buttery in texture. Commonly used as a table or melting cheese, it is...
  
   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 country and democracy 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 Äänekoski, 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. The cheese is available in two varieties. The regular variety is aged for 6 weeks whereas the...
  
  
• Lappi cheese
  Lappi cheese
  Lappi cheese is so named because its recipe was developed in the Lapland 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...
  
  
• Leipäjuusto
  Leipäjuusto
  Leipäjuusto or juustoleipä, 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. Reindeer or even goat milk can also be used...
  
   ("bread-like cheese", i.e. oven-baked cheese)
• Oltermanni
  Oltermanni
  Oltermanni is a very popular cheese in Finland that is similar to the Danish 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 Finnish fresh cheese that is rather similar to cottage cheese. In Sweden, raejuusto-type cheese is known as keso, and in Denmark as hytteost. Raejuusto is made from cow's milk.Raejuusto has a low fat content, similar to cottage cheese and a high protein content...
  
   (Finnish cottage cheese)

France

France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country located in Western Europe, with several overseas islands and territories located on other continents. Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean...

See the French AOC cheeses and the list of French cheeses

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,...

• Bavaria blu
• Cambozola
  Cambozola
  Cambozola is a cow's milk cheese that is a combination of a French soft-ripened triple cream cheese and Italian Gorgonzola. It was patented and industrially produced for the world market by large German company Champignon in the 1970s. The cheese, was invented circa 1900 and is still produced by...
  
  , a combination of French Camembert and Italian Gorgonzola.
• Harzer cheese
• Handkäse
  Handkäse
  Handkäse is a German regional sour milk cheese and is a culinary speciality of Frankfurt and Offenbach am Main. It gets its name from the former way of producing it: forming it with your own hands....
  
  
• Hirtenkäse
  Hirtenkäse
  Hirtenkäse, or "herder's cheese", is a distinctive cow's milk cheese made in the Allgäu area of Southern Germany.Traditionally, cow herders bring their cows from the Alps into Allgäu each fall in mid-September. September 18 typically "marks the official start of the Almabtrieb, or descent, a day...
  
  
• Limburger cheese
  Limburger cheese
  Limburger cheese is a cheese that originated in the historical Duchy of Limburg, which is now divided between modern-day Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany. Limburger is especially known for its pungent odor...
  
  
• Romadur
  Limburger cheese
  Limburger cheese is a cheese that originated in the historical Duchy of Limburg, which is now divided between modern-day Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany. Limburger is especially known for its pungent odor...
  
  
• 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-hard cheese, created in the mid-19th century by Prussian-Swiss settlers, the Westphal family, from the Emmental valley. The original buildings from the cheese plant still exist in Sovetsk, Russia, formerly Tilsit on the Neman River in East...
  
  
• Weisslacker
  Weisslacker
  Weisslacker or Beer cheese is a type of cheese that originated in Germany, but is now known worldwide. Also produced in America, mostly in Wisconsin, it is a pungent and salted cheese. It ripens for seven months in highly humid conditions and is related to Limburger cheese...
  
  

Greece

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , is a country in southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkan Peninsula....

• Anthotyro Xero
  Anthotyros cheese
  Anthotyros is a traditional, unpasteurized, cheese made from sheep's and/or goat's whey with the addition of milk. It has various sizes and its shape is usually truncated cone or ball. The cheese is dry and white and has no rind. It is eaten for breakfast with honey and fruit, in savoury dishes...
  
  
• Anthotyro Fresco
  Anthotyros cheese
  Anthotyros is a traditional, unpasteurized, cheese made from sheep's and/or goat's whey with the addition of milk. It has various sizes and its shape is usually truncated cone or ball. The cheese is dry and white and has no rind. It is eaten for breakfast with honey and fruit, in savoury dishes...
  
  
• 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 European Union law to protect the names of regional foods...
  
   - (Epirus
  Epirus
  The name Epirus, from the Greek "Ήπειρος" meaning continent may refer to:-Geographical:* Epirus - a historical and geographical region of the southwestern Balkans, straddling modern Greece and Albania...
  
  /Macedonia
  Macedonia (Greece)
  Macedonia is a geographical and historical region of Greece in southeastern Europe. Macedonia is the largest and second most populous Greek region...
  
  /Thrace
  Thrace
  Thrace is a historical and geographic area in southeast Europe. As a geographical concept, Thrace designates a region bounded on the north by the Balkan Mountains, on the south by the Rhodope Mountains and the Aegean Sea and on the east by the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara...
  
