All cheeses
449 cheeses so far, best known first. 94 more are on the list to be written.
🇫🇷 FranceRoule cheese
A soft, herb and garlic flavoured cow's milk cheese rolled into a spiral shape.Cow · Bloomy rind · Herbal and grassy
🇱🇻 LatviaJāņi cheeseJāņu siers
A soft Latvian sour milk cheese flavoured with caraway seeds and eggs.Cow · Fresh · Salty
🇨🇭 SwitzerlandSchabziger
A hard, green whey cheese from Switzerland flavored with blue fenugreek.Cow · Hard · Herbal and grassy
🇬🇧 United KingdomSage Derby
A semi-hard cow's milk cheese from England with a mottled green rind and sage flavour.Cow · Semi-hard · Herbal and grassy
🇮🇹 ItalyFormaggio di fossa
A sharp Italian cheese aged in sealed underground pits for a distinct anaerobic fermentation.Cow · Semi-hard · Sharp and tangy-aged
🇦🇹 Austria and 2 moreVorarlberger Bergkäse
A hard, nutty cow's-milk cheese from the Austrian Alps, aged for months or years.Cow · Hard · Nutty
🇽🇰 Kosovo and 2 moreSharr cheeseDjathë i Sharrit / Шарски сир
A hard, salty cow and sheep milk cheese from the Šar Mountains of Kosovo.Cow · Hard · Salty
🇬🇧 United KingdomTintern
A soft, blended cow's milk Cheddar flavoured with chives and shallots, wrapped in lime green wax.Cow · Semi-soft · Herbal and grassy
🇮🇹 ItalyHyblean ricottaRicotta iblea
A whey cheese from Sicily made with Modicana cow's milk and used in local pastries.Cow · Fresh · Sweet and caramel
🇫🇷 FranceBoursin
A soft, herb-flecked French spread made from pasteurized cow's milk and cream.Cow · Fresh · Herbal and grassy
🇱🇻 LatviaJāņi cheeseJāņu siers
A soft Latvian sour milk cheese flavoured with caraway seeds and eggs.Cow · Fresh · Salty
🇨🇭 SwitzerlandSchabziger
A hard, green whey cheese from Switzerland flavored with blue fenugreek.Cow · Hard · Herbal and grassy
🇬🇧 United KingdomSage Derby
A semi-hard cow's milk cheese from England with a mottled green rind and sage flavour.Cow · Semi-hard · Herbal and grassy
🇮🇹 ItalyFormaggio di fossa
A sharp Italian cheese aged in sealed underground pits for a distinct anaerobic fermentation.Cow · Semi-hard · Sharp and tangy-aged
🇦🇹 Austria and 2 moreVorarlberger Bergkäse
A hard, nutty cow's-milk cheese from the Austrian Alps, aged for months or years.Cow · Hard · Nutty
🇽🇰 Kosovo and 2 moreSharr cheeseDjathë i Sharrit / Шарски сир
A hard, salty cow and sheep milk cheese from the Šar Mountains of Kosovo.Cow · Hard · Salty
🇬🇧 United KingdomTintern
A soft, blended cow's milk Cheddar flavoured with chives and shallots, wrapped in lime green wax.Cow · Semi-soft · Herbal and grassy
🇮🇹 ItalyHyblean ricottaRicotta iblea
A whey cheese from Sicily made with Modicana cow's milk and used in local pastries.Cow · Fresh · Sweet and caramel
🇫🇷 FranceBoursin
A soft, herb-flecked French spread made from pasteurized cow's milk and cream.Cow · Fresh · Herbal and grassy
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Sage Derby: Jon Sullivan, Public domain, source
- Formaggio di fossa: Zeugma fr ( talk ) (Antoine FLEURY-GOBERT), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Tintern: Dave Crosby, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Sharr cheese: ThinkTank123, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Schabziger: Flyout, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Jāņi cheese: Xil, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Vorarlberger Bergkäse: Hubertl, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Hyblean ricotta: Micniosi, Public domain, source