List of cheeses

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This is a list of cheeses by place of origin.

Contents 1 Africa 1.1 Egypt 1.2 Mauritania 1.3 South Africa 1.4 Kenya 2 Asia 2.1 China 2.2 India 2.3 Japan 2.4 Middle East 2.5 Iran 2.6 Israel 2.7 Nepal 3 Europe 3.1 Austria 3.2 Belgium 3.3 Bulgaria 3.4 Czech Republic 3.5 Croatia 3.6 Denmark 3.7 Finland 3.8 France 3.9 Germany 3.10 Greece/Cyprus 3.11 Hungary 3.12 Ireland 3.13 Italy 3.14 Malta and Gozo 3.15 Netherlands 3.16 Norway 3.17 Poland 3.18 Portugal 3.19 Romania 3.20 Russia 3.21 Serbia 3.22 Slovakia 3.23 Spain 3.24 Sweden 3.25 Switzerland 3.26 United Kingdom 4 North America 4.1 Canada 4.2 Mexico/Central America 4.3 Nicaragua 4.4 United States of America 5 South America 5.1 Argentina 5.2 Brazil 5.3 Colombia 5.4 Chile 5.5 Venezuela 6 Oceania 6.1 Australia 6.2 New Zealand 7 Other

[edit] Africa

[edit] Egypt

• Sardo cheese
• Testouri cheese

[edit] Mauritania

• Caravane cheese

[edit] South Africa

• Bokmakiri cheese
• Kwaito cheese

[edit] Kenya

• Andari cheese

[edit] Asia

[edit] China

• Yunnan Cheese

[edit] India

• Chenna
• Paneer
• Rasgulla

[edit] Japan

• Sakura cheese from Hokkaido, an award-winning soft white flavored with cherry leaves
• Tenshi Cheese made with a combination of sake and sheep's milk

[edit] Middle East

• Ackawi cheese
• Basket cheese
• Labneh, a soft cheese made from yoghurt with a slightly sour taste.
• Jameed
• Jibneh Arabieh cheese
• Kenafa cheese
• Naboulsi cheese
• Shanklish
• Syrian cheese

[edit] Iran

• Leeghvan
• Tabriz cheese
• Sia mazegi cheese

[edit] Israel

• Emek
• Achuza

[edit] Nepal

• Yak cheese(Also known as Kijarimipu)

[edit] Europe

[edit] Austria

• Affineur
• Bergkäse
• Brimsen
• Dachsteiner
• Lüneberg cheese
• Tyrolean grey cheese

[edit] Belgium

• Beauvoorde cheese
• Brussels' cheese
• Herve cheese
• Limburger cheese, a soft white cheese with a very strong odor and flavor.
• Maredsous cheese
• Passendale cheese
• Plateau de Herve cheese
• Postel cheese
• Prince-Jean cheese
• Remedou cheese
• Rodoric cheese
• Rubens cheese

[edit] Bulgaria

• Kashkaval
• Sirene

[edit] Czech Republic

• Abertam cheese
• Olomoucké syrečky

[edit] Croatia

• Podravec
• Zdenka cheese
• Dimsi
• Paški sir (Pag Island cheese)
• Bilogorac
• Bilogorka
• Picok
• Ribanac

[edit] Denmark

• Christian IX cheese or Danbo
• Danbo
• Danish Blue cheese (Dansk blåskimmel(ost))
• Danish tilsit or Tilsit Havarti
• Esrom or Danish Port-Salut
• Havarti cheese or Cream Havarti
• Saga cheese
• Samsoe cheese

[edit] Finland

• Aura
• Lappi cheese
• Leipäjuusto (Cheese bread)
• Mustaleima (a type of Emmental
• Oltermanni
• Pohjanpoika (similar to Oltermanni)
• Raejuusto (Finnish cottage cheese)

[edit] France

• See List of French cheeses

[edit] Germany

• Bavaria Blu
• Bördespeck
• Cambozola, a combination of French Camembert and Italian Gorgonzola.
• Emmental (cheese)
• Grünländer
• Harzer cheese
• Handkäse
• Klützer Gold
• Romadur
• Tilsit cheese
• Spundekäs cheese
• Steinbuscher
• Weisslacker