  /Thessaly
  Thessaly
  Thessaly is one of the 13 peripheries of Greece, and is further sub-divided into 4 prefectures. The capital of the periphery and traditional geographical region is Larissa. Together with the regions of Macedonia and Thrace, it is often referred to unofficially as Northern Greece...
  
  /Peloponnese
  Peloponnese
  The Peloponnese or Peloponnesus is a large peninsula and region in southern Greece, forming the part of the country south of the Gulf of Corinth...
  
  /etc.)
• 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 European Union law to protect the names of regional foods...
  
   - Agrafa
  Agrafa
  Agrafa is a mountainous region in Evrytania and Karditsa prefectures in mainland Greece, consisting mainly of small villages. It is the southernmost part of the Pindus range...
  
   Mt area and Crete
  Crete
  Crete is the largest of the Greek islands and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea at 8,336 km²...
  
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• 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 European Union law to protect the names of regional foods...
  
    - (Macedonia
  Macedonia (Greece)
  Macedonia is a geographical and historical region of Greece in southeastern Europe. Macedonia is the largest and second most populous Greek region...
  
  /Thrace
  Thrace
  Thrace is a historical and geographic area in southeast Europe. As a geographical concept, Thrace designates a region bounded on the north by the Balkan Mountains, on the south by the Rhodope Mountains and the Aegean Sea and on the east by the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara...
  
  /Thessaly
  Thessaly
  Thessaly is one of the 13 peripheries of Greece, and is further sub-divided into 4 prefectures. The capital of the periphery and traditional geographical region is Larissa. Together with the regions of Macedonia and Thrace, it is often referred to unofficially as Northern Greece...
  
  /etc.)
• Kefalotyri
  Kefalotyri cheese
  Kefalotyri is a 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. It is very similar to Kefalotyri cheese and sometimes is sold as it.Kefalograviera has PDO status...
  
  , 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 European Union law 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 Amfilochia. Under the Ottoman Empire, it was known as Karvassaras .Amfilochia is situated by the Ambracian Gulf and features an...
  
  /etc.)
• Manouri
  Manouri cheese
  Manouri is a Greek semi-soft, fresh white whey cheese made from goat or sheep milk.Manouri has PDO status....
  
  , 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 European Union law to protect the names of regional foods...
  
   - Thessaly
  Thessaly
  Thessaly is one of the 13 peripheries of Greece, and is further sub-divided into 4 prefectures. The capital of the periphery and traditional geographical region is Larissa. Together with the regions of Macedonia and Thrace, it is often referred to unofficially as Northern Greece...
  
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• Metsovone
  Metsovone cheese
  Metsovone ) is a traditional Greek 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. Metsovone is considered as an excellent quality table cheese...
  
  , 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 European Union law 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 periphery in northwestern Greece. It borders the peripheries of West Macedonia and Thessaly to the east, West Greece to the south, the Ionian Sea and the Ionian Islands to the west and Albania to the north. The province has an area of about 9,200 km²...
  
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• Myzithra - (Crete
  Crete
  Crete is the largest of the Greek islands and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea at 8,336 km²...
  
  , etc)
• 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 European Union law to protect the names of regional foods...
  
    - (Crete
  Crete
  Crete is the largest of the Greek islands and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea at 8,336 km²...
  
  , 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. "Xynotyri" means "sour cheese" in Greek. Traditionally the cheese is drained and cured in reed baskets or allowed to...
  
   - (Island of Myconos)

Hungary

Hungary

Hungary , in English officially 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. Its capital is Budapest. Hungary is a member of OECD, NATO, EU, V4 and is a Schengen state...

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

Ireland

Ireland

Ireland is the third-largest island 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 islets. To the east of Ireland, separated by the Irish Sea, is the island of Great Britain...

• 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. Eugene and Mary Burns first made Ardrahan on their farm in County Cork in 1983...
  
  
• Cashel Blue cheese
  Cashel Blue cheese
  Cashel 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. It has large blue flecks, made by the action of...
  
  
• Coolea cheese
• Corleggy cheese
  Corleggy
  Corleggy cheese is an Irish 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. The cheese is named after the city of Dublin, although it is made in County Cork. It has a robust flavour; it pairs well with apples and...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• 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.It is made by the Ferguson family in Schull, West Cork, Ireland....
  
