List of cheeses

This is a list of cheeses by place of origin.

Cheese counter at shop

Cheese in store cooler

Variety of cheeses on serving platter

Many cheeses at the supermarket

Africa

Egypt

• Roomy cheese
• Domyati cheese
• Areesh cheese
• Mesh cheese

Ethiopia

• Ayib cheese

Mauritania

• Caravane cheese

South Africa

• Bokmakiri cheese
• Kwaito cheese

Nigeria

• Wara cheese

Asia

Armenia

• Lori

Bangladesh

• Chhena

China

• Rubing
• Rushan
• Nguri
• Chura kampo
• Chura loenpa
• Chhurpi

Georgia

• Suluguni

India

• Bandel
• Paneer
• Chhena
• Khoa
• Kalari or Kiladi or Maish Krej (Kashmiri: ميش کريج,)

Iran

• Lighvan Cheese

Japan

• Sakura cheese

Middle East

Labneh

• Akkawi
• Basket cheese
• Labneh
• Jameed
• Jibneh Arabieh
• kashkawan
• kashta
• Majdoule
• Nabulsi
• Paneer
• Shanklish
• Syrian cheese

Mongolia

• Byaslag

Nepal

• Flower of Rajya

Philippines

• Kesong or Quesong Puti

South Korea

• Imsil 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

Limburger cheese

• 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

Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Livno cheese

Bulgaria

• Kashkaval
• Sirene
• Cherni Vit green cheese
• Krema cheese
• Dunavia cheese

Cyprus

Grilled Halloumi (Cyprus)

• Anari
• Halloumi (Hellim)
• Kefalotyri

Croatia

• 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)

Czech Republic

• Abertam
• Olomoucké syrečky

Denmark

Danish Blue cheese

• 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

Selles-sur-Cher cheese

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

A serving of Liptauer

• Liptauer or Kőrözött
• Oázis (smoked cheese)
• Orda (made from whey)
• Pálpusztai
• Trappista cheese

Iceland

• Höfðingi
• Skyr

Ireland

• See List of Irish cheeses

Italy

Parmigiano Reggiano

Main Article: List of Italian cheeses

See also: List of Italian PDO cheeses

Latvia

• Latvijas

Republic of Macedonia

• Sirenje
• Kashkaval
• Urda

Malta

• Ġbejna

Netherlands

Gouda

• Edam
• Gouda
• Leerdammer
• Leyden cheese
• Maasdam
• Parrano
• Vlaskaas

Norway

• Brunost
• Gamalost
• Geitost
• Gudbrandsdalsost
• Jarlsberg
• Nøkkelost
• Norvegia
• Pultost
• Snøfrisk

Poland

Twaróg

• Bryndza
• Bundz
• Bursztyn - mature cheese similar to Gruyere
• Gołka
• Koryciński
• Oscypek
• Redykołka
• Rokpol
• Twaróg also known as Quark (cheese)
• Tylżycki - semi-hard, yellow cheese made from cow's milk

Portugal

Portuguese cheeses

• Castelo Branco
• Requeijão
• Saloio
• Santarém
• São Jorge
• Serra da Estrela
• Tomar

Romania

• Brânzǎ de burduf
• Caşcaval
• Caş
• Urdǎ
• Telemea
• Năsal

Russia

• Altaiski^{[disambiguation needed ]} - a fairly dry hard cheese, similar to swiss cheese, originating in the Altai region.
• Brynza - a crumbly salt cheese.
• Chernyi Altai - a hard cheese similar to cheddar.
• Circassian cheese, a crumbly non-melting fresh cheese that is produced in the North Caucasus
• Dorojobuzhskii - a soft cheese from western Russia.
• Dorozhnyi
• Golandskii
• Gornoaltayskii - a hard, crumbly cheese.
• Korall - a soft, processed cheese made of cow's milk
• Kostromskoi
• Moale
• Moskovskii^{[disambiguation needed ]} - a hard cow's milk cheese, also similar to swiss.
• Medynskii
• Omichka - a slightly sweet, soft processed cheese made of cow's milk.
• Pikantnyi
• Poshikhonskii - a hard cow's milk cheese.
• Rossiyski cheese, similar to German Tilsiter
• Sovetskii^{[disambiguation needed ]}
• Tvorog (творог), a quark-type cheese somewhat similar to cottage cheese or ricotta.
• Uglichskii - a hard cheese made of cow's milk
• Yaroslavskii^{[disambiguation needed ]} - a hard cow's milk cheese, usually produced in rounds; with a slightly sour taste.
• Zakusochnyi - a soft blue cow's milk cheese

Serbia

• 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

Slovakia

• Bryndza
• Liptauer
• Korbaciky
• Oštiepok
• Parenica
• Tvaroh

Slovenia

• Bohinc Jože
• Tolminc
• Planinski sir
• Mohant
• Nanoški sir

Spain

Main article: Spanish cheeses

Manchego cheese

• 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

Swedish Herrgårdsost

• Blå Gotland (Gotland Blue)
• Grevé
• Herrgårdsost
• Hushållsost
• Prästost
• Svecia
• Västerbottensost

Switzerland

Gruyère

• See Cheeses of Switzerland

Turkey

• 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

• See List of British cheeses

North America

Canada

Main page:

• Oka

El Salvador

• Cuajada
• Crema
• Queso Fresco
• Enredo
• Queto

Honduras

• Cuajada
• Crema
• Queso Fresco
• Quesillo
• Seco

Mexico

Main article: Cheeses of Mexico

Oaxaca cheese

• Añejo (aged)
• Chihuahua
• Cotija
• Criollo (Creole)
• Chiapas cheese
• Oaxaca
• Panela
• Peter Anderson Queso
• Lingallin

Nicaragua

• Quesillo

United States

• See List of American cheeses

Australasia

Australia

• 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

New Zealand

• Chesdale
• Evansdale
• Eatondale
• Miles Dalton

South America

Argentina

• Cremoso
• Criollo
• Goya
• Reggianito
• Sardo
• Tandil

Bolivia

• Chaqueño
• Menonita

Brazil

Coalho

• Catupiry
• Minas (a. k. a. "Queijo Minas Padrão", "Queijo Frescal" and "Queijo Curado")
• Coalho
• Requeijão
• Prato

Chile

A typical cut of Chanco cheese

• Chanco
• Gauda
• Panquehue
• Renaico

Colombia

• Quesillo
• Queso Campesino
• Queso Paipa
• Queso Costeño
• Cuajada

Venezuela

• 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)
• Nacho cheese (mainly US, though it can be found in other places as well)
• Margarine cheese, cheese made of margarine.

References

1. ^ http://www.novavaros.com/pages/vesti/531
2. ^ http://www.focus-balkans.org/res/files/upload/file/1%20FOCUS%20BALKANS%20WP8%20Split%20Traditional%20products.pdf
3. ^ ^{a b c d} http://www.zis.gov.rs/en/oznake_geografskog_porekla/ogp_spisak.html

See also

• Category:Cheeses by country