[edit] Greece/Cyprus

• Agylotti - (Island of Sifnos)
• Anevato - (Macedonia)
• Aneri - (Cyprus)
• Anthotyro Xero
• Anthotyro Fresco
• Armexia - (Island of Andros)
• Arsenico - (Island of Naxos)
• Batzos - (Macedonia/Thessaly)
• Ble Copanisti - (Island of Naxos)
• Cathoura - (Island of Icaria)
• Cephalaki - (Island of Tinos)
• Cephalograviera - (Macedonia/Thrace/Thessaly/Crete)
• Chloró - (Island of Santorini)
• Corfu - (Corfu)
• Elaiki - (Cassos)
• Feta - (Macedonia/Thrace/Thessaly/etc.)
• Fondina Dodoni - (Epirus)
• Formaella cheese - (Arachova, Thessaly)
• Galotyri
• Graviera - (Macedonia/Thrace)
• Graviera Agrafon - (Thessaly)
• Graviera Kritis - (Crete)
• Graviera Naxou - (Island of Naxos)
• Graviera Tinou - (Island of Tinos)
• Gylomeni - (Island of Sifnos)
• Gylotto - (Island of Folegandros)
• Halloumi (Cyprus)
• Kalathaki - (Island of Limnos)
• Kasseri - (Macedonia/Thrace/Thessaly/etc.)
• Katiki - (Domokos)
• Kefalotyri
• Klotsotyre - (Makedonia)
• Kopanisti
• Ladograviera - (Island of Zacynthos)
• Ladotyri
• Malaca - (Crete)
• Malahti - (Island of Andros)
• Manoura - (Island of Sifnos)
• Manouri
• Megan Kopron cheese
• Metsovella - (Epirus)
• Metsovone - (Metsovo, Epirus)
• Mizithra - (Crete, etc)
• Possia - (Island of Cos)
• Pictogalo
• Petroti - (Island of Andros)
• Petrotto - (Island of Tinos)
• Prentza - (Island of Cephalonia)
• San Michali - (Island of Syros)
• Scotyre - (Island of Ios)
• Sclavotyre - (Island of Tinos)
• Sfela - (Peloponnese)
• Stacca - (Crete)
• Sourotto - (Island of Sifnos)
• Svonzo - (Island of Lemnos)
• Tsalafoutti - (Central Greece)
• Teleme
• Thylicotyre - (Island of Naxos)
• Touloumotyre - (Macedonia)
• Tyrovolia - (Island of Myconos)
• Urtha cheese - (Epirus)
• Victoria
• Xanadu
• Xynomizithra - (Crete, Island of Myconos)
• Xynotyre - (Island of Myconos)
• Zirozoulli - (Crete)
• Zipouro cheese (with grapelike liquor) - (Arachova, Thessaly)

[edit] Hungary

• Balaton Cheese
• Lajta Cheese
• Liptauer
• Trappista cheese

[edit] Ireland

• Ardrahan cheese
• Cashel Blue cheese
• Coolea cheese
• Cooleeney cheese
• Corleggy cheese
• Desmond cheese
• Dubliner cheese
• Durrus Cheese
• Doolin cheese
• Gabriel cheese
• Gubbeen cheese
• Kilcummin cheese
• milleens cheese
• Mizen cheese
• Poulcoin cheese
• St Brigid cheese
• Waterford cheese
• Braghe Cheese

[edit] Italy

See also List of Italian PDO cheeses and the longer List of Italian cheeses

• Asiago cheese
• Bel paese cheese
• Burrata
• Caciocavallo cheese
• Casciotta d'Urbino cheese
• Casu modde cheese
• Fiore Sardo / Pecorino Sardo
• Fontina cheese
• Gorgonzola cheese
• Grana Padano cheese
• Joddu
• Mascarpone cheese
• Montasio cheese
• Mozzarella
• Parmigiano Reggiano
• Pecorino Romano cheese
• Pecorino Toscano cheese
• Provolone cheese
• Quagliato
• Ricotta cheese
• Robiola Lombardia cheese
• Robiola Piemonte cheese
• Stracchino cheese
• Taleggio cheese

[edit] Malta and Gozo

• Gbejna (Ġbejna)

[edit] Netherlands

• Amsterdam
• Edam
• Frisian cheese
• Gouda and Smoked Gouda
• Leerdammer
• Leyden cheese
• Maasdam
• Roomano
• Spitse cheese

[edit] Norway

• Gamalost
• Geitost cheese
• Graddost cheese
• Jarlsberg cheese
• Nøkkelost cheese
• Norvegia cheese
• Snøfrisk cheese
• Pultost cheese
• Balsfjord cheese
• Ingers Blå
• Camenås
• Jaktost

[edit] Poland

• Bryndza
• Bundz
• Gołka
• Oscypek
• Redykołka
• Stolper Jungchen
• Twaróg
• Tylżycki
• Zamojski

[edit] Portugal

• Azeitão
• Cabreiro de Castelo Branco
• Castelo Branco
• Évora
• Queijo da Serra
• Queijo fresco
• Rabaçal
• Requeijão
• Saloio
• Santarém
• Serpa
• Ilha
• Nisa
• Terrincho

[edit] Romania

• Brânzǎ (also a generic name for cheese)
• Urdă
• Caşcaval
• Telemea
• Corastia
• Caş
• Brânzǎ de burduf