  

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. Italy shares its northern, Alpine boundary with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia...

Netherlands

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a country in Northwestern Europe, constituting the major portion of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east...

• Edam
• Gouda
  Gouda (cheese)
  Gouda 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. Gouda cheese is made and sold all around the world.-Production:...
  
  
• Leerdammer
  Leerdammer
  Leerdammer is a Dutch 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. It has a sweet and somewhat nutty flavour that becomes more pronounced...
  
  
• Limburger cheese
  Limburger cheese
  Limburger cheese is a cheese that originated in the historical Duchy of Limburg, which is now divided between modern-day Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany. Limburger is especially known for its pungent odor...
  
  
• Leyden cheese
  Leyden cheese
  Leyden cheese, known as komijnekaas or Leidse kaas in Dutch, is a spiced cheese made in the Netherlands from partly skimmed cow's milk.It is made both in factories and on farms, historically in the Leiden area....
  
  
• Maasdam
  Maasdam cheese
  Maasdam cheese is a Dutch cheese in a Swiss-style. Made from cow's milk, it is aged for at least 4 weeks. It ripens faster than other Dutch cheeses. Maasdam has internal holes from the ripening process, and a smooth yellow rind. Sometimes it is waxed like Gouda. The cheese was created to compete...
  
  
• Parrano
  Parrano cheese
  This article is about Parrano cheese. For the Italian municipality, see ParranoParrano cheese is a cow's milk cheese produced in the Netherlands. It tastes mild and nutty, combining salty and sweet flavors. It has a semi-firm texture and a smooth, golden colored paste...
  
  
• Roomano
  Roomano
  Roomano is a hard Gouda-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. It is made from cow's milk, and is...
  
  

Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a country in Northern Europe occupying the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, as well as Jan Mayen and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard under the Spitsbergen Treaty...

• Brunost
  Brunost
  Brunost , mesost , mysuostur or myseost is a brown Scandinavian whey cheese. The Norwegian name brunost means 'brown cheese'...
  
  
• Gamalost
  Gamalost
  Gamalost , which translates as "old cheese", is a pungent traditional Norwegian cheese, which was once a staple of the Norwegian diet...
  
  
• Geitost
• Gudbrandsdalsost
• Jarlsberg
  Jarlsberg cheese
  Jarlsberg cheese is a mild cow's-milk cheese with large irregular holes or what are commonly referred to as "eyes", originating from Jarlsberg, Norway.-Description:...
  
  
• Nøkkelost
• Norvegia
  Norvegia
  Norvegia is a registered trademark of the Norwegian dairy company Tine. Norvegia is used as a cheese brand and is the biggest selling cheese in Norway as of 2007. Norvegia is a kind of Gouda, while its recipe details remain a trade secret of Tine.-External links:*...
  
  
• 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
  Snøfrisk is a Norwegian 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 cream, 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 exclave, to the north...

• Bryndza
  Bryndza
  Bryndza is a sheep milk cheese made in Central and Eastern Europe. Recipes differ slightly across the countries.-Etymology:Brânză or brînză is the generic word for "cheese" in Romanian, there is no special type of cheese associated with it...
  
  
• Bundz
  Bundz
  Bundz Bundz Bundz (also known as bunc (Podhale dialect) is Polish sheep milk cheese. It is traditionally produced in Podhale. The drink żętyca is also produced from the whey created in bundz production....
  
  
• Bursztyn - mature cheese similar to Gruyere
  Gruyere
  Gruyere can refer to one of several things:* Gruyère , a variety of cheese* Gruyère , a district of the Canton of Fribourg, in Switzerland* Gruyere, Victoria, a town in the Yarra Valley wine region east of Melbourne, Australia...
  
  
• Gołka
  Golka
  Gołka is a cheese in Poland that is similar to oscypek/oštiepok, but made with milk from cattle. Gołka has also different shape – cylindrical, while oscypek is tapered at both ends ....
  
  
• Koryciński
  Korycinski
  Koryciński, also known as "swojski" , is a hard yellow cheese made from cow's milk, named after the town of Korycin in Poland, and made in the Podlasie in eastern Poland. Considered to be the oldest polish yellow cheese.- External links :...
  
  
• Oscypek
  Oscypek
  Oscypek is a smoked cheese made of salted sheep milk exclusively in the Tatra Mountains region of Poland Oscypek (Polish; plural: oscypki) is a smoked cheese made of salted sheep milk exclusively in the Tatra Mountains region of Poland Oscypek (Polish; plural: oscypki) is a smoked cheese made of...
  
