List of cheeses
Appearance
This is a list of cheeses by place of origin.
Africa
- Roumy cheese
- Domyati cheese
- Areesh cheese
- Mesh cheese
South Africa
Asia
China
India
Iran
Japan
Middle East
- Akkawi
- Basket cheese
- Labneh
- Jameed
- Jibneh Arabieh
- kashkawan
- kashta
- Majdoule
- Nabulsi
- Paneer
- Shanklish
- Fumunda cheese
- Syrian cheese
Europe
Austria
- Bachensteiner
- Bergkäse
- Brimsen (Austrian term for Bryndza)
- Gelundener Käse
- Lüneberg cheese
- Montafoner Sauerkäse
- Mondseer
- Staazer
- Steirerkäse
- Tiroler Graukäse
- Tyrolean grey cheese
Belgium
- Brussels cheese
- Chimay
- Grevenbroeker
- Herve cheese
- Le Wavreumont
- Limburger cheese, a soft white cheese with a very strong odor and flavor.
- Maredsous cheese
- Mekkerbek
- Passendale cheese
- Remoudou
- Rodoric cheese
- Anari
- Halloumi (Hellim)
- Kefalotyri
- Paški sir (Pag Island cheese)
- Škripavac ("Squeaking" cheese from Lika)
- Tounjski sir (Smoked cheese from Tounj near Ogulin)
- Dimsi (Smoked cheese from Zagreb based on Bjelovarac cheese)
Denmark
- Danbo
- Danish Blue cheese (Dansk blåskimmel(ost))
- Danish tilsit or Tilsit Havarti
- Esrom or Danish Port-Salut
- Fynbo
- Havarti cheese or Cream Havarti
- Molbo cheese
- Saga cheese
- Samsø cheese
- Tybo
Finland
- Aura
- Lappi cheese
- Leipäjuusto ("bread-like cheese", i.e. oven-baked cheese)
- Oltermanni
- Raejuusto (Finnish cottage cheese)
France
- See the French AOC cheeses and the list of French cheeses
Germany
- Allgäuer
- Bavaria blu
- Bonifaz
- Cambozola, a combination of French Camembert and Italian Gorgonzola.
- Harzer cheese
- Handkäse
- Hirtenkäse
- Limburger cheese
- Romadur
- Milbenkäse
- Neufchâtel
- Rauchkäse
- Tilsit cheese
- Weisslacker
Greece
- Anthotyros
- Arseniko Naxou - (Naxos[disambiguation needed])
- Batzos, PDO
- Chèvre Metsovou - (Metsovo)
- Feta, PDO - (Epirus, Macedonia, Thrace, Thessaly, Peloponnese, Lesvos Island)
- Formaela, PDO - (Arachova)
- Froumaela Valmandouras - (Peloponnese)
- Galotyri, PDO - (Thessaly, Epirus)
- Graviera, PDO - Agrafa, Crete, Naxos[disambiguation needed]}
- Kalathaki
- Kalathotos
- Karikeftos
- Kaseri, PDO - (Macedonia, Thrace, Thessaly, Lesvos Island)
- Katiki, PDO - (Domokos)
- Kefalograviera, PDO - (Crete, Sterea Ellada)
- Kefalotyri
- Kopanisti, PDO - (Mykonos)
- Krasotyri - (Kos)
- Ladenios
- Ladotyri, PDO - (Lesvos Island)
- Malaka - (Chania)
- Manouri, PDO - Thessaly)
- Mastelo - (Chios)
- Manoura Sifnou - (Sifnos)
- Melichloro - (Lemnos)
- Metsovella - (Metsovo)
- Metsovone, PDO - (Metsovo, Epirus)
- Myzithra - (Crete)
- Petroti - (Tinos)
- Pichtogalo Chanion, PDO - (Chania)
- San Michali)
- Sfela, PDO - (Peloponnese)
- Stamatini
- Touloumisio
- Xygalo, PDO - (Crete)
- Xynomizithra, PDO - (Crete, Myconos)
- Xynotyro - (Myconos)
Hungary
- Liptauer or Kőrözött
- Oázis (smoked cheese)
- Orda (made from whey)
- Pálpusztai
- Trappista cheese
Ireland
Italy
Main Article: List of Italian cheeses
Latvia
Malta
Netherlands
Norway
- Bryndza
- Bundz
- Bursztyn - mature cheese similar to Gruyere
- Gołka
- Koryciński
- Oscypek - smoked sheep milk cheese, made exclusively in the Tatra Mountains region of Poland
- Redykołka
- Rokpol
- Twaróg also known as Quark (cheese)
- Tylżycki - semi-hard, yellow cheese made from cow's milk
- Altaysky cheese - a fairly dry hard cheese, similar to Swiss cheese, originating in the Altai region.
- Brynza - a crumbly salt cheese.
- Chyorny Altai - a hard cheese similar to cheddar.