[edit] Russia

• Tvorok (творог), very similar to Polish Twaróg and Quark

[edit] Serbia

• Kačkavalj
• Sjenički cheese
• Sremski cheese
• Švapski cheese

[edit] Slovakia

• Bryndza
• Korbáčik
• Oštiepok
• Ovčí syr
• Parenica
• Tvaroh

[edit] Spain

• Burgos cheese
• Cabrales cheese (Asturias)
• Cantabria cheese
• Cerdanya cheese
• Drunken Goat cheese
• Garrotxa cheese
• Idiazabal cheese (Basque)
• L'Alt Urgell cheese
• Mahón cheese
• Majorero cheese
• Manchego cheese (La Mancha, Castile-La Mancha)
• Maó cheese (Minorca, Balearic Islands)
• Mató cheese (Catalonia)
• Murcia cheese
• Murcia al vino
• Palmero cheese
• Picón Bejes-Tresviso
• Queso de la Palma
• Quesucos de Liebana
• Roncal cheese
• Ronkari cheese (Basque)
• Serana cheese
• Serrat cheese (Pallars, Catalonia)
• Tetilla cheese (Galicia)
• Torta del Casar
• Tupí cheese (Catalonia)
• Valdeon
• Zamorano cheese

[edit] Sweden

• Baron (cheese)
• Billinge (cheese)
• Blå Gotland
• Drabant
• Grevé
• Gräddost
• Herrgårdsost
• Hushållsost
• Kvibille Cheddar
• Kvibille Gräddädel
• Kryddost
• Prästost
• Raketost
• Riddarost
• Räkost
• Stureost
• Svecia
• Västerbottensost
• Wästgöta Kloster

[edit] Switzerland

Main article: Cheeses of Switzerland

• Appenzeller
• Büsciun da cavra
• Emmental (Emmentaler), sometimes known in the U.S. as Swiss cheese
• Gruyère (AOC, western Switzerland)
• L'Etivaz (AOC, Alps and Prealps vaudoises)
• Raclette
• Sbrinz (AOC, central Switzerland)
• Tete de Moine (AOC, Jura)
• Tilsiter Switzerland
• Tomme vaudoise
• Vacherin Fribourgeois (AOC, western Switzerland)
• Vacherin Mont d'Or (AOC, north-western Switzerland)
• Schabziger, known in the U.S. as Sapsago

[edit] United Kingdom

• See List of British cheeses

[edit] North America

[edit] Canada

• Amster Dammer (British Columbia)
• Balderson's Cheddar (Ontario)
• Baron (Quebec)
• Bleu Bénédictin (Quebec)
• Bleu L'Ermite (Quebec)
• Bleubry (Quebec)
• Bocconcini (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 (Québec)
• Damablanc (Quebec)
• Douanier, Le (Quebec)
• Dragons Breath (Nova Scotia)
• Fétard (Québec)
• Frère Jacques (Québec)
• Friulano
• 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 (Quebec)
• Pied-de-Vent (Quebec)
• Provolone Sette Fette (Ontario)
• Raclette des Appalaches (Quebec)
• Raclette Fritz (Quebec)
• Raclette Griffon (Quebec)
• Riopelle de l'Isle, Le (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)

[edit] Mexico/Central America

• Añejo cheese
• Añejo Enchilado cheese
• Asadero cheese or Chihuahua cheese
• Cotija cheese or "Queso Añejado"
• Criollo cheese
• Jalapeño cheese
• Oaxaca cheese or "Quesillo"
• Panela cheese
• Queso Blanco (White cheese)
• Queso Fresco (Fresh cheese)
• Requeson

[edit] Nicaragua

• Quesillo

[edit] United States of America

• See List of American cheeses

[edit] South America

[edit] Argentina

• Reggianito
• Sardo

[edit] Brazil

• Catupiry
• Minas (a. k. a. "Queijo Minas Padrão", "Queijo Frescal" and "Queijo Curado")
• Reino
• Coalho
• Requeijao
• Brazilian Butter Cheese (Queijo Manteiga/Da Terra)
• Prato

[edit] Colombia

• Queso campesino (farmer's cheese from highland cows milk)
• Queso costeño (coastal cheese)
• Quesillo (literally "little cheese" is a commercial cheese made with cow milk)

[edit] Chile

• Chanco
• Gauda
• Mantecoso
• Panquehue

[edit] Venezuela

• Guyanés cheese
• Telita
• Queso de Año
• Queso de Cabra
• Queso de Mano
• Queso Palmita

[edit] Oceania

[edit] Australia

• Kervella Affine
• Cheddam
• Jindi Brie
• Roaring 40s blue cheese
• Devil's Dance Blue Cheese

[edit] New Zealand

• Kapiti

[edit] Other

• Farmer cheese (many local varieties)
• Venezuelan Beaver cheese (fictional cheese immortalised in Monty Python's Cheese Shop sketch)
• Cottage cheese (Many local varieties)

The following cheeses remain unclassified. Can anyone help out?

• Duncan Drake Bleu cheese
• St. Joseph Sweet cheese