  
• Redykołka
• Rokpol
  Rokpol
  Rokpol is a Polish blue cheese similar to Danish blue cheeses. The name derives from Roquefort and suggests that it is Polish Roquefort....
  
  
• Twaróg also known as Quark (cheese)
  Quark (cheese)
  Quark is a fresh cheese of East European origin. Dictionaries usually translate it as curd cheese. It is soft, white and un-aged, similar to fromage frais. It is not the same thing as cream cheese or cottage cheese. It is distinct from ricotta because ricotta is made from scalded whey...
  
  
• Tylżycki
  Tylzycki
  Tylzycki is a Polish, yellow cheese made from cow's milk. It is a semi-hard cheese that is a variety of Tilsiter. 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 cohesiveness and springiness.-External links:* , Tout Un Frimage...
  
   - semi-hard, yellow cheese made from cow's
  Cattle
  Cattle are the most common type of large domesticated ungulates. They are a prominent modern member of the subfamily Bovinae, are the most widespread species of the genus Bos, and are most commonly classified collectively as Bos primigenius...
  
   milk
  Milk
  Milk is an opaque white liquid produced by the mammary glands of mammals. It provides the primary source of nutrition for young mammals before they are able to digest other types of food. The early lactation milk is known as colostrum, and carries the mother's antibodies to the baby. It can reduce...
  
  

Portugal

Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. 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 Municipality is located in Castelo Branco District, in Centro Region, Portugal. The name means "white castle". It contains the city of Castelo Branco....
  
  
• Requeijão
  Requeijão
  Requeijão 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.The Brazilian...
  
  
• Saloio
  Saloio
  Saloio is a brand of Portuguese cheese manufactured in the region of Ponte do Rol, 50 km north of Lisbon. It is made from sheep's milk with no salt. It is a firm cheese usually served in small cylinders that are 5 cm wide and 6 cm high....
  
  
• Santarém
  Santarém cheese
  Santarém cheese is a goat cheese from Portugal. Goat cheese is produced in several regions of Portugal, but especially in the Santarém district and in Serra de Santo António. It is best eaten ripe, although it can be eaten fresh, in servings of between 50 grams to 100 grams. It is preserved in good...
  
  
• São Jorge
  São Jorge cheese
  São Jorge cheese is a hard/semi-hard cheese from the Portuguese island of São Jorge, located in the Azores.It is made from unpasteurised Cow's milk, and the pâte has small eyes.It has PDO certification....
  
  
• 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,...
  
  
• Tomar
  Tomar
  Tomar Municipality has a total area of 351.0 km² and a total population of 43,007 inhabitants.The municipality is composed of 16 parishes, and is located in Santarém District...
  
  

Romania

Romania

Romania is a country located in Southeastern and Central Europe, North of the Balkan Peninsula, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea. Almost all of the Danube Delta is located within its territory...

• Brânzǎ de burduf
  Brânza de burduf
  Brânză 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 caş is cut into small pieces, salted and then hand-mixed in a large wooden bowl. The mixture is then placed in a sheep’s stomach, or into a sheep’s skin that...
  
  
• Brânzǎ topitǎ
  Brânza topita
  Brânză topită is the Romanian name for spreading/processed cheese. Brânză is generally used as it is a melting cheese.Brânză topită is also the generic name for different types of melted cheeses....
  
  
• Caşcaval
  Cascaval
  Caşcaval is the traditional name for a specific semi-hard cheese made in Romania, with sheep's or cow's-milk cheese. Several sorts of the Romanian caşcaval have PDO status in the E.U....
  
  
• Caş
  CAS
  -Institutions:* Chinese Academy of Sciences, the national academy for the natural sciences of China* California Academy of Sciences, a museums of natural history, San Francisco, California, USA...
  
  
• Urdǎ
  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#Urdă is a Romanian cheese#Urda is an anime about time travel and Nazis...
  
  
• 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...
  
  

Russia

Russia

Russia , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia . It is a semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

• Tvorok (творог), 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 and the individual curds remain loose. The curd is usually washed to remove acidity giving sweet curd cheese. It is not aged or colored. Different styles of cottage cheese are made from...
  
   or Ricotta.

Slovakia

Slovakia

The Slovak Republic is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe with a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia borders the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south. The largest city is its capital, Bratislava...