- Circassian cheese, a crumbly non-melting fresh cheese that is produced in the North Caucasus
- Dorogobuzhsky - a soft cheese from western Russia.
- Dorozhny
- Golandsky
- Gornoaltaysky - a hard, crumbly cheese.
- Korall - a soft, processed cheese made of cow's milk
- Kostromskoy
- Moale
- Moskovsky - a hard cow's milk cheese, also similar to Swiss.
- Medynsky
- Omichka - a slightly sweet, soft processed cheese made of cow's milk.
- Pikantny
- Poshekhonsky - a hard cow's milk cheese.
- Rossiysky, similar to German Tilsiter (ru:Российский сыр Template:Ref-ru)
- Sovetsky
- Tvorog (творог), a quark-type cheese somewhat similar to cottage cheese or ricotta.
- Uglichsky - a hard cheese made of cow's milk
- Yaroslavsky - a hard cow's milk cheese, usually produced in rounds; with a slightly sour taste.
- Zakusochny - a soft blue cow's milk cheese
- Kačkavalj
- Sremski Sir
- Zlatarski Sir[1] PDO
- Sjenički Sir
- Svrljiški Belmuz [2] GI
- Krivovirski Kačkavalj[3] GI
- Homoljski ovčiji sir (Homolje sheep cheese)[3] GI
- Homoljski kozji sir (Homolje goat cheese) [3] GI
- Homoljski kravlji sir (Homolje cow cheese)[3] GI
- Pirotski Kačkavalj
- Lužnička Vurda
- Užički Kajmak
Slovenia
- Bohinc Jože
- Tolminc
- Planinski sir
- Mohant
- Nanoški sir
Spain
- Afuega'l pitu (Asturias)
- Cabrales cheese (Asturias)
- Gamonedo cheese (Asturias)
- Garrotxa cheese (Catalonia)
- Idiazábal cheese (Basque Country))
- Majorero cheese (Fuerteventura, Canary Islands)
- Manchego cheese (La Mancha, Castile–La Mancha)
- Mató cheese (Catalonia)
- Murcian cheese (Murcia)
- La Serena cheese (Extremadura)
- Picón Bejes-Tresviso (Cantabria)
- Roncal cheese (Navarre)
- Tetilla cheese (Galicia)
- Torta del Casar (Extremadura)
- Valdeón (León)
- Zamorano cheese (Zamora)
Sweden
- Blå Gotland (Gotland Blue)
- Grevé
- Herrgårdsost
- Hushållsost
- Prästost
- Svecia
- Västerbottensost
Switzerland
- Abaza Peyniri
- Armola (Seferihisar)
- Arnavut Peyniri
- Antep Peyniri (Gaziantep)
- Beyaz peynir
- Civil (Erzurum)
- Çamur Peyniri (İzmir)
- Çerkez Füme Peynir
- Çökelek
- Çömlek Peyniri (Kayseri)
- Dil Peyniri
- Ezine Peyniri (Çanakkale)
- Edirne Peyniri
- Gravyer (Kars)
- Hellim Peyniri
- Kaşar Peyniri
- Keçi Peyniri
- Kelle Peyniri (Balıkesir)
- Kirlihanım (Ayvalık)
- Kopanisti (İzmir)
- Küflü Peynir (Konya, Ardahan)
- Küp Peyniri (Yozgat, Sivas)
- Otlu Peynir (Van)
- Labne Peyniri
- Lor Peyniri
- Manyas Peyniri (Balıkesir)
- Mihaliç Peyniri
- Obruk Peyniri (Karaman)
- Örgü Peyniri (Diyarbakır)
- Salamura (Bingöl, Tokat)
- Sayas Peyniri (İzmir)
- Telli Peynir (Karadeniz)
- Tulum (Erzincan, İzmir, Tunceli, Aydın)
United Kingdom
Ukraine
North America
- Cuajada
- Crema
- Queso Fresco
- Enredo
- Queto
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Mexico
- Añejo (aged)
- Chihuahua
- Cotija
- Criollo (Creole)
- Chiapas cheese
- Nacho cheese
- Oaxaca
- Panela
- Peter Anderson Queso
- Lingallin
United States
Australasia
- Tasty cheese - commonly mistaken as a variety of cheese due to the widespread use of 'Tasty' as an adjective for cheeses by Australian manufacturers; it is in fact equivalent to cheddar
South America
- Catupiry
- Minas (a. k. a. "Queijo Minas Padrão", "Queijo Frescal" and "Queijo Curado")
- Coalho
- Requeijão
- Prato
- Queso Guayanés
- Queso Palmita
- Queso de año
- Queso semiduro
- Queso crineja
- Queso Llanero (Prairie Cheese)
Other
The following cheeses remain unclassified.
- Cottage cheese (Many local varieties)
- Farmer cheese (many local varieties)
- Smoked cheese (many hard cheese varieties may be smoked)
- Margarine cheese, cheese made of margarine.