• Bryndza
  Bryndza
  Bryndza is a sheep milk cheese made in Central and Eastern Europe. Recipes differ slightly across the countries.-Etymology:Brânză or brînză is the generic word for "cheese" in Romanian, there is no special type of cheese associated with it...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• Korbaciky
  Korbáciky
  Korbáčiky is a type of string cheese from the Orava region of Slovakia. It is made from steamed cheese interwoven into fine brands....
  
  
• Oštiepok
  Oštiepok
  Oštiepok is a traditional smoked sheep milk cheese made in Slovakia. Oštiepok is a protected trade name under the EU's protected geographical indication....
  
  
• Parenica
  Parenica
  Parenica is a traditional Slovak cheese. Parenica is a semi-firm, non-ripening, semi-fat, steamed and usually smoked cheese, although the non-smoked version is also produced. Parenica is cream and yellow in color, which is darkened by steaming. The cheese is produced in strips, which are woven into...
  
  
• Tvaroh
  Quark (cheese)
  Quark is a fresh cheese of East European origin. Dictionaries usually translate it as curd cheese. It is soft, white and un-aged, similar to fromage frais. It is not the same thing as cream cheese or cottage cheese. It is distinct from ricotta because ricotta is made from scalded whey...
  
  

Spain

Spain

Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though España , Estado español and Nación española are used interchangeably...

• Afuega'l pitu
  Afuega'l pitu
  Afuega'l pitu is an unpasteurised cow's milk cheese from Asturias, one of two Asturian cheeses to have been recognized with Protected Denomination of Origin by the European Union....
  
   (Asturias
  Asturias
  The Principality of Asturias is an autonomous community 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 tradition by rural dairy farmers in the north of Spain. This cheese can be made from pure, unpasteurised cow’s milk or blended in the traditional manner with goat and/or sheep milk, which lends the cheese a stronger, more spicy flavor but is...
  
   (Asturias
  Asturias
  The Principality of Asturias is an autonomous community 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 grey mold rind. Garrotxa is typically produced in small wheels weighing one kilo and measuring approximately...
  
  
• Idiazabal cheese
  Idiazabal cheese
  Idiazabal cheese is a pressed cheese made from unpasteurized sheep milk that usually comes from the Lacha and Carranzana breeds in the Basque Country and Navarre . It has a somewhat smokey flavor, but is usually un-smoked....
  
   (Basque
  Basque Country (autonomous community)
  The Basque Country is an Autonomous Community of northern Spain.The Basque Country was granted the status of historical region within Spain with the Spanish Constitution of 1978...
  
  )
• Mahón cheese
  Mahón cheese
  Mahón or Maó is a firm to hard white cheese made from cow's milk, named after the natural port of Mahón on the island of Minorca off the mediterranean coast of Spain. Mahón is sweet and fruity but can be slightly salty due to sea salt content in the grasses the cows eat. The rind is generally an...
  
  
• Majorero cheese
  Majorero cheese
  Majorero is a goat milk cheese from Spain. Similar in texture to Manchego, this firm cheese has a milky, nutty flavour that goes well with various pear products. It is pale white in colour, and comes in large wheels. Currently it is protected under European Law with PDO status.Majorero comes from...
  
  
• Manchego cheese
  Manchego cheese
  Manchego cheese is a sheep's milk cheese made in the La Mancha region of Spain. Manchego is aged for three months or longer, and is semi-firm with a rich golden color and small holes. It ranges from mild to sharp, depending on how long it is aged.-Features:...
  
   (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 community of Spain.Castile-La Mancha is bordered by Castile and León, Madrid, Aragon, Valencia, Murcia, Andalusia, and Extremadura...
  
  )
• Mató cheese
  Mató cheese
  Mató is a Catalan 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 mató from Montserrat mountain is famous....
  
   (Catalonia
  Catalonia
  Catalonia is an Autonomous Community in northeast Spain. The capital city is Barcelona.Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km² and has an official population of 7,364,078. It borders France and Andorra to the north, Aragon to the west, the Valencian Community to the south, and the...
  
  )
• 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 community of western Spain whose capital city is Mérida. It includes the provinces of Cáceres 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 Cáceres, its city of origin. The milk is curdled using a coagulant found in the pistils of the cardoon, a wild thistle. This ingredient lends a subtle bitterness to the otherwise...
  
   (Extremadura
  Extremadura
  Extremadura is an autonomous community of western Spain whose capital city is Mérida. It includes the provinces of Cáceres and Badajoz...
  
  )
• Valdeon
  Valdeón cheese
  Valdeón cheese is a Spanish blue cheese from León. The cheese is made in Posada de Valdeón, in the northeast of the province of León, 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 León, Spain. This is a hard cheese which is typically aged about 6 months. The cheeses are turned often and rubbed with olive oil, giving the cheese its characteristic dark color...
  
  

Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe...

• Blå Gotland (Gotland Blue)
• Grevé
  Greve
  Greve is any of the following:* Greve Municipality, in Region Sjælland on the island of Zealand in Denmark** Greve station, one of the railway stations in the Danish municipality** Greve Parish...
  
  
• Herrgårdsost
  Herrgårdsost
  Herrgårdsost is a semi-hard Swedish cheese made from cow'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
  Hushållsost is a Swedish cows'-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. There is also a version with less fat labeled "17% fetthalt"...
  
  
• Prästost
  Prästost
  Prästost is a Swedish 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 Swedish cheese. It is a semi-hard cow's-milk cheese, with a creamy consistency, light yellow colour, small irregular holes, and a mildly acidic taste...
  
  
• Västerbottensost

Switzerland

Switzerland

Switzerland , officially the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 states named cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities...

• 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.- Hard :*Emmentaler, generally known in the U.S. as Swiss cheese...
  
  

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...

• Amster Dammer (British Columbia)
• Balderson's Cheddar (Ontario)
• Baron (Quebec)
• Bleu Bénédictin
  Bleu Bénédictin
  Bleu Bénédictin is a Canadian blue cheese made by the monks at the Benedictine Abbey of Saint-Benoît-du-Lac, Quebec.The cheese is a semi-soft, whole milk blue cheese deeply veined with the Roquefort penicillium mold. A wheel of Bénédictin weighs 2 kilograms and has a whitish-grey coating.The aroma...
  
   (Quebec)
• Bleu L'Ermite (Quebec)
• Bleubry (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 water buffaloes. Nowadays they are usually made from a combination of water buffalo and cow's milk...
  
   (Ontario)
• Brie Manoir (Quebec)
• Brie L'extra Double Crème (Quebec)
• Brie Vaudreuil (Quebec)
• Brie Chevalier Fines Herbes (Quebec)
• Brittania (Quebec)
• Camembert de Madame Clément (Quebec)
• Cantonnier (Quebec)
• Cheddar âgé au Porto 10 ans (Quebec)
• Chèvre noir
  Chèvre noir
  Chèvre noire 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....
  
   (Quebec)
• Damablanc (Quebec)
• Douanier, Le (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. Alternatively, some believe that the name is derived from the...
  
   (Nova Scotia)
• Fétard (Quebec)
• Frère Jacques (Quebec)
• Friulano
  Friulano
  Friulano is the name of a firm cow's milk cheese made in Canada named after the Friuli region of Italy. It is rindless and interior-ripened with a yellow surface and interior. It is salty and tastes slightly of hazelnut...
  
  
• Gouda Coureur des Bois (Quebec)
• Gouda Old (British Columbia)
• Gouda Old Cheese (Ontario)
• Kingsberg (Quebec)
• Leoni-Grana Parmesan (Alberta)
• Mamirolle (Quebec)
• Medium Cheddar (Nova Scotia)
• Miranda (Quebec)
• Mont Saint-Benoît (Quebec)
• Mozzarella Prestigio (Quebec)
• Noyan (Quebec)
• Oka
  Oka cheese
  Oka is a Canadian 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. Indeed, many small-scale producers now market some fairly impressive selections....
  
   (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.-More information:*Type: soft paste, raw milk*Manufacturer: Fromagerie du Pied de Vent...
  
   (Quebec)
• Provolone Sette Fette (Ontario)
• Raclette des Appalaches (Quebec)
• Raclette Fritz (Quebec)
• Raclette Griffon (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)
• Saint-Fidèle (Quebec)
• Saint-Paulin Québécois (Quebec)
• Saint-Paulin Anco (Quebec)
• Smoked Monterey Jack (Manitoba)
• Tomme Québécoise (Quebec)
• Trevisano (Ontario)
• Valbert (Quebec)
• Verdelait Cracked Pepper (British Columbia)
• Victor et Berthold (Quebec)

Mexico

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional 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...

• Añejo
  Añejo cheese
  Añejo cheese is a firm, aged Mexican 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,...
  
   (aged)
• Blanco
  Queso blanco
  Queso blanco, along with other similar cheeses including queso fresco, is a creamy, soft, and mild unaged white cheese that originated in Spain and spread to Mexico and other American countries...
  
   (white)
• Chihuahua
• Cotija
  Cotija cheese
  Cotija cheese is a hard cow's milk cheese that originated from Mexico. It is named after the town of Cotija, Michoacán.Cotija comes in two primary versions. El Queso Cotija de Montaña or "grain cheese" is dry and firm, with little taste beyond salt...
  
  
• Criollo
  Criollo cheese
  Criollo is a gratable Mexican cheese similar to munster. It is a specialty of the region around Taxco, Guerrero. It is one of the few yellow cheeses made in Mexico....
  
   (Creole)
• Fresco
  Queso blanco
  Queso blanco, along with other similar cheeses including queso fresco, is a creamy, soft, and mild unaged white cheese that originated in Spain and spread to Mexico and other American countries...
  
   (fresh)
• Oaxaca
  Oaxaca cheese
  Oaxaca cheese , is a white, semi-hard cheese of Mexican origin, similar to unaged Monterey Jack cheese but with a mozzarella-like string cheese texture. It is named after the state of Oaxaca in southern Mexico, where it was first made. It is available in several different shapes...
  
  
• 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 pasteurized, served most often as part of a snack tray or like bite...
  
  
• Quesillo
  Oaxaca cheese
  Oaxaca cheese , is a white, semi-hard cheese of Mexican origin, similar to unaged Monterey Jack cheese but with a mozzarella-like string cheese texture. It is named after the state of Oaxaca in southern Mexico, where it was first made. It is available in several different shapes...
  
  
• Requesón
  Requesón
  Requesón is a loose, ricotta-like cheese used to make cheese spreads in several Latin American countries. This variety is most often sold in the markets wrapped in fresh corn husks. A mild, unsalty ricotta can be substituted for requesón.In El Salvador, cheeses such as requesón can sometimes be...
  
  

Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is a country in South America. It is the fifth largest country by geographical area, occupying nearly half of South America, the fifth most populous country, and the fourth most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean...

• Catupiry
  Catupiry
  Catupiry^TM is one of the most popular "requeijão" in Brazil. It was developed by the Italian immigrant Mario Silvestrini in the state of Minas Gerais in 1911. The name derives from the native Tupi-Guarani word meaning "excellent"....
  
  
• Minas
  Minas cheese
  Minas is a type of cheese that has been traditionally produced in the Brazilian state 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
  Requeijão 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.The Brazilian...
  
  
• Prato
  Prato (disambiguation)
  -Places:Italy*Prato, a city of Tuscany, seat of the homonymous province*Prato allo Stelvio, Italian name for Prad am Stilfser Joch, a municipality in South Tyrol*Province of Prato, a province of Tuscany*Mount Prato, a mountain in the Apennines...
  
  

Chile

Chile

Chile, officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...

• Chanco
  Chanco cheese
  Chanco cheese is Chilean cow's milk cheese originally from the Chanco farm in Maule Region. Now it is produced all over south-central Chile, and represents almost 50% of Chilean cheese consumption. It is a semi-hard ripened cheese with reduced lactose content and soft consistency....
  
  
• Gauda
  Gauda
  *Sanskrit ' :**Gauḍa region is a historical country in eastern India, which included Gaur in Bengal, of its eponymous capital, and of its inhabitants ....
  
  
• Panquehue
  Panquehue (cheese)
  Panquehue is a semi-soft Chilean cheese produced in the Andean Aconcagua region. It is one of the most popular cheeses in Chile, it is similar in taste to Tilsit and often has chives or red pepper flakes mixed in. In 2005, it became the first Chilean cheese imported in the United States as part...
  
  
• Renaico

Other

• 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 and the individual curds remain loose. The curd is usually washed to remove acidity giving sweet curd cheese. It is not aged or colored. Different styles of cottage cheese are made from...
  
   (Many local varieties)
• Farmer cheese
  Farmer cheese
  Farmer cheese is an unripened cheese made by adding bacterial starter and rennet to acidify milk. After coagulation, it is cut into curds and whey, and the whey is drained off. The drained curds are cottage cheese. At this point, the cottage cheese is retaining moisture...
  
   (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....
  
   (many hard cheese varieties may be smoked)

See also

• :Category:Cheeses by country